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Sophie Foster
Artist and Lecturer
 

Sophie Foster

Sophie Foster is a British artist and educator based in Weimar, Germany. Her practice combines socially engaged art with textile-based processes, exploring sustainability, repair, and collective learning through participatory making. Working with salvaged fabrics, stitching, and zero-waste design principles, she investigates how domestic textiles can carry memory, knowledge, and strategies for care and survival.

She completed a BA in English Literature, Art History and Fine Art at Newcastle University before studying Public Art and New Artistic Strategies at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Since then, she has exhibited across Europe and developed collaborative projects that create spaces for experimentation, exchange, and shared learning.

Alongside her artistic practice, she has lectured at universities in the UK and Germany and collaborated with various cultural institutions. Between 2021 and 2024 she worked within the project Lernraum.Bauhaus, at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, coordinating the initiative Lernen am Objekt, which explored new approaches to learning through material objects and hybrid environments. In 2025 she became a member of Studio Wägetechnik e.V., where she develops and teaches zero-waste garment design.

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Photo: Nathalia Azuero

Education 

2016 - 2019

MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies

Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar

2011 - 2012

PGCE in Lifelong Learning                    Newcastle College

2007 - 2010

Combined Bachelor of Arts in English Lit, Art History and Fine Art     University of Newcastle

Experience

2024 - 2026

Lecturer (Art and Design) for Bauhaus Spring School and Summer School

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

2023 - 2024

Project Coordinator for Study in Thuringia, International Office,

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

2021 - 2024

Educational Technology Assistant, Instituitional Development

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

2021 - 2022

Writing Coach, Bauhaus Research School

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

2014 - 2021

Lecturer (Academic Skills for Media, Art and Architecture)

INTO at Newcastle University, UK

2014 - 2015

Lecturer for Art, Design & Media

QA Ltd at Northumbria University, UK

Publications and Presentations

Foster, S., Barth, L. and Chaudhry, Z. 2024.“Virtual Gathering Platforms in Academic Teaching: Potential and Applications”, The Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 22(3) pp 124-140,

Brannys, A. & Foster, S. (2024). Wandel und Wunderraum – das „Hybride Lernatelier“ erzählen. University:Future Festival – Tales of Tomorrow, Berlin DE

Foster, S. (2023). Learning with Objects in Hybrid Settings: A Didactic Approach. TURN-Konferenz, Köln DE

Cämmerer-Seibel, U., Foster, S. & Wolter, A. (2023). From tile to screen to stage: Viable scenographies of synchronous hybrid teaching. University:Future Festival, Berlin DE

Barth, L., Chaudhry, Z. & Foster, S. (2022). Is it worth it? Possibilities of interactive gamification platforms. European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Lisbon PT

Grants

2026

EXIST Women Gründerstipendium, BMWK Germany

2025

Neudeli Fellowship, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

2022

Neustart Kultur Kickstarter grant for graduates of state art schools, The Kunstfonds Foundation, Germany

2021

Special Scholarship for Artists in Thuringia, Thuringia Cultural Foundation, Germany

2019

Artist in Residence, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland

2018

European Cultural Foundation STEP Travel Grant and Exchange Programme, Finland

© 2026 Sophie Foster

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