SOFIA OLEXIA-DAIGLE
New Orleans, LA
2025-2026 Scholarship Tulane University
Scholarship 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025
Sofia Olexia-Daigle is entering her senior year at Tulane University where she is pursuing a BFA with concentrations in glass and ceramics, a second major in Secondary Education, and a minor in Strategy, Leadership, and Analytics (SLAM). She views her creative practice as an opportunity for self-expression, explaining, “It’s a process of inquiring, examining, and digesting everyday interactions and translating those experiences into something tangible to share with the world.” Her identity, gender, and surroundings influence her work.
Women are a central subject in Olexia-Daigle’s artwork, particularly ceramic doll forms that represent women of all backgrounds. She says, “I use critical thinking skills to question systemic barriers and transfer that to my work,” focusing on the societal barriers women face and the strength they use to overcome them. Her ultimate goal is for others to see themselves in her work – “I am a woman who strives for women of all backgrounds to be loved and consider themselves as a work of art.” In addition to women, she is inspired by the wildlife and natural environment of Louisiana, incorporating these themes into select artworks.
She is currently delving into new methods of creativity, stating, “I am exploring puppetry in ceramics and finding new ways to combine glass and ceramics and how they overlap as mediums.” She desires to explore torch work, spent her summer at a leadership retreat, and has plans to take the Praxis exam. She is also on the dean’s list.
Sofia Olexia-Daigle graduated from New Harmony High School and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts in 2022. She first joined the YAYA guild in 2017.
All works are copyright of the artsit.