About
Sophia Jürgens a débuté ses études artistiques à la Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen d’Ottersberg. Elle a ensuite poursuivi son cursus et obtenu son master en beaux-arts en 2018, à l’université de Newcastle. Elle vit et travaille à Luxembourg.
À ses débuts figurative, l’œuvre picturale de Sophia Jürgens s’est détachée peu à peu de la représentation pour évoluer vers une abstraction exprimant un processus créatif lié à un état d’esprit, une mémoire, ou une sensation. Sensible à l’espace, l’artiste développe également une approche accordant une place importante à l’installation de son travail en fonction du lieu. D’un point de vue pictural, l’approche de Sophia Jürgens se fonde sur une abstraction, plus organique que structurée, dans laquelle la spatialité définit notre relation au monde et exprime notre place en son sein.
Sophia Jürgens began her art studies at the Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen in Ottersberg. She went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts at Newcastle University in 2018. She lives and works in Luxembourg.
Initially figurative, Sophia Jürgens' pictorial work has gradually moved away from representation towards abstraction, expressing a creative process linked to a state of mind, a memory or a sensation. Sensitive to space, the artist is also developing an approach that places great emphasis on the installation of her work in relation to the site. From a pictorial point of view, Sophia Jürgens' approach is based on an abstraction that is more organic than structured, in which spatiality defines our relationship to the world and expresses our place within it.
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Curriculum Vitae
Born 1994 in Germany
Lives and works in Luxembourg
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Au comercément était la matière, Umani Concept Store, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2023
Sancturary (in collaboration with Genevieve Stone), Fellner Contemporary, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022
Capucine reloaded, Hopitaux Robert Schuman, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2020
What if, Long Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2018
Capucine reloaded, Stadtische Galerie, Bremen , Germany
2016
Der Blick der Capucine, level one, Hamburg, Germany
Selected Group Exhibition
2025
Portes ouvertes, Association des Artistes Plasticiens du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022
Salon CAL, Luxembourg
ZHN JHR LVL N, level one, Hamburg, Germany
Colo(u)rs, Fellner Contemporary, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2021
Interstellar, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2020
Flotation devices, Audain Gallery, Victoria, Canada
Housekeeping, Jeannieavent Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019
A response to Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum,
Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom
Assembly House Exhibition,Assembly House, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2017
Cuerpos de Lengua - KIil Vida!, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia,
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2016
Anderswo, Fritz Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
2015
CES-Gruppe Kunstpreis 2015, Velbert, Germany
Awards and submissions
2019 John Christie Prize, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
2017 “Farbe bekennen”, Art in Public Space, Bremervorde, Germany
Collections
Public Collection - Ministère de la Culture, Luxembourg
Private Collections in Germany, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom
Artist Talks
2025 La Chambre Bleue, Luxembourg
2021 KU+R, ExRotaprint Gelaende, Berlin, Germany
2020 Engage, NewBridge Project, Newcastle, United Kingdom,
Newcastle College, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Education
2018 - 21 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A), Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2013 - 18 Bachelors in Fine Arts (B.F.A.), University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg, Germany