Sophia Pauley (b. 1994, Cardiff) is a Welsh artist living and working in London. She completed her MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in 2023, following a First-Class degree in Painting from Edinburgh College of Art in 2018. She was awarded the Artist's Collecting Society 12-Month Studio Residency and, in 2022, won the Royal Scottish Academy WASPS Award, leading to her first solo exhibition in Glasgow.