Sophia is a philanthropy professional and writer based in Australia. Sophia is Philanthropy Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia’s leading museum dedicated to exhibiting, collecting and interpreting the work of today’s artists.

Sophia and the MCA Philanthropy team secure funding in support of the MCA’s vision to make contemporary art accessible to the widest possible audience, demonstrating the social impact of contemporary art and shaping a creative and equitable Australia that values contemporary artists and their work.

Sophia’s career includes five years at the National Gallery of Australia, in philanthropy and other roles, as well as experience as Critic-in-Residence for Art Monthly Australasia, Curatorial Assistant for Canberra Contemporary Art Space, and international experience at Michel Dyens & Co, a boutique investment bank in Paris.

In 2020, Sophia was shortlisted for the 7th International Awards for Art Criticism and was named as one of Agenda Paris & Asia-Pacific’s 30 Under 30 Emerging Cultural Leaders. Her work as a freelance critic and writer has been published by Art Monthly Australasia, Art Almanac, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Australian National Capital Artists and others.

Sophia graduated with First Class Honours in Art History & Curatorship from the Australian National University in 2019. She was the recipient of the Janet Wilkie Memorial Prize for Art History and Art Theory, the ANU’s top undergraduate honour for art history. Sophia was also awarded the Capital Artists Patron’s Organisation Curatorial Award and the Australian Museum and Galleries Association Curatorial Award for her work at Canberra Contemporary Art Space. Her thesis project, Inherent Vice: on Material Culture and the Mortality of Ephemeral Art was published by the ANU Research Journal.

Sophia is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (Social Impact) at UNSW, a specialised MBA tailored to not-for-profit managers.