Sophie Kovel is an artist, writer, and translator
based in Northern California and New York.
sophiekovel@gmail.com
Columbia University, MFA Candidate, New Genres
Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A. (with Honors & Distinction)
Conversations
2019 Artcritical, Panel on the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2020 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 School for Poetic Computation, New York, NY
2018 CJC Fund, Barnard College, New York, NY
2018 Barnard Visual Arts Department Grant, New York, NY
2017 Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) Residency, Fuji-Kawaguchiko-cho, Japan
2017 Weatherhead East Asian Institute Fellowship, Columbia University
Selected Exhibitions
2021 The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2020 The Collaborative Center for Storm, Space & Seismic Research
2019 Social Photography VII, Carriage Trade, curated by Peter Scott, New York, NY
2019 On-site, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Radial Blur, Louise McCagg Gallery, Barnard College, New York, NY (curated by
Vanessa Thill)
Selected Publications & Published Work
2021 Shana Moulton, Whispering Pines 10, Spike Magazine (Issue #67)
2020 Thaddeus Mosley, Karma, Artforum
2020 Bouchra Khalili: The Radical Ally, BOMB Magazine (Issue #151)
2019 John Giorno: DO THE UNDONE, Sperone Westwater, Brooklyn Rail
2019 Mrinalini Mukherjee: Phenomenal Nature, Met Breuer, Frieze (Issue #205)
2019 Chim↑Pom, Art in General, Artforum
2018 Steve Locke, yours mine & ours, Artforum
2018 Journal for Art Criticism, Journalism or Romanticism?
2017 Ratrock Magazine, Columbia University, interview
2017 Echoes Magazine, Columbia University, Picturing
2017 Journal for Art Criticism, Interior Service Only
2017 Ratrock Magazine, Columbia University, artist profile
2017 “Cross my heart” (Translation of Chris Marker’s “Croix de bois et chemin de fer,” Esprit, Jan. 1951)
2017 “It was a strange thing” (Translation of Chris Marker’s text from the French edition booklet of La Jetée – Sans Soleil)
Professional Experience
Assistant Editor at BOMB Magazine, Brooklyn, NY March 2021–Present
Editorial Assistant at BOMB Magazine, Brooklyn, NY June 2019–2021
Freelance critic at Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, and other publications, 2018–Present
Exhibition research and publication support for the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Hauser & Wirth, and other institutions 2018–2020