Sophie is a curator, art historian, and arts writer, specializing in postwar intermedia and contemporary art. In September 2023, Sophie will begin an appointment as the Curator of the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, NY. Her recent, independently curated exhibitions include Spinning in Place, which features work by Shimon Attie, Jamal Cyrus, Kim Dacres, Craig Kalpakjian, Mernet Larsen, Jorge Macchi, Jonathan Monk, Bettina Pousttchi, and Aura Satz (601 Artspace, October 6 – December 10, 2023) and XYZ: Alphabetical Ruptures and Reformations, which features work by Tauba Auerbach, Dexter Sinister, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, and Caroline Kent (KinoSaito Art Center, July 8 - September 4, 2022).

From February 2022 to September 2023, Sophie served as the Director and Curator of River Valley Arts Collective, where she curated Kite: Oíhaŋbleta (In a Dream) (Al Held Foundation, June 25 - October 15, 2023) and Points of Return: Shanti Grumbine, Pat McCarthy, and Padma Rajendran (Hudson House, September 25 – October 23, 2022), and co-curated Andrew Lyght: Linear Dimensions (Al Held Foundation, June 5 – July 24, 2022). In that capacity, she also spearheaded RVAC’s land acknowledgement initiative with guidance from the Stockbridge Munsee Band of the Mohicans Department of Cultural Affairs.

Sophie was previously the Curator of Public Programs and Education at the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) in Miami, FL, where she curated exhibitions and performances including Forensic Architecture: True to Scale, Navild and Sosa: Black Power Naps/Siestas Negras, Andros Zins Browne: The Chaos Opera, and Paul Ramírez Jonas: Alternative Facts, along with numerous discursive and educational programs. While at MOAD, she also spearheaded a partnership with The Idea Center, produced Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's La Quarta Jicotea installation for Where the Oceans Meet curated by MOAD, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Asad Raza, and Gabriela Rangel, and taught a workshop on how Theaster Gates's urban revitalization strategies could inform creative placemaking in Miami's historically underinvested neighborhoods.

She has also held positions at arts organizations including the Art in General, artnet, Creative Time, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., Museum of Modern Art, and Naked Duck Gallery, and independently curated exhibitions with work by Zarouhie Abdalian, Liz Collins, Ala Dehghan, Faile, Zipora Fried, Kate Gilmore, Jules Gimbrone, Jennie C. Jones, Lovid, Sarah Meyohas, Shoplifter, and Saya Woolfalk, among many others.

Sophie has a Ph.D. in Art History and Criticism from Stony Brook University, an M.F.A. in Art Criticism and Writing from the School of Visual Arts, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Iowa. She has taught courses on art writing and curatorial studies at Columbia University and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, interdisciplinary seminars at The New School and New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and a variety of art history courses at Stony Brook University. Her writing has appeared in Art Basel Stories, Art Comments, Art Journal, The Brooklyn Rail, Degree Critical, Hyperallergic, Modern Painters, and PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, among other peer-reviewed journals, art critical publications, and exhibition catalogues.

Sophie is currently working on writing projects that analyze policing as an aesthetic form and explore the political implications of rotation in a variety of artwork from the 1960s to today.

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