Sophia Sacal Smeke
(Mexico City, 1999) Curator. Sacal holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from the Universidad Iberoamericana. She has studied abroad in Florence, Italy as part of an exchange program with New York University and in Madrid, Spain, where she received a Diploma in Cultural Management from the Universidad Complutense. Her research focuses on Material Culture Studies, delving deep into the intersection with Identity and Gender Studies. She has published several articles in both Mexican and international magazines, and has also spoken in various symposia, such as the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium (2022) and the Universidad Iberoamericana Art History Symposium (2021, 2022, 2023). Sacal co-founded and directed an itinerant experimental space for contemporary art called “el recinto” from 2021-2023, organizing multiple exhibitions and public programs with the aim of highlighting Mexico City’s emergent art scene. She has dedicated her practice as an independent curator to promoting Latin American art both within the continent and abroad, with exhibitions such as "De, desde, en, entre, hacia" which took place in London during the summer of 2023. She currently works at Christie’s.