SOFIA ELIAS (1995) HAS DEVELOPED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE. SHE IS A SCULPTOR, DRAFTSMAN, DESIGNER, AND ARCHI- TECT. HER WORK FOCUSES ON CREATING A PLAYFUL UNIVERSE INFORMED BY THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE. BORN IN GUADALAJARA, ELIAS CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MEXICO CITY AND HAS FORMAL STUDIES IN FINE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE.

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CHILDREN’S PLAY SCAPES HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION AND REFERENCE FOR ELIAS 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 SCULPTURES, ALL ORGANIC IN FORM AND FLUID IN CONCEPTION.

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IN 2019, SHE LAUNCHED HER BURGEONING AND INNOVATIVE BRAND, BLOBB, WHICH SHE REFERS TO AS: “MINIATURE SCULPTURE FOR THE BODY”. BLOBB HAS SERVED AS A PLATFORM FOR ELIAS TO EXTEND HER PRACTICE, ALLOWING HER TO EXPERIMENT WITH FORM, MATTER AND SCALE. THIS APPROACH HAS RESULTED IN A SERIES OF PLAYFUL SCULPTURES THAT AIM TO RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS.

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IN 2021-22, SHE BUILT HER FIRST TWO PLAYGROUNDS, LOCATED IN THE STATES OF TABASCO AND QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO, AND THIS PROJECT HAS KEPT GROWING SINCE, IN 2023 SHE CONCLUDED ANOTHER PLAYGROUND FOR A PRIVATE CLIENT IN MEXICO CITY, AND IN 2024 SHE BUILT AN EPHEMERAL ONE IN NEW YORK CITY, THAT IS NOW LOCATED IN MARFA, TEXAS.

 

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AD MÉXICO, SURFACE, SIGHT UNSEEN , WHITEWALL, 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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