Sophie Herxheimer

Biography

Sophie Herxheimer is an artist and poet. She’s held many residencies in the UK and internationally. Commissioners include The British Library, The Royal Society of Literature and the V&A. Her work has been shown at Tate Modern, The Museum of Liverpool and on a giant mural along the seafront at Margate. She made a 300 metre tablecloth for the Thames Festival, a life-size concrete poem in the shape of Mrs Beeton, and devised the colour palette for children’s BBC show In the Night Garden. She has illustrated six collections of mythology and fairy tale, most recently The Mighty Goddess (The History Press, 2023.) with Sally Pomme Clayton. Her poetry collection Velkom to Inklandt (Short Books, 2017) was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her collection 60 Lovers to Make and Do, (Henningham Family Press, 2019) was a TLS Book of the Year. She has an ongoing project where she listens and draws stories live with members of the public. Her latest collection is INDEX (zimZalla, 2021) 78 poems made from found text, published as a tarot deck. She is currently working on a graphic novel to be published by Pushkin Press in 2026.