Sofia Rozaki (b.1990) is a visual artist. She studied painting at the School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 2009 to 2013. She currently lives and works in Athens.
In her work, Rozaki explores the complexities of identity, corporeality, memory, trauma and sexuality. Her compositions stand out for their story-telling qualities, incorporating recurrent forms and motifs that compose her idiosyncratic visual language. With a flair for the grotesque, Rozaki's work is characterized by elements of sarcasm, dark humor, and tragedy – whether expressed through the prism of tender, vulnerable honesty, or captured with cynical cruelty.
In her work, Rozaki explores the complexities of identity, corporeality, memory, trauma and sexuality. Her compositions stand out for their story-telling qualities, incorporating recurrent forms and motifs that compose her idiosyncratic visual language. With a flair for the grotesque, Rozaki's work is characterized by elements of sarcasm, dark humor, and tragedy – whether expressed through the prism of tender, vulnerable honesty, or captured with cynical cruelty.
2009 - 2013 Undergraduate Studies in School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Solo exhibitions
2021 "how to host a rawmantic dinner party", curated by Eleni Michaelidi, Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2019 "W.H.A.L.E.: Waves Hold A Lasting Echo", curated by Anastasia Valiri, National Archaeological Museum Café (Athens, GR)
2019 "Flip a switch", curated by Christina Sotiropoulou, Kaplanon Galleries - Ena Contemporary (Athens, GR)
2018 "Keep broken files", curated by Beaver - women's co-op, Athens & Epidaurus Festival (Athens, GR)
2016 "SDAM", Oia Vineyart project space (Santorini, GR)
Group exhibitions
2023 "a mark on the surface", curated by Stefanos Rokos, Follow Your Art Gallery (Kythera, GR)
2023 "Resilient by Nature", Zoumboulakis galleries (Athens, GR)
2023 "MOTHERhood", co-curated by Thalia Geladaki & Ifigeneia Papamikroulea, T.A.F. / the art foundation (Athens, GR)
2022 "Animal Tales", curated by Georgia Liapi, Zoumboulakis galleries (Athens, GR)
2022 "HEAT & RUN: a summer tale", curated by Vassilia Kaga, Cantina ΑΝΤΙΣΟΣΙΑΛ (Athens, GR)
2022 "Writing and Reading II", curated by Kleomenis Kostopoulos, Tatiana Dimou cultural center in collaboration with Zoumboulakis galleries (Patras, GR)
2022 “Breathing Exercises”, co-curated by Eleni Michaelidi & Sophie Constanze Polheim, LindeNOW Festival, nyg|west (Leipzig, DE)
2022 "WOMAN WILLFULNESS OF ASIA", curated by Faye Tzanetoulakou, Vouleftikon - First Parliament of Greece (Nafplio, GR)
2022 "PLAYTHING", VOLTO Concept Space (Antiparos, GR)
2022 "FEMME4FEMME4EVER", curated by Vassilia Kaga, The Queer Archive Festival, Haus N Athen (Athens, GR)
2022 "Don Quixote: Stunts in Paradox", curated by Giorgos Altouvas, J&E Vatis Art Space (Syros, GR)
2022 "Open–ended", curated by Georgia Liapi, Zoumboulakis galleries (Athens, GR)
2021 "COVEN: witchcraft for love politics", co-curated by Vassilia Kaga & Caterina Stamou, FAC Research (Athens, GR)
2021 "Around the World in 80 Maps", Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2021 "Intimacy: A Modern Tyranny", curated by Orestis Andreadakis, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, The Project Gallery (Thessaloniki - Athens, GR)
2020 "Together, so Far so Close", MOMus – Experimental Center for the Arts (Thessaloniki, GR)
2020 "ATHÈNES 2020", Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2020 "Lush Art in Austere Times", Isnotgallery (Nicosia, CY)
2019 "Come Together...Right Now...", curated by Matina Charalambi, Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2019 "Souvenirs d' Athènes", curated by Philippos Michailidis, Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2019 "Magic Wave", co-curated by Mark Joshua Epstein and Kate Mothes, Young Space (USA)
2018 "Escapes", curated by Christina Sotiropoulou, Maniatakeion Foundation (Messinia, GR)
2018 "The times are changing", co-curated by Radio Pepper 96.6 and Women Act, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (Athens, GR)
Art Fairs
2021 Art Athina Pop Up – Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2021 Art Athina Virtual – Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Alibi Gallery (Athens, GR)
2021 Trento Art Festival, Focus Greece section - Solo Exhibition, curated by Eleni Michaelidi (Trento, IT)
2019 Art Athina – Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Kaplanon Galleries (Athens, GR)
2018 Art Thessaloniki - International Contemporary Art Fair, Kaplanon Galleries (Thessaloniki, GR)
Press
Nov 2022 “Αναζητώντας και σωματοποιώντας το κρυμμένο τραύμα με την Σοφία Ροζάκη – Με αφορμή την έκθεση “Γραφή και Ανάγνωση ΙΙ””, Interview with Peloponnisos Newspaper (Greece)
Dec 2021 “Σοφία Ροζάκη: Ηow to host a rawmantic dinner party”, Interview with MAXMAG (Greece)
May 2019 “Μία φάλαινα ταράζει τον “αιώνιο ύπνο” των γλυπτών”, Fileleftheros newspaper (Printed) (Greece)
Feb 2019 “Οι αφηγήσεις της Σοφίας Ροζάκη”, Kathimerini newspaper (Greece)
Feb 2019 “Σοφία Ροζάκη: Όταν η πραγματική ζωή ακροβατεί με το όνειρο”, Interview with Art22 (Greece)
Mar 2018 Interview with Young Space (USA)