about
bio
Sophie Capshaw-Mack (aka ‘Magnetic Space Bubble’) is an experimental artist working across mediums. She has exhibited her artwork internationally and has received funding from United States Artists and 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.
This year, Sophie will be traveling to Jiangling County, China to exhibit previously unreleased work at the worldwide opening of the Chen Zekun Changhe International Art Museum (陈泽鲲长河艺术馆). Her artwork will join the permanent collection there. Additionally, Sophie will be the Resident Artist for the month of October at the Hunter Moon Homestead in Troy, Idaho.
Some of Sophie’s past collaborations include the following institutions: Columbia Climate School, Columbia University Press, Duke University Forum for Scholars and Publics, New Media Artspace at Baruch College (CUNY), the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Government of Iceland, and the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC).
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 attending graduate school, Sophie earned her Bachelor’s in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a merit-based full-tuition scholarship.
artist statement
“Guided by my neurodivergence, I investigate the nature of consciousness through my art practice. I approach the creative process as a simultaneous expression of play and philosophical inquiry, viewing my art as ever-evolving vessels for exploration and connection. Ultimately, I value this entire process of creation as an inherent art form in and of itself – equally (if not even more so) than the individual outputs that society deems as ‘works’ of art. This is probably why I have been known to cut-apart-paint-over-and/or-otherwise-utterly-dismantle seemingly “completed” artworks from my past. It energizes me to destroy and reinvent something totally new and different, yet somehow still familiar. After all, what is ever truly fixed in this universe?
Fundamentally, I believe that the art I am creating comes first and foremost in the form of thoughts, ideas, and curiosities. The tangible outputs are simply by-products to birthing and inhabiting such divergent ways of thinking. Thus, I aspire to help cultivate greater levels of open-mindedness throughout society. With creativity as my preferred method, I gravitate toward the lesser-explored intriguing conceptual realms that challenge ingrained notions of hegemonic domination, binary-thinking, and anthropocentrism.”
