Sophie Plimpton was born in Boston and currently lives and works in New York City.

She received her BS degree from The New School and studied at Bennington, Parsons and NYU. She danced at the Boston Ballet School from 1993-2002, and she is fluent in French having lived, studied and worked in Paris for several years. Plimpton has most recently participated in the Art Fair Spring/Break Art Show, a solo show at The Tavern Club in Boston, a group show at Station Independent Gallery in Manhattan, and curated two Group Shows in Chelsea. Sophie has shown at the Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, and has completed multiple commissions, including Cadreon-Interpublic Group. Her work is featured in esteemed private collections in France, the US and the UK.

Plimpton's collage work integrates photographic images, from her own digital photography, and fragments from various vintage and news publications. Her use of acrylics, pen and ink and paper cut-outs evoke playful symmetries with roots in movement, dance and references to both Classical and Contemporary art.

Plimpton's paintings are focused on abstract graphic images with robust strokes, texture, and aim to transport the viewer from moments to another beautiful yet unstable realm. Her work draws from Franz Klein to Basquiat, and has a raw edged style framing her new series as gestural and emotionally driven. Streams of consciousness are visible on the canvas as she expresses the joys and challenges of living with bipolar disorder in New York City.