Sophie Sutherland (they/she) is a multi-disciplinary artist and musician based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. They have worked in performance, sculpture, costume and installation. Interest in the exploration of humour, failure, and absurdity in relation to the contemporary, consumerist experience, Sutherland’s practice has been said to “convincingly, humourously, and resourcefully show the potentialities for sculpture and installation to undertake a queering of space(s) and to interrupt normative hierarchies and structures within them.” They received a Master of Visual Arts from Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and have since exhibited throughout Aotearoa.


Education 

Master of Visual Arts (1st class honours)  Auckland University of Technology (2021).

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Auckland University of Technology (2019).


Scholarship 

AUT Masters Scholarship



Past Exhibitions

Moisture Content, 514 New North Road, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2026.


Maximum Potential NOW! Blue Oyster Gallery, Ōtepoti, 2024.


Hot Wheels 3000, RM Gallery and Project Space, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2023.


Dorks, Losers, Lemons, Malcolm Smith Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2022.


Playground of Failure, Bad Jokes and Other Forms of Resistance, ST PAUL Street Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2021.


Ball Park, The Audio Foundation, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2020.


What’s Inside Matters, Silo 6, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2019.


The Sacred Slit, PAWA (Performance Art Week Aotearoa), Te Whanganui-a-Tara, 2018.