Sophy King is a multidisciplinary environmental artist, investigating the nature-culture continuum through examination of and immersion in a place. Her practice considers the Anthropocene/Planthropocene, Deep Time and Vibrant Matter, examining ecological systems and phenomena in relation to the climate crisis. She has looked at moss, fungi, earth, peat, wildfires and water, investigating their social, economic, and ecological context; exposing the nature of our relationship with the non-human. Her work is entangled with the site-specific, deriving from particular qualities and characteristics of place, acknowledging the species and cultures that inhabit and shape it over time.
Drought Stone, 2022 12″ high letters carved into sandstone at Rudyard Lake, Staffordshire
The Whole of Recorded History Mark II, 2019 5000 year old peat pine subfossil from Lindow Moss; chalk; real, speculative and alternate timelines.Still From a Future, 2022 Digital artwork.The Museum of the Vibrant Collector, 2023 Metal drawers, fossils, flint, sand, earth, Carex pendula, water, string, AI generated scientific terms, paper and ink, animation.Micro Meadows, 2022 vinyl, cardboard, soil, sand, vermiculite, native wildflower seeds, terracotta pots