Education
2027 "Master of Fine Arts" - University of Southern California
Expanded Animation: Research + Practice in the School of Cinematic Arts
2024 "Bachelor of Art in Arts" - California State University Northridge
Major in Art, Minor in Entertainment Media Management
Summa Cum Laude
2019 "GED" - Encore High School for the Arts
Valedictorian
Associated Student Body President 2019
"Commercial Artist Degree"
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
Immodest Witness, Tryst International Art Fair, Torrance, CA. 2026.
Icolette Pond, Santa Monica Foothills, CA. 2024.
Inside, a Shape,Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy, Santa Clarita, CA.
(December 18, 2023 - January 31, 2024)
Group Exhibitions
True North, New Media Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. 2026.
SoCal MFA, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA. 2026.
Invisibility as Method, Alt Projects Gallery, Arcadia, CA. 2026.
Humanizing AI, SCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2025.
SoCal MFA, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA. 2025.
chthonic, Sound Pedro, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. 2025.
Mad World, SoMad, New York, NY. 2025.
Staring Contest, Alt Projects Gallery, Arcadia, CA. 2025.
CSSSA Faculty Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA. 2024.
CHARIVARI, Sound PedroAngel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. 2024.
Splinter, Bungalow Studios & Sculpture Garden, Northridge, CA. 2024.
For the Love of Making, Manzanita Hall, Northridge, CA. 2024.
Mad World, SoMad, New York, NY. 2024.
Videoooooooooh, CSUN Art Department, Northridge, CA. 2024.
Riding Through History, Santa Clarita, CA. 2024.
CSUN Annual Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2024.
American Sacrifices, West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2024.
Reflections, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2023.
Through Milky Eyes, Harvest & Gather, La Mesa, CA. 2023.
Hot Garbage, Manzanita Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2023.
CSSSA Faculty Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA. 2023.
Moon Jam 2023, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2023.
Fantasy, Santa Clarita City Hall Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA. 2023.
Sun Jam 2023, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2023.
CSUN Annual Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2023.
Heart Work, West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2023.
Delude, Manzanita Hall Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2023.
The Raincross District, Riverside, CA. 2023 - 2025.
Disruption, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2023.
Covefest, Allcove Beach Cities, Redondo Beach, CA. 2023.
Art from this Orbit, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
Home not a Haus, Allcove Beach Cities, Redondo Beach, CA. 2022.
Manhattan Village YAS Showcase, Manhattan Beach, CA. 2022.
Return to Harmony, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
What's Next!, Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA. 2022.
Moon Jam 2022, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
Toothpaste the Show, Grad Studio, Northridge, CA. 2022.
Sun Jam 2022, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
State of the Art, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
Illustrated, West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2022.
Revitalize, Soraya Grand Lobby, Northridge, CA. 2022.
CSUN Juried Exhibition, Online. 2022.
Emergence After Isolation, West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2022.
How Do You See the World?, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. 2022.
Painting Guild Showcase, West Gallery, Northridge, CA. 2019.
Student Showcase, La Sierra Exhibit, Riverside, CA. 2019.
Encore Festival, Fox Theater, Riverside, CA. 2019.
Encore Carnival, Encore High School, Hesperia, CA. 2019.
Encore Festival, Silverlake Sports Complex, Corona, CA. 2018.
Encore Carnival, Encore High School, Hesperia, CA. 2018.
Encore Carnival, Encore High School, Hesperia, CA. 2017.
Encore Festival, Division 9 Gallery, Riverside, CA. 2017.
Neon Circus, Fox Theater, Riverside, CA. 2017.
Film
Fantastical Revelations of Art, Math, and Romance (2026)
Director, writer, producer, fabricator, animator
9:18, cut-out stop motion + live-action narrative film
A mathematical romance about two flat beings who bond over their shared fascination of the hypothetical third-dimension.
Lizard, Lizard (in production)
Co-Director, co-writer, producer, fabricator, animator
12:00, live-action and stop motion narrative film
A surreal hybrid film about what appears to be two men having dinner.
Ladybug (2025)
Director, Production Designer, Fabricator
3:00, 16mm music video
Icolette (2023)
Co-Director, co-writer, producer, costume maker, animator
9:00, live-action + experimental stop motion
A young girl is determined to collect the skin of a fish while the fish fights for its life.
Additional film credits:
Stop Motion Animator/Art Director, Dead Wife Montage (2026)
Stop Motion Animator, A Nomad’s Heart (2025)
Stop Motion Animator, Shut Up! (2024)
SFX, Doctor Faustus (2025)
SFX, Depravity (2023)
Production Designer, Sunset in a Cup (2023)
Assistant Set Designer, Journalism 101 (2022)
Production Designer, Finding June (2022)
Production Designer, Stalemate (2021)
Production Designer, Marionette (2021)
Art Director, Somewhere Under the Sun (2020)
Director, Frozen Sunshine (2019)
Director, Scribbles (2018)
Film Festivals & Screenings
Sink or Swim, Los Feliz, CA. 2025.
Wild Garden Film Festival, The Art Theatre, Long Beach, CA. 2025.
Simon Says, Los Feliz, CA. 2025.
Venezia Shorts Italy, La Casa del Cinema, Venezia, Italy. 2024.
Cargo Shorts Film Festival, Junior High Los Angeles, Glendale, CA. 2024.
GiFF (Gallery Selection), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 2024.
Enemies Not Allowed, Sworn Friends, Stephanie Feury Theater, Los Angeles, CA. 2024.
CSU Media Arts Festival, Virtual. 2024.
Cinefest, California State University, Northridge, CA. 2024.
Reel Teal Film Festival, Flicker Film Society, University of Northern Carolina, Wilmington, NC. 2024.
Los Angeles Animation Festival, Eastwood Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA. 2023.
The Great Film Fest, Eastwood Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA. 2023.
Life Screenings One Minute Film Festival, Virtual. 2023.
Experimental Film Fest, Gallery Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC. 2023.
Cinefest, California State University, Northridge, CA. 2023.
Directing Change, United Theater, Los Angeles, CA. 2019.
Directing Change, Fox Theater, Riverside, CA. 2019.
We Rise, We Rise Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2018.
Directing Change, United Theater, Los Angeles, CA. 2018.
Directing Change, California Theater of the Performing Arts, San Bernardino, CA. 2018.
Awards and Fellowships
USC Annenberg Graduate Fellow, 2025 - 2026
New Media Finalist, University Film & Video Association 2026
Student Academy Award Semifinalist for Icolette, 2024
“Best Production Design” for Icolette at Cinefest, 2024
“Best Cinematography” for Icolette at Cinefest, 2024
“PARALLAX Award for Experimentation” for Shrub Oak at Los Angeles Animation Festival, 2023
“Best Student Film” for Shrub Oak at Experimental Film Fest, 2023
Virginia A. Orndorff Prize for Shrub Oak, Art Exhibition Scholarship, 2023
“Second place" for Circulatory at CSUN Annual Juried Exhibition, 2023
Stan and Joann Benson Painting Scholarship, 2022
YAS Artist of the Week, May 2, 2022
YAS Artist of the Week, Jan 24, 2022
“Best Regional Mental Health PSA” for Frozen Sunshine, 2019
“Best Statewide Mental Health PSA” for Scribbles, 2018
Employment
Robot Operator, David Hanson Robotics | Oct 2024 - Present
Student Assistant, University of Southern California | August 2024 - Present
Gallery Assistant, CSUN Art Galleries | Feb 2022 - May 2024
Painting/Design Teacher’s Assistant, California State Summer School for the
Arts | (Seasonal) Summer 2023, Summer 2024
Art Teacher, Drawn2Art | June 2021 - Sept 2022
Film Scout, Porter Pictures | July 2020 - August 2021
Lectures/Presentations
Artist Talk, University Film and Video Association, Minneapolis, MN, 2026
Presentation, Annenberg Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, 2026
Artist Talk, On Design Conference, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, 2026
Artist Talk, CSUN Painting Guild, Northridge, CA, 2023
Q&A, Icolette Premiere, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
Q&A, Life Screenings International One Minute Film Festival, Virtual, 2023
Artist Talk, CSUN Arts Council, Northridge, CA, 2022
Guest Speaker, Encore High School for the Arts Advanced Film Class, Virtual, 2020
Panelist, The Directing Change Program and Film Contest, Moraga, CA, 2019
Curatorial/Juror
Juror, Experimental & Music Video category, University Film & Video Association, Minneapolis, MN, 2026
Assistant, Sophia: A Post-Human Couture Narrative, SCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2026
Juror, Animation First Film Festival, Online, 2026
Assistant, Concrete Oasis, The Grand LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2025
Curator, Splinter, Bungalow Studios and Sculpture Garden, Northridge, CA, 2024
Curator, Commencement, Sophia Wolfe and Mas Lucas Studios, Northridge, CA, 2024
Curator, Trials by Fire, Purple Crit Room, Northridge, CA, 2023
Curator, Gug Lux, Purple Crit Room, Northridge, CA, 2023
Juror, Emergence After Isolation, West Gallery, Northridge, CA, 2022
Collections and Archives
University of Southern California Film Archive
Micrographia, Labocine, June 2025.
Ethnobotanica, Labocine, April 2025.
Private collections in California
Interviews and Reviews
Kerns, Ellie. "Meet Sophia Wolfe." i2i, issue 2, 2025, pg 3-4.
Bhand, Mike. "Meet Sophia Wolfe | Artist, animator, filmmaker." Shoutout LA, 2024.
Morgan, Andrea. "Daily Inspiration: Meet Sophia Wolfe." Voyage LA, 2024.
Jacinto, Stephanie. "Inside, a Shape by Sophia Wolfe." Santa Clarita Arts, 2023.
The Northridge Review, 2022, Spring issue, pg 24-25.
Staring Contest, Alt Projects, Acradia, CA. 2025.