Artist, author and designer born in 1988.
Master of Arts in Fashion, Royal College of Art, UK.
Founder and designer at Autora Vaz.
Lives and works in Montevideo, Uruguay.
“Sofía Ognjenovich Vaz’s work unfolds at the crossroads of text, drawing, the body, and the textile object. Her pieces begin in writing and in line, and take shape as soft sculptures that wrap, unsettle, or accompany. They are relational objects that drift away from the body and return to it: jellyfish, pillows, thorns, embraces.
That axis —the body and what dresses it— anchors both her artistic practice and her project Autora Vaz, a sustainable label where she develops biodegradable, vegan, and compostable garments made from low-impact fibers and dyed with natural pigments.
Her practice also extends into writing: Becoming an orphan is a book in which she interlaces memory, clothing, and intimate narratives.”
Araceli Pourcel