Sofia Ella Quimbo (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based artist and researcher who ponders coloniality and gender through material culture. Her current work explores dolls and dollmaking. She is pursuing a MA in Design Research, Writing, and Criticism at SVA. She is also a puppeteer and has performed in productions of varying prominence, most recently in Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi (St. Ann's Warehouse/The Walk Productions/KBH Arts). Some of the dolls and quilts she made are on display in New York City (nowhere prestigious). She her MFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute. While at Pratt, she was a Communications Fellow at Pratt Center for Community Development. Before she embarked on this ludicrous path making dolls and puppeteering, she had a perfectly stable advertising and marketing career in the Philippines.