Sophia Heymans was born in Minneapolis on the last day of the ’80s. She grew up on a family farm in Central Minnesota with her parents, sister, uncles, aunts and cousins. She was homeschooled throughout childhood, and became devoted to art-making from an early age. She attempts to paint landscapes from a non-dominant perspective and confront the weighted history of American Landscape painting. 

Sophia graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2012 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions include Rewilding at Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2021), The Lonely Ones, curated by Katelyn Eichwald at Fortnight Institute and The Scenic Route, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY (2021).

Explore more of Sophia’s work at: https://sophiaheymans.com