This year’s auction shattered records, with Grand Champion Sophie Zhou’s artwork selling for an unprecedented $276,000. Zhou, a student at The Kinkaid School, made history as the first private ...

A painting by Sophie Zhou, at center holding painting, sold for $276,000 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s School Art Auction on Sunday, March 16, 2025. For the first time in the history ...

Sophie Zhou, a junior at the Kinkaid School, created the grand champion artwork, an oil and acrylic painting titled "Nurture." It raised $276,000 in Sunday’s auction, which is $1,000 more than ...

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo named Sophie Zhou from The Kinkaid School as this year’s School Art Program grand champion during Sunday’s award presentation at NRG Center. Donning their ...

Sophie Zhou, an eighth-grade student, was recognized in the Drawing & Illustration category for her piece, “Balancing Act.” The self-portrait depicts a girl in a yellow shirt balancing three b ...