Sofia Gabriel | Artist and Curator

Sofía Gabriel is a Mexican artist and arts administrator based in Chicago with an MA in Arts Administration & Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Her curatorial work includes exhibitions and performance festivals at High Concept Labs, Co-Prosperity Sphere, UNAM Chicago, SAIC Galleries, and Hyde Park Art Center where she co-founded and facilitated The Bridge Performance Incubator, a professional development program to support performance artists. As an arts administrator, she has worked in various capacities with organizations and artists in both Mexico City and Chicago, including Tania Candiani, the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC), the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the Field Foundation of Illinois, Museo Nacional de Arte, DCASE, Hyde Park Art Center, and Gallery 400. She has been an artist-in-residence and fellow at High Concept Labs in Chicago, Murmuration in Wisconsin, and Proyecto Ace in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her work has been presented at venues including High Concept Labs, Experimental Station, Comfort Station, Elastic Arts, the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oaxaca, Mexico. 

She is currently the Executive Director of Make Literary Productions and the Lit & Luz Festival and a Board Member in High Concept Labs. 

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Work In Context The Art of Release with Sofia Gabriel