SOFIA ELIAS (1995) HAS DEVELOPED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE. SHE IS A SCULPTOR, DRAFTSMAN, DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT. SHE HAS SET THE FOCUS OF HER PRODUCTION ON A PLAYFUL UNIVERSE INFORMED BY THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

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BORN IN GUADALAJARA, ELIAS CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MEXICO CITY. FOLLOWING HER FORMAL STUDIES IN FINE ARTS AT BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ARTS IN JERUSALEM AND COMPLETED HER BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT ANAHUAC UNIVERSITY IN MEXICO CITY IN 2019. 

 

CHILDREN’S PLAY SPACES HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION AND REFERENCE FOR ELÍAS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER; HER THESIS PROJECT WAS A SCULPTURAL PARK TITLED JUGANDO A JUGAR. THE PROCESS CONSISTED OF AN EXPLORATION OF MATERIALS, TEXTURES, AND COLORS, RESULTING IN A SERIES OF MODELS AND MINIATURE SCULPTURES. ALL ORGANIC IN FORM AND FLUID IN CONCEPTION, IN 2019, SHE LAUNCHED HER SUCCESSFUL EPHEMERAL JEWELRY BRAND BLOBB; WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF HER PRACTICE AND AN EXPERIMENTATION WITH FORM AND MATTER ON A MINIATURE SCALE. THIS APPROACH HAS RESULTED IN A SERIES OF PLAYFUL SCULPTURES IN DIFFERENT SCALES THAT AIM TO GENERATE CONSCIOUSNESS.

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IN 2021-22 SHE MADE HER FIRST TWO PLAYGROUNDS LOCATED IN THE STATES OF TABASCO AND QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO.

 

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WALLPAPER, HYPEBEAST, CULTURED, LABOR, EASTROOM,

EL UNIVERSAL, VOGUE MÉXICO, I-D VICE, HYPEBAE, KIKO KOSTADINOV, TOBE MAGAZINE, SURFACE, PURPLE MAGAZINE,

EL UNIVERSAL, NEW YORK TIMES, L'OFFICIEL, PURPLE MAGAZINE, GQ RUSSIA, THE FACE, BUSINESS OF FASHION, I-D ITALY, VOGUE MÉXICO, HIGHSNOBIETY, SOFT PUNK, WWD, DAZED, VOGUE RUSSIA, INSTYLE, VOGUE INDIA, VOGUE FRANCE, ELLE, MARIE CLAIRE, WAIT FASHION, COEVAL, W MAGAZINE, NYLON.

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