Sofia Durrieu
Sofía Durrieu (1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina, lives in Basel, Switzerland and Buenos Aires, Argentina) studied Fine Arts at Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, and Graphic Design at the Faculty of Design of Buenos Aires. In 2018 she moved to Basel, Switzerland to join the Master in Fine Arts program at FHNW HGK Institut Kunst, directed by Chus Martínez, graduating in 2020.
In 2025 she exhibited her works in Artissima and in NN–|–ME, Altefabrik, Svizzera and in 2024 she was involved in the group show WARM, at A+B Gallery, in Brescia. In 2023 she exhibited her works in the solo show Unpredictable Fruit at Livie Gallery (CH) and in Protolito/Limen at Ruth Benzaar (AR). In 2022 she presented New Altars/Acupuncture in Basel (for the Swiss Art Awards) and Buenos Aires (Performance Biennale BP21).
Her work has been included in several group exhibitions, among them at Kunsthalle Basel, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CEAAC Strasbourg, Federico Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, and Livie Gallery, Zurich. Her work was part of the performance series Friday Beyeler at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, and of the Performance Biennial in Parque Memorial in Buenos Aires in 2022. Recently she has been awarded with the 2022 Swiss Art Awards, the Werkbeitrag Kunstkredit Basel Stadt 2021, as well as an Atelier Mondial residency in Tokas, Tokyo.
Artissima 2025, solo presentation
A+B Gallery group show:
Working across sculpture, installation, and performance, Durrieu crafts objects and scenarios intricately intertwined with the human form. Employing meticulously designed recurring motifs such as handles, cranks, buckles, straps, and abstracted casts with organic impressions, her creations consistently evoke a sense of corporeality, even when the body itself is not explicitly depicted. Often fabricated from metal, ceramics, bronze, and resin, the artist’s invented tools, structures, and contraptions are intended for interaction and operation. Their industrial, clinical, disciplinary, and at times sexual metaphorical configurations engender a profoundly physical and psychological response in the viewer, albeit one that remains open to interpretation.