Sophia Farmer is an artist and art director based in Chicago and born in San Diego, California. Their work reflects the plastic ecologies of Californian biomes, Hollywood theatrics and Midwestern debris. They have co-curated shows and publications across Chicago at Inga books, Color Club and SITE Galleries. Their work has been presented at the UIMA, and internationally, including the Hoxton Arches in London and the 34th International Panorama Council Conference in Lisbon. They hold a MA in Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Studio Art from Reed College. They were an artist-in-residence at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and an on the Wall Colour Competition First Award Recipient. They were a featured artist at the Chicago Critique Group. They are presenting at the 2026 Chicago Art Book Fair.
Sophia Farmer creates fetish landscapes of myth, rooted in screen cultures and the nature-photography canon. Via photo, video and sculpture Phi assembles works which explore surveillance, the debris of paradise and the labor of fantasy maintenance. Through material opacity these objects consider ways of looking and reverting gaze. Phi works with materials like latex, sand, deflated pool toys, photo transfers and car vinyls.
email: sophiagfarmer@gmail.com
instagram: @phifarmer @objectvacation
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photo by isaiah lee
