Sophie Penkethman-Young

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Sophie Penkethman-Young is an artist and digital producer living on unceded Gadigal Land. Sophie is interested in how ideas and experiences translate digitally, how humanness could be described and how could it be uploaded to the cloud? She gained a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Australian National University School of Art & Design in 2013, completed her Honours at Sydney College of Arts in 2014 and completed a Master of Art Curating at the University of Sydney focusing on digital museum culture and internet-based practice in 2020.

Sophie has had solo exhibitions at Airspace Projects (2019), Sydney, Seventh Gallery (2019), Melbourne and Verge Gallery (2021), Sydney. In 2022 Sophie created and performed a live streamed performance lecture ‘In Progress: The Wait of Expectation’ as part of Liveworks.

Sophie has worked at Sydney Opera House, Creative Australia, Carriageworks and Firstdraft. Sophie was on the board of Runway Journal and has worked with or consulted for Sydney College of the Arts, Art Month, Sydney Contemporary, Ensemble Apex, FBi Radio + more. You can find her at the intersection of Art Ho and Tech Bro.

Sophie Penketheman-Young
ACES: CUPS, 2025
3D print, hand finished eco PLA
35 x 25 x 6 cm

Sophie Penketheman-Young
ACES: SWORDS, 2025
3D print, hand finished eco PLA
35 x 25 x 6 cm

IN PROGRESS: THE WAIT OF EXPECTATION, 2022
Lead Artist + Performer: Sophie Penkethman-Young
Technician + Collaborator: Charlie Kember
Dramaturg: Harriet Gillies
Score: Andy Garvey + Ali Wan Hill
Technical Guidence: Solomon Thomas
Special thanks to Emma O’Neill​