Sofia Leiby

(b. 1989) Sofia Leiby is a painter and writer based in Chicago. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011. Recently, she mounted a solo exhibition at Devening Projects (Chicago), and has shown her work extensively in group exhibitions, including recently at Springsteen Gallery (Baltimore); KRETS (Malmö, Sweden); and LVL3, Chicago (2013). She is the co-director and founder of Chicago Artist Writers, a website for artist-authored art criticism, and regularly publishes art writing on various platforms both online and in print including Bad at Sports and Newcity. She was included in the Midwest Issue of New American Paintings (Open Studios Press) in 2013.