Sophie Aghajanian was born in Haifa. She studied at Ravensbourne College of Art and design on London, graduating in 1966 and at Brighton College of Art at postgraduate level. She works in many mediums, her recent work exploring the tension between light and dark and has a particular interest in reflections. She has had solo exhibitions at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, the Beaux Arts Gallery in Bath, the IDB in London, Graphic Studio Dublin, the Arts Council Gallery, Belfast and the Homer Gallery, Magherafelt. She has participated in group exhibitions since 1978 and has shown work world-wide.