Sophie Honess

Artist Profile

Sophie Honess is a Gamilaroi Yinarr based in Tamworth, NSW. She has been creating textile art professionally since 2017. Sophie’s work responds to her immediate environment, finding and exploring hidden beauty on Gomeroi country through colour and texture.

Sophie has been included in a number of group exhibitions and has held 2 solo exhibitions at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, in 2021 and 2023. A selected artist in Tamworth Textile Triennial in 2023, and a selected artist in the Country Road and NGV First Nations Commissions ‘My Country’ exhibition 2024.

Her works embrace play, experimentation, and materiality, transforming wool into vibrant abstract compositions that invite both visual and tactile engagement.

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