Sophia Weisensel is a midwest based artist, originally from Minnesota. She received her BFA in studio art in 2019 from Bethany Lutheran College and was awarded the Artist’s Purchase Award upon graduation. She then attended the New York Academy of Art, where she received her MFA in 2021. Upon graduation, Weisensel was awarded the Dana Schutz Patron’s Scholar Award and the Dahesh Museum Award. She has been in multiple shows in Minnesota, including a solo show in 2019 at the Emy Frentz gallery, and has multiple pieces in private collections across the country. Weisensel was a part of The New York Academy of Art Deck the Walls in 2019 and 2020 and had work shown in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Tribeca Ball. Her most recent shows include a group exhibition, Nude, at Manifest gallery in Cincinnati, and Worlds Within Worlds at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Ireland where she was a recipient of the 2022 artist residency.