Sophia
Ponté

Sophia Ponté (b.1996) is a London-based fine artist whose practice spans drawing, printmaking and painting. She holds a Veterinary MB from the University of Cambridge (2021) and recently completed the Online Drawing Development Year at the Royal Drawing School (2025).​

Ponté’s work explores her relationship with the natural world, focusing on moments where the boundary between human and non-human begins to blur. Drawing outdoors anchors her within specific environments, where fleeting and chance encounters are committed to the page, encouraging stronger memories to form. Smells, temperature, sounds and touch are noticed and recorded as notes, alongside the visual. These images and writings are later developed further in the studio.

Her dual identity as both veterinarian and artist informs a practice where scientific inquiry and creative experimentation intersect. Material choice is central to her work. She combines traditional techniques such as rabbit skin glue, chalk and tempera with raw pigments and foraged natural materials. This process allows a connection to remain between the subject of her artworks and the physical environment from which they emerge.