Sophie Louise Hurley-Walker, (b. 1991 Texas, USA) lives and works in Montreuil, France. As a textile and visual artist, she works primarily in large-scale wall hangings and textiles works. She translates painterly gestures into material form through knitting, tufting and weaving - circling back into figurative expression to create tactile experiences and a sense of sensory intimacy between the work and the viewer.
She studied in both the UK and France, with a Foundation in Art & Design, Central Saint Martins (UAL, London) and a BA Honours in Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design (UAL, London,) and an Erasmus exchange at L’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts, (Paris, France.) She has exhibited at Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’Artistes in Montreuil (2024 and 2025), and in collaboration with APN Gallery and Souvenir Official, her pieces were shown at Souvenir Official’s Gallery in Berlin (2024), alongside other international artists. Her work has been used as backdrops for band Our Girl, notably at Somerset House (2025) and worn by Anna B Savage at Union Chapel (2025). She has been selected for PADA International Residency (2026) for their two month program, based outside of Lisbon, Portugal.
Working as an Art Director, she regularly collaborates with musicians and fellow artists to create textile-based works featured in music videos, performance pieces and live shows that have toured throughout the UK & EU.
Portfolio available on request.
Residencies
2026 PADA International Residency. Lisbon, Portugal
Collective Exhibitions / Shows
2025 Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’Artistes. Personal studio. Montreuil, France
2024 Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’Artistes. Personal studio. Montreuil, France
2024 [E]Unity Collection. Apn Gallery x Souvenir Official. Berlin, Germany
2013 Final Collection. Latitude Music Festival Fashion Show. Suffolk, UK
Collaborations
2025 You & i are Earth, Anna B Savage. 3rd Album Art Direction. Donegal, Ireland
2025 Donegal, Anna B Savage. Music Video. Textile pieces. Donegal, Ireland
2025 Lighthouse, Anna B Savage. Music Video. Textile pieces. Donegal, Ireland
2025 Agnes, Anna B Savage. Music Video. Art Direction. Donegal, Ireland
2024 The Good Kind, Our Girl. 2nd Album Art Direction. Visualisers. London, UK
2024 Something About Me Being A Woman, Our Girl. Music Video. Art Direction & Editing. London, UK
2024 Relief, Our Girl. Music Video. Art Direction & Editing. London, UK
2024 What You Told Me, Our Girl. Music Video. Art Direction & Editing. London, UK
2023 in|FLUX, Anna B Savage. 2nd Album Art Direction. London, UK
2023 The Ghost, Anna B Savage. Music Video. Art Direction & Textile pieces. London, UK
2023 Crown Shyness, Anna B Savage. Art Direction & Editing. London, UK
2021 Come Back as a Flower, Kaina. Short film by Carolina Aguirre & Laurence Hills. Worn textiles piece. London, UK
2020 Ecume, Raum. Music video. Art Direction & Editing. Paris, France
Zines/Books
2024 Hurley Squire Ancestry. Design & Layout. Personal project. Printed London, UK
2023 in|FLUX, Anna B Savage. Design & Layout. Accompanying zine with special edition of album. Printed London, UK
2021 Post-Work. Design & Layout. Collaboration with writers on effects of creative work post-Covid. Printed London, UK
2021 Dawn Capital Art Collection. Design & Layout. Exhibition Catalogue. Printed London, UK
2021 Sheila Appleton Loves. Written, Design & Layout. Recorded interviews with artist Sheila Appleton. Printed London, UK
Education
2025-26 Initiation in creation techniques and restoration principles. Auditor. École du Louvre. Paris France
2024-25 Initiation in History of Art. Auditor. École du Louvre. Paris France
2010-13 Textiles Design. BA Honours Degree. Chelsea College of Art & Design, UAL. London, UK
2011 Erasmus. University Exchange. École Nationale Superiéure Des Arts Décoratifs Paris France
2009 Art & Design. Foundation. Central Saint Martins, UAL. London UK