Sofia Caesar

Sofia Caesar (b. 1989) is an artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, currently based in Brussels. Her work is based on the experience of a chronic illness that affects the movements and states of the body. Taking root in dance practices and somatic therapies, Caesar shares a search for healing through evoking bodily states of relaxation and pleasure. Working mainly with performance and installation, she uses dance to propose relationships between bodies, devices and everyday normative behaviors.

In recent years, Caesar has shown work and collaborated with institutions such as Transmediale (DE), Bienal Sur (ARG), Moscow Biennial (RUS), Framer Framed (NL), M HKA (BE), SFMOMA (USA), A Tale of a Tub (NL), Tomie Ohtake Institute (BR), ISELP (BE), Contour Biennial (BE), Beursschouwburg (BE), CAVEAT/Jubilee (BE) among other organisations in Brazil, Belgium and the world. She is in the PIPA prize 2023. In 2018 Caesar was awarded the Rumos Itaú Cultural Award (BR) and in 2019 a full scholarship to do a doctorate and teach at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels (BE). Sofia is represented by the Cavalo Gallery (Rio de Janeiro, BR).

Sofia Caesar’s works are present in public and private collections such as FRAC Pays de la Loire, Parco d’Arte Vivente (IT), Jacques De La Beraudiere, MAC – Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (BR), Itaú Cultural (BR), and others.

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Three images are divided in a vertical triptych. In the top image, Sofia lays with her hips supported by a woven hammock next to an open window in a sunny room with simple wooden furniture. In the middle image, with hips supported by a woven hammock and arms extended above her head, she lays on pale herringbone wooden floor in an indoor setting holding an iPhone in her left hand displaying a bright white image. In the bottom image, the iPhone in Sofia's hand is enlarged, showing an image of a person with an exclamatory expression laying in a hammock holding a briefcase. Photo courtesy of the artist.
ID: Three images are divided in a vertical triptych. In the top image, Sofia lays with her hips supported by a woven hammock next to an open window in a sunny room with simple wooden furniture. In the middle image, with hips supported by a woven hammock and arms extended above her head, she lays on pale herringbone wooden floor in an indoor setting holding an iPhone in her left hand displaying a bright white image. In the bottom image, the iPhone in Sofia's hand is enlarged, showing an image of a person with an exclamatory expression laying in a hammock holding a briefcase. Photo courtesy of the artist.