Sophie Ploeg

 Only 25 DAYS TO GO for the BP Portrait Award in London! It is nearly coming to an end....The BP Portrait Award 2014 will pack up and move on in 25 days. I hope you have had a chance to go and see it, or plan to see it soon. For me it has been an amazing experience. See here:  http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/bp-portrait-award-2014.php For an organised list of ALL blog posts that I wrote during the BP Travel Award project (2 years), please  see this page on my blog!

New work, just off the easel The Shawl Oil on linen 24x48” Some details...

I wrote a piece about my BP Travel Award works for The Jackdaw magazine, published in the Sept/Oct issue, out now. Thank you Jackdaw. http://www.thejackdaw.co.uk For an organised list of ALL blog posts that I wrote during the BP Travel Award project (2 years), please  see this page on my blog!

Making a Mark blog has written an extensive post and review about my BP Travel Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. I am very grateful to the author, Katherine Tyrrell, who has taken the time to write such a wonderful post. I hope you will enjoy it. And thank you Making a Mark. Here is an extract: Sophie Ploeg and The Lace Trail - BP Travel Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Sophie Ploeg's BP Travel Award exhibition  'The Lace Trail" can currently be seen at the  National Portrait Gallery  in London - until 21 September 2014.   It then tours to Sunderland and Edinburgh in 2014-15. Sophie Ploeg with part of The Lace Trail the exhibition for the BP Travel Award 2013 at the National Portrait Gallery - 26 June - 21 September 2014 The exhibition follows on from  Sophie winning the BP Travel Award in 2013 .  Her exhibition is about  Fabric and Lace in Early 17th Century Portraiture - An Interpretation in Paint . To my mind it's

Pay It Forward PRINCIPLE GALLERY ALEXANDRIA 5 September - 10 October I am delighted to, once again, join the Women Painting Women exhibitions held annually in the US and sometimes Europe. Last year I was invited to exhibit a few pieces at Art Exposure Gallery in Glasgow, and this year I am proud to join a wonderful group of artists at Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, US. The ‘movement’ describes itself as such on their blog: "Women Painting Women" explores how contemporary women painters are handling women as subjects. The blog was founded by artists Alia El-Bermani, Diane Feissel and Sadie Valeri.” This year’s exhibition is titled ‘Pay it Forward’ and a percentage of each sale will go to a charity of the buyer’s choosing. A catalogue will be available. My contribution to his exhibition is Looking Back oil on line 20x24” Artist represented in the Pay It Forward Exhibition are: Jennifer Balkan Mia Bergeron

BP Portrait Award 2014 catalogue. National Portrait Gallery 2014. In the BP Portrait Award 2014 catalogue there is a 7-page essay about my work for the Travel Award, written by Richard McClure. It is a lovely honour to have such a substantial part of the catalogue devoted to my work. You can buy the catalogue in all good bookshops, amazon and the National Portrait Gallery shop . BP Portrait Award 2014 Catalogue

Haynes Galleries in the US has written a very good post about my recent project The Lace Trail . Do have a look here . The Gallery took my work on last year and has since been exhibiting my works in various exhibitions, the most recent being ‘Celebrating the Portrait as Timeless Art’ where my paintings were hung amongst some great American artists’ work. I am proud to show with them.