Sophy Chang ❀
BioSophy Chang (b. 1992, South Korea) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in soft sculpture and installation. She currently lives and works in New York. She holds a BFA degree from School of Visual Arts (NY, 2019) and an MFA from University of Delaware (DE, 2024.) Her work has been exhibited internationally in South Korea, China, the U.S., Chile, and Switzerland.
She explores the possibility of warmer coexistence, weaving threads within the self and between the self and others. Working across sculpture, installation, and social projects, she creates tactile environments that oscillate between comfort and unease, giving form to the tensions and complexities of relating to oneself and others. Drawing on personal narratives as well as broader social contexts, her practice seeks to open spaces where solidarity, understanding, and compassion can emerge despite difference.
EDUCATION2021 - 2024 Master of Fine Arts, Fine Arts, University of Delaware, Delaware, USA
2016 - 2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2011 - (Transferred to SVA) Bachelor of Arts, Digital Media Design, Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea
SOLO EXHIBITION2024 - An Alien’s Desperation, VOX Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2023 - Sunday Afternoon, Living Flower, Daegu, South Korea
2020 - Ordinary Sadness, The Longdistance, Daegu, South Korea
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION2025 - Between Worlds: The Intangible Thread, Gallery 456 (Chinese American Arts Council), New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITION2025 - Gifts of Magi 2025, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025 - Wavelengths, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2025 - Big Present, Space 776 Gallery, New York, NY
2024 - Carving Connections (online), The Alternative Art School, NY
2024 - EXH 13, Floorr Magazine (online), London, UK
2024 - Manifold, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2023 - EXPOSICIÓN DOS, Recitation Gallery, Newark, DE
2023 - Re:Define The Boundaries, Spazio Volta, Locarno, Switzerland
2023 - Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice, Curated Nancy Dejoy and funded by the Mellon Foundation, Frandor Sears Building and Impressions 5 Science Center, Lansing, MI
2023 - EXPOSICIÓN DE ARTE, Galeria Municipal de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
2023 - MFA EXHIBITION, Studio Arts Building, Newark, DE
2022 - 99 Dollar Exhibition, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2021 - 기억... 그리고 희망, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, South Korea
2021 - Along the Lines, Recitation Gallery, Newark, DE
2021 - 非此不可？, Tao Cang Art Center, Jiaxing, China
2020 - #생존신고, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, South Korea
2019 - Vailed, TBG Gallery, New York, NY
2019 - Salon Show, Space 776 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - We Dream in Color, Sobro Social, The Bronx, NY
2019 - Priority Mail: Our 2019 Mail Art Biennial, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - Dancing with Being, curated by Sophy Chang, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
AWARD & GRANT2024 - Independent Study Workshop Fellowship, The Alternative Art School, NY
2024 - Graduate Student Travel Award, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - CMCS Travel Research Grant, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - Delaware Public Humanities Institute Fellowship, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - Graduate Student Travel Award, The University of Delaware, DE
2018 - BFA Fine Arts Departmental Grants, School of Visual Arts, NY
PRESS & PUBLICATION2025 - TUSSLE Magazine, Between Worlds: The Intangible Thread, Review by Minkyou Jun, NY
2025 - World Journal (世界日報), Between Worlds: The Intangible Thread, NY
2025 - Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), Between Worlds: The Intangible Thread, NY
2025 - China Press, Qiao Bao (僑報), Between Worlds: The Intangible Thread, NY
2025 - Hyperallergic, Wavelengths, NY
2024 - MANIFOLD, Writing by Gioj de Marco, DE
2023 - Where Flowers Bloom Magazine Issue 5, Published by Studio 5115, Switzerland
2023 - Addition Art Magazine: Issue One, London, England
2020 - Three Special Exhibitions at Suchang Youth Mansion by Monthly Magazine Daegu Culture
2019 - Cover Artwork & Curator's Choice by Bob Nickas, 20/20 (2019) Magazine
LECTURE2024 - Objests as Cultural Artifacts, OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), DE
2023 - Colloquium, University of Delaware, DE
2021 - Mentoring Class for Nonprofit Organization(위드 라이프), Daegu, South Korea
2020 - Culture Education Workshop, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, South Korea
TEACHING EXPERIENCE2024 - Instructor of Core Sculpture (Undergraduate Studio, ART255), Art and Design Department, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - Instructor of Core Sculpture (Undergraduate Studio, ART255), Art and Design Department, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - Instructor of Core Sculpture (Undergraduate Studio, ART255), Art and Design Department, The University of Delaware, DE
2023 - Instructor of Drawing for Non-Majors (Undergraduate Studio, ART133), Art and Design Department, University of Delaware, DE
2022 - Teaching Assistant, Media Design Culture (Undergraduate Lecture, ART204), Art and Design Department, University of Delaware, DE