Sonia
Sonia McNally is a visionary artist, passionate about working in the wilderness, where immersive experiences open portals to the imagination and magical worlds that she finds there.
Sonia’s practice sees her working between the Divine and the material and takes her on many exploratory ‘pilgrimages’. Her output has many expressions (from painting, printing, poetry, glass, sculpture, to film and interactive performance). Her work is often playful and theatrical, but taps into the gravity of an eclectic mix of ancient spiritual traditions and symbolism.
Sonia’s creative portfolio spans over 3 decades. Born of a family of engineers, she started out as a freelance set builder, props, costume and model maker for film, TV, theatre, and carnivals, she later graduated from a traditional art school education, with First Class honours in Painting and The Painting Prize.
Sonia has since exhibited internationally, won large-scale glass commissions, and become a published poet. Throughout her career, and alongside developing a multi-disciplinary approach to her work, she continues to be a prolific painter.
Sonia lectured at Canterbury Christ Church University for over a decade on Fine Art degree programs and on the MA, ‘Myth Cosmology and the Sacred’ and ran drawing courses at Canterbury Cathedral. She continues to run a yearly Artists’ expedition to Dartmoor and has worked with groups of artists from Iona to India. She is described as a ‘force of nature’ and a ‘midwife to the imagination’ by her contemporaries and students.
Sonia continues to freelance for major cinema and TV titles as a scenic painter, and as a modelmaker creating and installing world class interactives for museums and exhibitions.
Sonia is a mother, yacht skipper and races dinghies.
Sonia’s practice sees her working between the Divine and the material and takes her on many exploratory ‘pilgrimages’. Her output has many expressions (from painting, printing, poetry, glass, sculpture, to film and interactive performance). Her work is often playful and theatrical, but taps into the gravity of an eclectic mix of ancient spiritual traditions and symbolism.
Sonia’s creative portfolio spans over 3 decades. Born of a family of engineers, she started out as a freelance set builder, props, costume and model maker for film, TV, theatre, and carnivals, she later graduated from a traditional art school education, with First Class honours in Painting and The Painting Prize.
Sonia has since exhibited internationally, won large-scale glass commissions, and become a published poet. Throughout her career, and alongside developing a multi-disciplinary approach to her work, she continues to be a prolific painter.
Sonia lectured at Canterbury Christ Church University for over a decade on Fine Art degree programs and on the MA, ‘Myth Cosmology and the Sacred’ and ran drawing courses at Canterbury Cathedral. She continues to run a yearly Artists’ expedition to Dartmoor and has worked with groups of artists from Iona to India. She is described as a ‘force of nature’ and a ‘midwife to the imagination’ by her contemporaries and students.
Sonia continues to freelance for major cinema and TV titles as a scenic painter, and as a modelmaker creating and installing world class interactives for museums and exhibitions.
Sonia is a mother, yacht skipper and races dinghies.
