Sophie Kahn

Sophie Kahn is an Australian/British/American sculptor and digital artist, based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work addresses technology's failure to capture the unstable human body. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She earned a BA (Hons) in Fine Art/History of Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London; a Graduate Certificate in Spatial Information Architecture from RMIT University, Melbourne; and an MFA in Art and Technology Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Past residencies include the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn. Sophie was recently an artist in residence with the Studio Program at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York (paused due to COVID). Sophie has exhibited her artwork in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Osaka and Seoul. Her video work has been screened in festivals including Transmediale, Zero1 San Jose Biennial, Dance Camera West, Trampoline, Frequency, Currents New Media Festival and the Japan Media Arts Festival. Sophie has taught in the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute as a Visiting Associate Professor, and at Columbia College, Chicago, as a visiting instructor.