Suopheiya 索菲亚

Pseudonymous artist, designer, chef and socio-political activist, Suopheiya uses various mediums, especially food, to subversively depict political issues out of context and using them for social awareness.

Suopheiya's mixed media artwork ranges from interactive installations, photography, cinematography, set design, critical spatial practices, workshops, choreographies and performances—themes ranging from the exploitative animal industry, pop and urban culture, post-capitalism and post-colonialism, with tangible public and social impact.

With thought-provoking, often satirical, visually striking creations, using pop culture aesthetics as an ambush to address political issues, Suopheiya has managed to spark crucial conversations and challenge societal norms, inspiring other artists to use their work and ideas as a means of activism and igniting radical change.

Suopheiya first burst onto the art scene in 2018 with Gólgota Burger, an interactive food installation serving as a satire of an infamous fast food chain and their 100% dead animal menu, revealing the behind-the-scenes of the animal industry and its devastating impact worldwide, not only on animal well-being, human health, the environment but also at the economic and political level between the Global North and Global South. The playful yet cringy Trojan horse made out of burger artefacts captured public attention during two consecutive group shows in Berlin, Germany.

Another notable project, OMOB (On My Own Body), is a photo series that echoed the frenzy of Elon Musk of sending 1 million people onto Mars by 2050. Reflecting, as a parody, on the impossible equation of food sufficiency on a dead planet and hacking the human body to grow food, while world hunger and global warming haven't been solved on, our only habitable, planet Earth. The project was shared and debated during an online conference with Speculative Futures Austin, United States.

By juxtaposing aesthetics-driven artworks with the reality behind them, Suopheiya aim to spark critical thinking and radical awakening about pressing global issues.
Whether it’s addressing the food industry, climate corruption, sexism, ramping privatization worldwide, or the deadly fossil fuel industry supremacy, Suopheiya’s provocative visuals denounce the urgent need for radical action and engaging in critical discourse.

Known for using satire and pop culture references to tackle socio-economic, environmental and political issues, Suopheiya's work often involves manipulating and reimagining impactful visual narratives that result in viral campaigns, installations, blending various mediums such as digital art, mixed media, film and photography.

Based in Europe, Suopheiya is available to participate in art exhibitions, residencies and collectives, give talks and workshops and take on commission work. Reach out!

Rambutan grown from armpits, OMOB, 2021

Curcuma grown from fingers' interstice, OMOB, 2021

— TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Mar 2025    Blue pill vs. red pill, Pecha Kucha talk, MACS, Porto, Portugal

Nov 2024      How to shift our society towards collective consumption, convivial autonomy & financial solidarity? + film screening, invited by Institute for Futures, Wolfsburg, Germany

Jun 2024      Creactivism, Pop Culture & Capoeira for a post-capitalist society ASAP, The Nature of Cities Festival, Berlin, Germany

Dec 2023      WTF is Degrowth, Brunch for Change, Berlin, Germany

Nov 2023      Speculative Present: What if Capitalism was a game, what if it was a recipe?, 42 School, Berlin, Germany

Jun 2021      OMOB — Food futures on Mars, back to Earth?
Questioning absurd realities and futures through Food, Speculative Futures, Austin, United States (remote)

Feb 2018      Curiosity as an instinct for survival, CreativeMornings, Berlin, Germany

— CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jul 2022      Last Reset, technosolutionism satire in times of polycrisis, short-film documentary, Berlin, Germany

— EXHIBITIONS

Jul 2018      Gólgota Burger, group show, Liebig12, Berlin, Germany

Sep 2018      Gólgota Burger, group show, Game Science Center, Berlin, Germany

May 2016      Flaschen Taschen installation + Ruby on Rails UI, Noisebridge, Maker Faire, San Francisco Bay Area

— MONOLOGUE

Jul 2023      Four Play by Jake Brunger (2016), monologue performance, Berlin, Germany

Last Reset, fiction short-film, 2022

Repeat After Me, Girls are NOT Female Adults!!!, Suopheiya with a Sign, 2022

Gólgota Burger, 2018

Four Play by Jake Brunger (2016), monologue performance, 2023