Sophia Smith is a multidisciplinary designer and artist working between St. Louis and New York City, focusing on graphic design, photography, illustration, and painting. My work combines physical and digital processes to explore themes of memory, nostalgia, and human connection. Creating has always felt like an instinctive language, and my education at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, and Lindenwood University has shaped both my technical skills and my understanding of visual culture.

My practice moves between painting, drawing, photography, and digital design, often beginning by hand before translating into graphic systems. This process builds texture and depth, pushing against the flatness of purely digital work. Influenced by collaborations with VSCO, Playbill, and Food City, I approach design as both storytelling and experience, all of which center on community advocacy. Most, if not all, of my work aims to embody the tension between what was, what is, and what will be. I like to make bold, creative decisions and allow each new project to put me into new shoes.

I see my work as a space where fine art and graphic design inform one another, where illustration becomes functional, and design becomes emotional. My goal in my practice is to create connections that otherwise would not be conceivable to communicate. I trust that there will be initial impressions from those who view my work, but I hope they take bigger questions home when they leave. It is meant to be a seed I plant. I believe my work has meaning for bigger-picture issues, one-on-one connections, and individual experiences. The commonality is that we are all human.