Sophie Duez (b. 2003) is a figurative oil painter based in Norwich, UK. Duez earned her First-Class Honours degree in Illustration from Falmouth University, and will soon begin studying MA Painting at the Royal College of Art. She has exhibited in group and solo shows across the UK and internationally, and is the recipient of art awards, a residency and a scholarship.

Her work sits between realism and the surreal, shaped in part by living with double vision since childhood, and from a long-standing relationship with dual identity and alienation. She works primarily in oil, informed by an early grounding in meticulous graphite drawing and printmaking.

Her work explores the emotional tension, desire and presence through isolated figurative depictions and charged surfaces. She draws on art historical and contemporary influences, from 17th-century Dutch painters, to 18th-century European sculpture. She believes in displaying a deep understanding and appreciation of her work’s roots while eliciting an immediate emotional response.