Sofia Karnukaeva, a Barcelona-based artist and architect, observes and interprets the world around her through form and material, using an intuitive method of transformation. She explores how external conditions influence the emergence of new forms.
In the shapes crafted by Sofia, one can perceive her endeavor to translate the abstract into the tangible and the intuitive into the sensory. Her tactile vessel-sculptures evoke bodily and zoomorphic forms, bearing
a resemblance to nests, beehives, or caves.
Education:
Joseph Backstein Institute of Contemporary Art | ICA Moscow, Russia, 2020-2022
The Higher School of Design "Details", Moscow, Russia, 2014-2015
Moscow Institute of Architecture | MARKHI, Moscow, Russia, 2005-2012
In the shapes crafted by Sofia, one can perceive her endeavor to translate the abstract into the tangible and the intuitive into the sensory. Her tactile vessel-sculptures evoke bodily and zoomorphic forms, bearing
a resemblance to nests, beehives, or caves.
Education:
Joseph Backstein Institute of Contemporary Art | ICA Moscow, Russia, 2020-2022
The Higher School of Design "Details", Moscow, Russia, 2014-2015
Moscow Institute of Architecture | MARKHI, Moscow, Russia, 2005-2012
Exhibitions:
‘Manifiesto Mediterráneo’, February 6 May 3, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain 2026
'QUIET FORCES', SM Bureau, November 14 to January 6, Paris, France 2025
‘Moniales’, November 20 to January 31, Chateau Nadal Hainaut, France 2025
‘VECTORS’ at Aguas Internacionales, October 25 – November 1, Aguas Internacionales, Valencia, Spain 2025
'Soul of Matière', SM Bureau, September 4 to November 2, Paris, France 2025
’OPUS FICTILE’ Tramuntana Gallery, August 9 to September 30, Vulpellac, Girona, Spain 2025
‘Persona’ by ADORNO, 3daysofdesign, June18 to 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 2025
CURATIO, Maison&Objet, Signature Sector, January 16 to 20, Paris, France 2025
THE APT02, Showroom Elisabeth Herzog, December 6 to 8, Barcelona, Spain 2024
”Fragile. Handle with Care – where art meets vulnerability.” RARARES Gallery, October 6 to November 8, Dubai, UAE 2024
MUKA ART SALON, MUKA gallery, September 13 to October 14, Luxembourg 2024
“Terra Cosmos” by Elizabeth Leriche, September 5-9, Paris, France 2024
‘IMAGINED FREEDOM; WHISPERS OF NOSTALGIA’, Make Art Club, Barcelona, Spain 2023
‘NOTHING HAPPENS IF NOTHING HAPPENS’, Isola, Dutch design week, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2023
‘Diary of a time traveler’ Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2021
‘Art & Craft:’ NG Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2021
Fairs:
COLLECTIBLE design fair, Main section, NM Gallery, March 13-16, Brussels, Belgium 2025
Collect 2025, NM Gallery, February 28 to March 2, Somerset House, London, UK 2025
"Maison&Objet Design Factory", December 5 to 7, Hong Kong 2024
Luxembourg Art Week, MUKA gallery, November 22 to 24, Luxembourg 2024
Maison&Objet, Signature Sector, September 5-9, Paris, France 2024
Bordeaux Art & Design International Art Fair, NM Gallery, Bordeaux, France 2024
COLLECTIBLE design fair, ARCHITECT <=> DESIGNER section, Brussels, Belgium 2024
Cosmoscow, NG Gallery, Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’, Moscow, Russia 2021
‘Manifiesto Mediterráneo’, February 6 May 3, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain 2026
'QUIET FORCES', SM Bureau, November 14 to January 6, Paris, France 2025
‘Moniales’, November 20 to January 31, Chateau Nadal Hainaut, France 2025
‘VECTORS’ at Aguas Internacionales, October 25 – November 1, Aguas Internacionales, Valencia, Spain 2025
'Soul of Matière', SM Bureau, September 4 to November 2, Paris, France 2025
’OPUS FICTILE’ Tramuntana Gallery, August 9 to September 30, Vulpellac, Girona, Spain 2025
‘Persona’ by ADORNO, 3daysofdesign, June18 to 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 2025
CURATIO, Maison&Objet, Signature Sector, January 16 to 20, Paris, France 2025
THE APT02, Showroom Elisabeth Herzog, December 6 to 8, Barcelona, Spain 2024
”Fragile. Handle with Care – where art meets vulnerability.” RARARES Gallery, October 6 to November 8, Dubai, UAE 2024
MUKA ART SALON, MUKA gallery, September 13 to October 14, Luxembourg 2024
“Terra Cosmos” by Elizabeth Leriche, September 5-9, Paris, France 2024
‘IMAGINED FREEDOM; WHISPERS OF NOSTALGIA’, Make Art Club, Barcelona, Spain 2023
‘NOTHING HAPPENS IF NOTHING HAPPENS’, Isola, Dutch design week, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2023
‘Diary of a time traveler’ Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2021
‘Art & Craft:’ NG Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2021
Fairs:
COLLECTIBLE design fair, Main section, NM Gallery, March 13-16, Brussels, Belgium 2025
Collect 2025, NM Gallery, February 28 to March 2, Somerset House, London, UK 2025
"Maison&Objet Design Factory", December 5 to 7, Hong Kong 2024
Luxembourg Art Week, MUKA gallery, November 22 to 24, Luxembourg 2024
Maison&Objet, Signature Sector, September 5-9, Paris, France 2024
Bordeaux Art & Design International Art Fair, NM Gallery, Bordeaux, France 2024
COLLECTIBLE design fair, ARCHITECT <=> DESIGNER section, Brussels, Belgium 2024
Cosmoscow, NG Gallery, Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’, Moscow, Russia 2021