Sophie Penkethman-Young is an artist and digital producer living on unceded Gadigal Land. Sophie is interested in how ideas and experiences translate digitally, how humanness could be described and how could it be uploaded to the cloud? She gained a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Australian National University School of Art & Design in 2013 and completed her Honours at The Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney in 2014. She recently completed a Master of Art Curating at the University of Sydney focusing on digital museum culture and internet-based practice. Sophie held the 2019-2020 board position of Digital Manager of Runway Journal.

Sophie was a curator and digital producer on Collective: Trace, Ghost and Frenzy where over the three projects she collaborated with fourteen artists to create time specific digital exhibitions for PAcT, Firstdraft, Art Month and Outerspace ARI. She is also one part of interdisciplinary show makers WHPY. Sophie has had solo exhibitions at Airspace Projects (2019), Sydney, Seventh Gallery (2019), Melbourne and Verge Gallery (2021), Sydney. In 2022 Sophie created and performed a live streamed performance lecture ‘In Progress: The Wait of Expectation’ as part of Liveworks. Sophie has worked as at Sydney Opera House, Creative Australia, Carriageworks and Firstdraft. She has worked with or consulted for SCA (University of Sydney), Art Month, Sydney Contemporary, Ensemble Apex, FBi Radio + more.  

Previously worked with Creative Australia, Sydney Opera House, Carriageworks, Performance Space, Firstdraft, Ensemble Apex, Art Month, FBi Radio + more

You can find her at the intersection of Art Ho and Tech Bro.



sophie.penkethman.young@gmail.com
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