Sofia Crespo 🪸

Gm Erikssonia Edgei & Geospiza Heliobates by @soficrespo91

🌱 The species in Critically Extant by @soficrespo91 🌱 In Critically Extant, Sofia trained models on millions of open-source nature photos covering ~10 000 species. First shown as some kind of Instagram exhibition, the work tests whether endangered life can slip into our daily scroll and spark "real-world" care. The project invites us to build better feedback loops between the digital and the wild: notice, share, and act before these creatures vanish completely. ↓ Below are some of the species featured in the collection, with a few facts about each:

In “Everything’s Computer,” Anika Meier samples 5 art practitioners who are responding to genAI by building avatars, ecosystems, and autonomous models – and blowing open the conceit that art’s value should rest on its makers’ signatures. Get your copy: shop.spikeartmagazine.com/products/issue…

So excited for this feature, thanks so much @postanika !! 🗞️

Belatedly, a long 🧵 on our latest work, (di)atomic garden, an exploration of radiation’s mutative power, some of its history, and its afterlives in the present. The work began with our encounter with the “atomic garden,” or “gamma garden”:

Nordic Interface The Lumen Prize, in collaboration with @kunstsilo, is proud to announce the launch of: Nordic Interface, a new initiative supporting the development of an ambitious new commission by a Nordic artist through mentorship, production support, public programming, and a site-specific commission at Kunstsilo. Building on our long-standing partnership, the program provides selected Nordic artists with mentorship from an international network of experts, dedicated production support, and the opportunity to premiere a new work in Kunstsilo’s Silohall during The Lumen Prize Awards Ceremony weekend in November. For the inaugural edition, we’re thrilled to announce @entangledothers as the first artists selected for the program. Their practice explores the complex entanglements between artificial intelligence and biological systems, asking how technology shapes our understanding of the more-than-human world. More details to follow shortly. 🔗 lumenprize.org/nordic-interfa… #NordicInterface #LumenPrize #EntangledOthers #Kunstsilo @feileacan_net @soficrespo91

@KateVassGalerie thank you so much! ✨

“Computer vision and machine learning could offer a bridge between us and speculative "natures" that can only be accessed through high levels of parallel computation.” - Sofia Crespo ✨Happy birthday to one of the most iconic AI artists of our time, Sofia Crespo @soficrespo91! Sofia has a huge interest in biology-inspired technologies. In her series Neural Zoo (2018-2022), she explores how organic life uses artificial systems to simulate itself and evolve, suggesting that technology is not separate from nature, but a biased extension of the organic life that created it. The works feel like fragments of an imagined nature, familiar in texture, yet impossible in form. They conjure worlds the eye almost recognizes, but the mind knows it has never seen. The series was presented in Edges of the Metaverse as part of our program in Zurich in 2022. Image: {sincere_communication_8888}, 2018 by @soficrespo91

A few plates from “Temporally Uncaptured” ~ PS: thank you so much to everyone for the birthday messages!

Very honored to receive this award, thanks @hofagallery ! ✨🙏

"Driven by the real-time sampling of uranium ore, the specimens are exposed to continuous mutative forces. The planted specimens can be explored through this browser interface, acting as a safe window into this continuously growing, mutating and decaying virtual garden." (di)atomic garden, @entangledothers, 2026

We are pleased to announce the 8 finalists for the Moving Image Category of the Second Edition of the Digital Art Awards In partnership with PhillipsX Proudly backed by Lightyear @soficrespo91 @ivonatau @Nicolas_Sassoon Rebecca Allen Defaced Jang Yeonjeong (Forside) Aiminath Sulthana Irem Bugdayci @phillipsauction @lightyearbuild We congratulate all selected artists and look forward to sharing their work with our global community. Phillips Hong Kong 24 March 2026

Got to see some important art in Houston ✨ I’ll be here for the next month so reach out if you’re in town!

📣 Imaging after Photography Symposium 👉 @soficrespo91 & @NoufPy (Panelists) 🗓️ 6 March 2026 | 9:00am–1:00pm 📍 @theMoodyArts, Houston, USA

📣 Spring 2026 Residency Exhibition 👉 @soficrespo91 🗓️ 1 March – 31 March 2026 📍 @theMoodyArts, Houston, USA

herbarium_7623 & details 🔎

Some glimpses of our work Argomorphs at ‘Liquid Chimeras’, our first European solo show at @meetcenter in Milano, curated by @eleonorabrizi

@viophl @DAFmoc @irini_mirena it's such an incredible show🪼

Extremely honoured to be part of ‘Of the Earth: Earthly Technologies to Computational Biologies’ at @DAFmoc the selection of works shown here is just incredible, thank you so much @irini_mirena for including ‘critically extant’ 🐙 (pics of ‘self-contained’ coming up soon 🧬)

🌱 The species in Critically Extant by @soficrespo91 🌱 In Critically Extant, Sofia trained models on millions of open-source nature photos covering ~10 000 species. Where data ran thin, the images drift, sometimes recognisable, sometimes uncanny, exposing the gaps in our collective knowledge. First shown as an Instagram exhibition, the work tests whether endangered life can slip into our daily scroll and spark real-world care. The project invites us to build better feedback loops between the digital and the wild: notice, share, and act before these creatures vanish completely. ↓ Below are some of the species featured in the collection, with a few facts about each: