Sofia Taipa is a multidisciplinary artist, creative technologist and maker working between Lisbon and London. With a dual background in Fine-Arts and Computer Science, Sofia’s work explores and questions the role of technology in contemporary art, as well as its intersection with materiality. Through sculpture and installation, she probes the phenomenology of the body, sound, light, and space as tangible entities. Her practice is driven by a curiosity on the nature of perception and the ways in which identity is formed and experienced. Sofia’s current practice-based research investigates themes of collective identity, the process of individuation, and the sensory experience, seeking to uncover how these concepts manifest in both the physical and digital domains.

EDUCATION

Master (MFA) in Computational Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK [2022-2024]

Bachelor (BA) in Multimedia Art [Major], Interaction Design [Minor], Faculdade de Belas-Artes de Lisboa, PT [2017-2020]

Independent Curricular Units in Informatics and Multimedia Engineering (BSc), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, PT [2018-2022]

OTHER

Teacher Assistant and Tutor (MFA Computational Arts), Goldsmiths, University of London, UK [2024-present]

Freelance Artist, Creative Technologist and Web developer [2020-present]

Course Instructor (Experimental Creative Coding), Online Course, Cyber Patio [2023]

EXHIBITONS

Prémio A Arte Chegou ao Colombo, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa, PT [2025]

[Entre paredes] No fim de um lugar, Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, PT [2025]

Insurgências: Mostra Nacional de Jovens Criadores, Museu de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira, PT [2024]

TOPOLOGY, Hypha Studios Paddington, London, UK [2024]

Corrente de Ar Volume IV, Beato Innovation District, Lisboa, PT [2024]

Computational Arts Degree Show, Goldsmiths University, London, UK [2024]

AGORA: a place of gathering, Arthub Studios, London, UK [2024]

DISSECTION, Hypha Studios Stratford, London, UK [2024]

Digital Design Weekend, Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, London, UK [2023]

Computational Arts Degree Show, Goldsmiths University, London, UK [2023]

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

Finalist for Prémio A Arte Chegou ao Colombo: Na Era da Inteligência Artificial, PT [2025]

Finalist for Mostra Nacional de Jovens Criadores 2024 (The Young Creators Prize) in the Cross-disciplinary category, PT [2024]

MFA Computational Arts Scholarship, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK [2023]

Paper Publication Disclosed eyes: An Interactive Installation on the Impact of Hypervigilance, UXUC Journal [2020]

Academic Excellence Award, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, PT [2018]