CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

2023- 2024

2021

2012-2016

2010-2012

Awards & Scholarships

2024

2023

2021

2019

Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland

Glass Sellers/CGS 2024 Graduate Glass Prize: Highly Commended

Artist in Residence Award, Southern Illinois University, USA

Corning Scholarship for Hot Sculpting Class with Minhi England and John Sharvin July 15-26

Pilchuck Scholarship for Randy Walker’s workshop Session 7: Levelling Up, September 5-12

Märit Rausing Scholarship Award, Royal College of Art MA Programme

Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland

In the Window, exhibition award, Bluecoat Display Center, Liverpool

Portfolio Membership, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland

Makers to Masters, Bradley Agency

ISGNE Artist in Residence award, Berlin Glass and Northlands Creative

Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award. County Finalist

Emerge Awards, Finalist, Bullseye Projects, USA

RDS Craft Awards, shortlist, Dublin Ireland

Stanislav Libensky Awards, shortlist, Prague, Czech Republic

International Student Exchange in Southern Illinois University, IL, USA

NCAD Staff Prize Fund, shortlist, National College of Art and Design

Irish Life Design Project, Winning Design ‘The Journey’ with Andy Sharkey and Jade Breen

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Faoiseamh, SIU Residency Exhibition, Vergette Gallery, November 17-23rd

2021 In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, October 1- 31st

2020 ISGNE Pop-up Exhibition, Northlands Creative Gallery, Scotland, January 23rd-31st

2016 Let’s Hook Up, MADE Store & Gallery, Dublin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 It’s in the Word, Contemporary Glass Society, 4th Nov 2024 – 6th Jan, 2025

2024 British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, August 23rd- September 28th

Glass Beginnings, Stourbridge, August 18th – September 1st

Murmurations, London, September 10- 14th

Royal College of Art Graduate Showcase, London, June 19-23rd

Evolution, Glass Art Society Conference, Berlin, May 15- 19th

2023 Irish Craft Winter Exhibition, Cahir Arts Gallery, Tipperary

Spring Exhibition, Beframed Gallery, Cork March 30th – May 21st

2022 Assembly, International Auction with Northlands Creative, October 24th – November 8th

ReView, Glass Society of Ireland, Huntingbrook Gardens, Wicklow, September 10th-11th

Summer Exhibition, Sample Studios, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, August 5th – September 3rd

40 Years, Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown Creative Arts Festival, August 5th-15th

2021 International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 5th -November 5th

Home/Baile Showcase Exhibition, Working Artist Studios, Cork, August

2020 Milano Vetro – 35, Castello Sforza, Milan, Italy, February 18th – April 18th

2019 Straight Out of Ireland, Bryn Mar, Philadelphia, November 15-17th

International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 20th- October 20th

Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, 4th September – 18th October

Present Past, selected members exhibition, Fota House & Gardens, Cork, August 2nd - 31st

Digital Distance, Online exhibition with Contemporary Glass Society, May 20 – 31st

Art and Psyche - The Divine Feminine, 26 April - 10 May 2019, Limerick School of Art

I see crimson, I see red, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, Ireland, 24th January- 2nd February

Public Collections

2021 Small Sky, Pâte de verre glass, International Biennale of Glass Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria

2019 Together II, Pâte de verre glass and textiles, International Biennale of Glass Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria

2016 Let’s Hook Up, Pâte de verre Glass and Textiles, Stanislav Libensky Awards Collection, Dox Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ

2014 The Journey, Glass and Ceramic Sculpture, Irish Life Art Collection, Ireland

2007 Piggy Bottom, Limited Edition Intaglio Print, Kildare County Council, Ireland

Publications

‘Portfolio: Sophie Longwill’

Artist Profile, Irish Arts Review, Design News, Summer Edition 2024

‘Knickers in a twist: Confronting Sexual Assault through Art Glass’

Explores materiality and narrative within contemporary glass, published in Applied Arts Journal.

Author Sophie Longwill Published: 18 July 2023

Submitted to section: Applied Arts,

Art Glass Studies for a Changing World—The International Year of Glass

'Developing Discourse in Contemporary Glass', Glass Ireland: The Annual Publication of the Glass Society of Ireland, pp. 27-29.

Author: Anna Moran

Published 2020

‘Women and Feminist Movements in Ireland: The Power of Personal Stories’

Author: Chiara Bonfiglioli

Published: 29 April 2019

ArtLeaks Gazette #5: “Patriarchy Over & Out. Discourse Made Manifest”