„She already had learned to breathe underwater“ SOPHIE UTIKAL 2023

Curated by Ivana Marjanović
As a contribution to 8 March, International Women's* Struggle Day, Sophie Utikal's solo exhibition presents recent works that reinforce concepts of togetherness and resilience in the context of climate and other disasters. From the position of agency, the agency of women* of colour, Sophie Utikal deals with bodies, migration experiences, multiple affiliations and resulting contradictions. The artist creates dream-like scenes and landscapes on textiles that address collective empowerment rituals, practices of care and, more recently, imagined future transformations of life on earth. Sound pieces by artist and musician Hyeji Nam accompany the exhibition and contribute to reflections on the creation of new worlds. Sophie Utikal was born in Tallahassee, USA and currently lives in Berlin.