Sofia Ella Quimbo is an artist and researcher who ponders coloniality, displacement, resilience, and gender through the histories, design, and making of objects.

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Sofia Ella Quimbo is an artist and researcher who ponders coloniality, displacement, resilience, and gender through the histories, design, and making of objects.

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monsters
soft power
water

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MORE PUPPETS!

04/2024




Through material and movement, puppets animate stories beyond the spoken word.

(Also, they’re really fun to make.)

DEVELOPMENT

Sculpting the head; building the body

My Dad suggested I give this guy bushy rainbow eyebrows. Strangely specific request, Dad.

MORE PUPPET EXPERIMENTS



Prof. Theodora Skipitares (please look her up; she’s amazing) provided this dude’s body.

12/2024
I’ve been told my creations are horrifying. Have you noticed the state of our climate lately? Now, that’s horrifying.

Anyway, here, I’m beginning to develop my own patterns.

02/2025



I saw some Georgian folk dancers and they wore something like this.

03/2025


Think outside the box? No, think inside the box. The box is awesome. The box is cool.

09/2024