Statement

I love putting faces on objects. Faces give character and life to anything imaginable, which brings me joy. I am a mixed media sculpture artist primarily working with ceramics, textiles, and various air-dry clays. I am a mixed media sculpture artist primarily working with ceramics, textiles, and various air-dry clays.  

Creating gives me a sense of safety navigating the world. The layers of my identity as a biracial multicultural woman can feel heavy and complex, and having a space to decompress, think, and create allows me to reconnect with myself.

My work as well as my personal decision making is rooted in play, experimentation, and curiosity. My sculptures and clay characters emerge through problem solving, intuition, and happy accidents. I am inspired by how my experiences shape the way I interpret the world and how the world interacts with me in return. 

Bio

Sophia Angbao (b.1998, Indianapolis. IN) lives and works in New Brunswick, Canada. She has earned her Diploma in Textile Design at New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. 

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Sophia Angbao

Born in 1998 in Indiana, United States 

Resides and works in New Brunswick, Canada 

Education:

[2021- 2023]: Textile Design, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Canada

[2017- 2019]: Sculpture/Ceramics, Herron School of Art and Design, United States

Selected exhibitions:

[2025]      Cabinet of Curiosities, Bright & Brine Fine Art Gallery, Moncton, Canada

[2025] Esperanza Art Gallery, Factory Arts District, Indianapolis, U.S

[2025] Preshrunk, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Canada

[2024]      USINE 106U, Montreal, Canada

[2023]    And It’s Just Because I Love You, Montreal, Canada

[2023] Members show, Dieppe Cultural Centre, Dieppe, Canada 

[2023]      FLOURISH Festival, Fredericton, Canada 

[2023]      NBCCD Diploma Exhibition, BeaverBrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Canada

[2023]     Black Lives Matter NB, BLMN Brunswick, Saint John, Canada

[2022]      FLOURISH Festival, Fredericton, Canada

[2020]     The Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Indianapolis, U.S

[2019]       Reflected Light, Hendricks County Arts Council, Indianapolis, U.S

[2019]        Hoosier Women in Art, Garfield Park Arts Center,Indianapolis, U.S

Grants/awards/residencies:

[2025-2026] Artist in Residence, Centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe, Dieppe, Canada

[2023]    And It’s Just Because I Love You, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada

[2022]    Breaking Out, Fredericton Arts Alliance, Fredericton, Canada 

[2022]     Summer Residency, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, Canada 

Collections:

BLMN Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick 

Black Lives Matter NB Permanent Collection, Saint John, Canada

Email:

sophiaangbaoartist@gmail.com