Courtesy of ChertLüdde, Berlin, Bremond Capela, Paris, and Sofía Salazar Rosales, Amsterdam
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Sofía Salazar Rosales
Biography
Salazar Rosales’s work develops from a sentence she wrote: “Hay cuerpos cansados por el viaje que buscan enraizarse” (There are bodies tired from the journey that seek to root). Her interest focuses on how objects have a potential to show social, political, and economic contexts, specifically linked to the displacement of humans, goods and other objects.
She conceives her pieces as spaces of reconciliation to negotiate between the object, the material and their history throughout different contexts. Reconciling is also a constructive gesture in her work, which continuously transforms the objects with particular focus on their emotional effect. Salazar Rosales and her sculptures have a relationship of affection. The artist says: “We are contextual, but also sentimental.”
Sofia Salazar is a gold mdalist of the Art Basel Awards in the Emerging Artist category (2025), She has recently completed a master’s degree with distinction at the School of Fine Arts (ENSBA Paris) in the ateliers of Tatiana Trouvé, Petrit Halilaj and Álvaro Urbano. And recently completed the two-year residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. She recently was the object of a solo show at Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, CH (2025) and was part of the Lyon Biennale, Lyon, FR (2024).
Curriculum vitae
Solo and two-person exhibitions
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2025TBD, Bremond Capela, Paris, FR
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Imagínate vivir en suiza y perderte esto, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, CH
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2024Simulacros de cimiento, EL CHICO, Madrid, ES
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The Desire to Dance with Someone Who Is Not Here, ChertLüdde, Berlin, DE
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Yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad, Pero allá, tal como aquí, En la boca llevarás, Sabor a mí, Alice Amati Gallery, Londres, GB
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2023Tal vez la urgencia del arribo extienda mi lenguaje (Maybe the urgency of arrival will extend my language), School of Fine Arts of Paris, ENSBA Paris, Paris, FR
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Mantengo la urgencia de reconciliar (Holding the urge to reconcile), curated by Juan Felipe Paredes, Juniin, Guayaquil, EC
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2022Hay cuerpos cansados por el viaje que buscan enraizarse (There are bodies tired from the journey seeking to root), Bungalow/ChertLüdde, Berlin, DE
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2021Il y a des corps fatigués par le voyage qui cherchent à s’enraciner (There are bodies tired from the journey seeking to root), School of Fine Arts of Lyon, ENSBA Lyon, Lyon, FR
Group exhibitions
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2025Chère Melpomène, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR
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100% L’EXPO>Madrid, curated by Pily Estrada, Institut Français de Madrid, Madrid, ES
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Voces/Gestos/Ejercicios, curated by Pily Estrada, Casa Ecuador, Madrid, ES
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Memory Lane, Curated by Aquiles Jarrín, Nora Aurrekoetxea Etxebarria and Luisa Seipp, Ventana Project, Berlin, DE
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Un suolo senza tempo, Art City Bologna 2025, Bologna, IT
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2024A soft edge to break a sword, ChertLüdde Potsdamer Straße 97, Berlin, DE
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17 Contemporary Art Biennial of Lyon, Crossing the water, Lyon, FR
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Nobody is a stranger, curated by Armelle Leturcq, No Name, Paris, FR
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Radicar Raði’ka, curated by Margaux Knight, Poush, Aubervilliers, FR
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100% L’EXPO, La Vilette, Paris, FR
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El vuelo del Quetzal, curated by Dayneris Brito 6b, Paris, FR
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Des lignes de désir, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR
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Shaping, curated by Zohreh Deldadeh, Anne-Laure Peressin and Andy Rankin, Poush, Aubervilliers, FR
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2023My Demons My Angels, ChertLüdde, Berlin, DE
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Pays rêvé, pays revers, curated by Juliana Caffé, Petite Galerie – Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR
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Crush, curated by Marc Donnadieu, Madeleine Mathé and Stéphanie Pécourt, School of Fine Arts of Paris, Paris, FR
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Young Talents: Polymathic Nature, Canepaneri gallery, Genova, IT
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Alrededor de tu piel ato y desato la mía, Julio Artist Run Space, Paris, FR
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Sur le feu, curated by Antariksa, Andréanne Béguin, Qu Chang, Mélanie Bouteloup and Armelle Pradalier, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR
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Young Talents: Polymathic Nature. Step 2., C+N Gallery Canepaneri, Milan, IT
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The Perf. End, Curated by Camilla Giaccio, Via Privata Passo Pordoi, Milan, IT
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2022Flash Point, curated by Pily Estrada, Ponce + Robles, Madrid, ES
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Piel de Serpiente, curated by Noelia Portela and Valentina Rosas, Shmorevaz, Paris, FR
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Crush, curated by Cristiano Raimondi, Alexia Fabre and Audrey Illouz, School of Fine Arts of Paris, ENSBA Paris, Paris, FR
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Traces Vagabondes, curated by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, International School of Culture and Art Market Professions, Paris, FR
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A rather be A-line, curated by Noelia Portela, Shmorevaz, Paris, FR
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Shifting Balance, curated by Marta Orsola Sironi, MMAT Collection, London, GB
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Ai miz yu, curated by Gisselle Girón Casas, The Other Art Fair, Turin
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The noises that you make, Atelier Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano, Galeries droite et gauche, School of Fine Arts of Paris, Paris, FR
Bibliography
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2024Catalogue: “17e Biennale de Lyon Art contemporain”, published on the occasion of the exhibition “Les voix des fleuves, Crossing the water” during the 17th edition of the Lyon Biennale, ISBN: 9782958472412.
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“Sofía Salazar Rosales: A Poetic Journey Through the Material” by Noushin Afzali, Contemporary And, 21 August, online.
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“The Absence of Touch: An Interview with Sofía Salazar Rosales” by William Kherbek, Berlin Art Link, 9 July, online.
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“Sofía Salazar Rosales. Healing through a study of material culture” by Lucy Rose Cunningham, L’Essenziale Studio, print.
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‘Sofía Salazar Rosales: “My Anthropomorphic Sculptures Keep in Their Mouths the Flavour of Their Origins”’ by Keshav Anand, Something Curated, 22 May, online.
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“5 Must-See Shows at Gallery Weekend Berlin 2024” by Chris Erik Thomas, ARTnews, April, online.
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“Sofía Salazar Rosales At Alice Amati: ‘yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad, pero allá, tal como aquí, en la boca llevarás, sabor a mí’” by Avantika Pathania, Fetch, April, online.
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“Gallery Weekend 2024: The Schöneberg Walkabout” by Eva Szwarc, Berlin Art Link, April, online.
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2022“Sofía Salazar Rosales: Mantengo la Urgencia de Reconciliar”, by Juan Felipe Paredes, Artishock, 22 October, online.
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“Sofía Salazar Rosales at Bungalow”, Art Viewer, 8 June.
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“How to Blossom in Berlin: ChertLüdde opens its doors in Schöneberg”, by An Paenhuysen, Berlin Art Link, 24 May, online.
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“Gallery Weekend Berlin 2022: 14 Ausstellungen, die ihr nicht verpassen solltet”, by Anna Meinecke, Gallery Talk, 27 April, online.
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“Gallery weekend: Berlin Spring” by Boris Pofalla, Monopol, 26 April, online.
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“Also Known As Africa: Alterner”, Edited by Eva Barois De Caevel, Issue 8, Bureau Contemporary Art Events, Paris.
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“Hay cuerpos cansados por el viaje que buscan enraizarse” (There are bodies tired from the journey seeking to root) by Sofía Salazar Rosales, Edited by Nina Hanz, Translation Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, Published by ChertLüdde, Berlin.
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2021“Sofía José Salazar Rosales”, The SARR Collection, 2021, online.
Residencies
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2023De Ateliers, Amsterdam, ND, Amsterdam, NL
Awards
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2025Art Basel Awards, Basel, CH
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2023Shortlisted for the Premio illy Sustain Art Prize, Madrid, ES
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Shortlisted for the Emerige-CPGA Prize, Madrid, ES
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2022SARR Prize, Paris/Chicago
Education
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2023ENSBA Paris (MFA), School of Fine Arts of Paris, Paris, FR
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2021ENSBA Lyon (BFA), School of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, FR