Sophie Hardy

Sophie was born in London in 1970. Shortly afterwards her parents relocated to Somerset and then Dorset where she grew up, the eldest of 7 siblings.
Sophie graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1992 with a BA Hons in Fashion and Textile Design. After leaving college she worked full time as a painter, illustrator and textile designer creating best selling images for cards, gift wraps, homewares, magazine and book illustrations both for the UK and worldwide. Clients have included Collagerie, Woodmansterne Publications, The Cornish Bakery, Museums and Galleries, Airbnb, Marks and Spencer, Ladybird Books, The Art Group, Artists’s Cards Ltd, Dunoon. Sophie’s paintings have been shown and sold in galleries around the U.K. since 1988. Galleries have included Liberty London, Byre Gallery, Morgans and the New Craftsman.