I was born in California in the 90’s. Since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to draw and paint. I currently live in San Miguel de Allende where I created my home and studio. Here I paint and make books and design all kinds of dreams with my cat and my cactus.

Publishers

North Atlantic Books, Berkeley and Penguin Random House.

Dino Does Yoga, 2019.

Exhibitions

2013

Dori Varga Collection, Berlin. Group exhibition

The Ballery, Berlin. Group exhibition and auction

2014

Fresh Eggs Gallery, Berlin Mitte

Fresh Eggs Gallery 2 month art residency

2015

Takhman 28 Gallery, Udaipur, India

Farming Art Residency, Rajasthan, India

2021

Art Fair, Distrito SOMA, San Miguel de Allende

Fabrica Aurora, San Miguel de Allende

2022

Liquid Gallery, Panama City Panama

Fabrica Aurora, San Miguel de Allende

2024

Black Estudio exhibition, San Miguel de Allende

2025

Casa Ribera group exhibition, Art Week, Mexico City

Artwork

From commissioned picture books with heart-warming characters to intricate adult coloring books and designs for woven carpets, I create art in order to inspire and spark curiosity. I love retelling my travel stories through collages of an Istanbul night scene, teaching yoga poses with silly characters leading the way, and finding new ways to express the lines of the human body.

2d Illustration

3d Illustration

Books

Print Screening

Illustration

I create coloring books for adults with intricate line work; playful colors and shapes; graphic novels and more. I love the shape of the human body and finding new ways to express it.

Books and Zines

I am passionate about books of all kinds! I illustrate children’s books, coloring books for kids and adults, and small pieces for adult non-fiction books. In 2019 I wrote and illustrated Dino Does Yoga, which is published with North Atlantic Books, Berkeley and distributed with Penguin Random House. I self-publish zines and comic books about my world travels, spanning 53 countries, and other curiosities.

Yoga Kids

Yoga is a powerful, ancient tool to quiet the mind and control emotions. It is essential for children to learn these valuable skills, for the years to come! After studying the ancient tradition of yoga asanas, pranayamas, and meditation techniques in India, I decided to share my yogic knowledge. This has expanded into a fun program where kids have the chance to learn, play, and listen to their own bodies! Contact me if you’re interested in learning more, or would like to be part of a class!

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Dante C

Sofie was wonderful to work with and provided many great ideas and insights on my project. She helped uncover key concerns and opportunities specific to my project that will likely prove highly impactful. This was my second time working with Sofie and I look forward to yet more opportunities to collaborate together in the future.

UpWork client

Our company has been working with Sofie for over a year and she is always an absolute pleasure to work with and an extremely talented and creative artist. She is able to take our concepts and accurately turn them into exactly what we envisioned, plus more. Her work is detailed and always delivered on time. She comes very highly recommended, five out of five stars every time!

The Equality Education

Sofie illustrated two different children’s books for me. She is creative, takes direction and her work is outright spectacular. Sofie is a pleasure to work with and I am inspired to write another merely to experience her art again!

Lindsay Kroneengold, Penguin Random House published author

I reached out to Sofie because I saw some of her work in the book ‘When will they leave?’. The lively, vibrant and full of life illustrations immediately prompted me to reach out to her. I worked with Sofie on two books that were written by my 12- year old daughter that were targeted towards children 7-11 years old. Sofie was professional, courteous, responsive and very helpful throughout the whole process. Met all the deadlines and everything was delivered right on time as promised. Above all, her work was nothing short of impressive. Her illustrations literally added so much life and impact to the stories. She even helped us with getting the book published on Amazon. I totally recommend Sofie for your next project.

Salima Manji

“Illustrating African graphic novel by a westerner can be challenging. Because of her natural way of self cultural immersion, Sofie has shown her artistic genius in illustrating MANDINKA I, II and the Journey of the MANGUIS, in English and French.” Sekou Kaba, Professor