Sophie Underwood, born in lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia has grown up in Tasmania forging her love of islands, cultural heritage, wild places, seashells, plants, and especially flowers. 

Underwood is a collage artist, photographer, advocate and activist. Her artwork and advocacy are inspired by the notions of place and displacement - from the local to the global. 

Underwood, founded Freycinet Action Network and co-founded the award-winning Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania, is community leader, organiser and spokesperson for Tasmania’s natural and cultural heritage, lifestyle and democracy.

Underwood gained a Bachelor of Science First Class Honours from University of Tasmania having written her thesis on the vegetation of the west coast of Flinders Island. Her research helped create permanent reserves for nature. 

In 2022, Underwood held her first solo art exhibition, Boukla, which was her debut as an artist. Consequently, she was invited in to have a second solo exhibition in 2022 Boukla at The HIVE Art Gallery, Tasmania’s new public cultural precinct. 

In 2024, Underwood was invited by curator Kon Gouriotis OAM to be part of a joint exhibition Logos / Λογότυπα an exhibition exploring Greek culture and identity in Australian art  crossing six decades from the 1960’s to the 2020’s, Hazelhurst Art Centre, NSW. 

See Sophie’s CV and her Boukla Artist Statement.