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Sophie Capshaw-Mack (aka @magneticspacebubble) is an experimental eco-artist who investigates the nature of consciousness through her multidisciplinary creative practice. Based in Seminole, Florida, she has exhibited internationally and across the United States.

Her work has received funding from Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District, Columbia University, United States Artists, and the North Carolina Arts Council (a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Durham Arts Council).

She has collaborated with institutions such as:

  • Chen Zekun Long River International Art Gallery (陈泽鲲长河国际艺术馆)

  • Columbia Climate School

  • Columbia University Press

  • Duke University Forum for Scholars and Publics

  • Forest Declaration Assessment

  • New Media Artspace at Baruch College (CUNY)

  • The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • The Government of Iceland

  • Internationales Digitalkunst Festival

  • United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)

  • U-ART MEDIA FEST

Her advocacy work and creative endeavors have been recognized by The Associated Press, The Guardian, and Yahoo News, among others.

Sophie holds a Master’s in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University, where she was an Environmental Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Prior to graduate school, she earned a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She was awarded a Burch Fellowship, a Parr Center for Ethics Fellowship, and the Carolina Scholarship (a full-tuition, merit-based award).

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“Guided by my neurodivergence, I investigate the nature of consciousness through my multidisciplinary art practice. Inspired by ontological questions of existence, I explore the liminal connections linking the mind, self, and external reality.

I approach the creative process as a simultaneous expression of play and philosophical inquiry, viewing my art as an ever-evolving vessel for exploration and connection. Ultimately, I view this dialectical process between concept and creation as an inherent art form in and of itself – even more so than any individual output that society deems to be a ‘work’ of art. I believe that the fundamental art I am creating comes first and foremost in the form of insights, inquiries, and approaches.

The tangible artistic forms that materialize emerge from inhabiting such divergent ways of thinking, reflecting the multilayered aspects of reality and perception. With imaginative inquiry as my preferred apparatus, I gravitate toward lesser-explored conceptual realms that challenge ingrained societal notions of hegemonic domination, binary logic, and anthropocentric states of existence. 

In doing so, I seek to replace these convictions with boundless optimism and a vision of universal cooperation. Through my art practice, I aspire to help cultivate greater levels of compassion, curiosity, and conscious expansion—both in myself and others.”