Tania Bruguera Arrested Twice in Cuban Censorship Law Protests; Threatens to Go on Hunger Strike.
"Bruguera’s sister, Deborah, along with friend Sofia Karim told us: ‘Tania is continuing in the fight against censorship and for the freedom of the other detained artists. We believe that the artists concerned have commenced a hunger and thirst strike. "
British Journal of Photography - The inside story of Sofia Karim’s activist curation
September 2023, interview by Ravi Ghosh
Exhibition: Compline, Coventry Cathedral
Installation at Coventry Cathedral, Part of Divided Selves exhibition, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum - May 2023
Exhibition: Architecture of Disappearance
Part of Divided Selves exhibition, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum - February to September 2023
Exhibition: Printing Futures| Steidl | Kunsthaus Göttingen | Documenta 15
Turbine Bagh to exhibited in 'House of Paper' June 28 - September 25
Exhibition: CCLM, Santiago, Chile - Jameel Prize 6: Poetry to Politics
Turbine Bagh exhibited at CCLM, Santiago, Chile, March 2022
Shortlisted for Jameel Prize 6: Poetry to Politics
Turbine Bagh exhibited at V&A museum London, September - November 2021, before touring internationally
Exhibition: Peckham 24, London,
Turbine Bagh exhibited at Peckham 24 London, September 2021
Jameel Finalist Sofia Karim Reflects on Her Art & Activism
Art & Object, 24 August 2021. Article by Caterina Bellinetti
Work exhibited at South Asia Institute, Chicago .
Turbine Bagh exhibited at South Asia Institute, Chicago. Part of Diasporic Rhizome exhibition, 15 March 2021 - 15 April 2021
Work exhibited at Asia Society, Houston, Texas .
Work exhibited at Asia Society, Houston, Texas. Part of Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power
13 Feb 2021 - 11 Jul 2021
Selected by Future Architecture Platform as part of 2020 call for Ideas.
Work selected by Future Architecture Platform as part of their 2020 call for Ideas. The Future Architecture platform was founded by the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana (Slovenia) in November 2015.
Work Exhibited at 62 Gladstone Street gallery, August 2020
Lita’s House: Exploring Human Loss Through Architecture, Sofia Karim
Joint artists action at Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, 2PM 28th March 2020, #turbinebagh
Join us to protest. We stand in solidarity with mass protests taking place across India, sparked by anti muslim citizenship laws. We will be staging a peaceful artists’ demonstration in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern. Our message is unity and resistance against racism, fascism, and far-right nationalism.
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19. AWAIT FURTHER NOTICE
The New York Times, Arthur Lubow, 23 December 2019
"Included in the Rubin exhibition is a white 3D model, never before displayed, that Mr. Alam’s niece, the architect Sofia Karim, constructed — based on his memories — of the Keraniganj prison on the city outskirts,"
“Sofia Karim, Essays of an Architecture of Disappearance” included in Angkor Photo Festival 2019, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Talking Point, nTV Europe, November 2019
One hour TV interview - thoughts on architecture, art and activism.
The Art Newspaper, Tom Seymour, 09 November 2019
A Show of Defiance - Alam at the Rubin
"the Rubin exhibition features architectural and sculptural models, designed by Karim and based on Alam’s testimony, of the year he spent moving among the inmates of Dhaka."
Art work published by Steidl in Shahidul Alam’s new book The Tide Will Turn, edited by Vijay Prashad. 30 October 2019
Shuddhashar, Sofia Karim, 01 October 2019
Architect Zaha Hadid – A brilliant eye that chose to look the other way
‘What kind of people want to be architects?’ Sofia Karim is one of the inspirational speakers today 27.09.19 @CamdenCouncil
‘A rope and a stair’ exhibited at NAE open, Nottingham, UK, 13 July - 8 September 2019
Shuddhashar, Sofia Karim, 01 June 2019
Ode to an Urn – Military Industrial Complex
Shahidul News, Shahidul Alam,18 May 2019
A long way to run
"Sometime before my arrest, Sofi had decided to give up her job as an architect to have a go at being a full-time artist. Now she’s turned her art into a tool for activism and jail reform seems to be a theme we both share."
Frieze, Ellen Mara De Wachter, 19 December 2018
Protesting Censorship in Cuba to Precarious Comedy in London, How Artists Flipped the Script in 2018.
'In the meantime, Bruguera, Karim and Alam’s actions continue to inspire for their courage, optimism and empowering generosity."
Tania Bruguera Arrested Twice in Cuban Censorship Law Protests; Threatens to Go on Hunger Strike.
"Bruguera’s sister, Deborah, along with friend Sofia Karim told us: ‘Tania is continuing in the fight against censorship and for the freedom of the other detained artists. We believe that the artists concerned have commenced a hunger and thirst strike. "
The Art Newspaper, 16 November 2018
Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam granted bail after 102 days in jail—but must still face trial. Court decision comes after a wave of protests from cultural and political figure
"Alam’s niece, Sofia Karim, says that she will continue to campaign for all charges to be dropped; a trial date has not yet been set. “We just want to see him out of jail as soon as possible with no delay or obstruction,” she tells The Art Newspaper."
Bangladesh Daily Star, Sofia Karim, 16 November 2018
One Hundred Days: The Ballad of Keraniganj Jail
Internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was granted bail by the High Court on Thursday, November 15—on his 102nd day in prison. This write-up was prepared by his niece to commemorate his 100th day in detention.
artnet news, Ben Davis, 15 November 2018
After an International Outcry From Activists and Artists, Photographer Shahidul Alam Is Finally Granted Bail in Bangladesh
"Sofia Karim, Alam’s London-based niece, explained to artnet News...
This is a win for supporters in relation to the first part: the bail. But we still have to keep campaigning for the case itself and all charges to now be dropped."
Hyperallergic, Jasmine Weber, 24 October 2018
Tania Bruguera Shows Solidarity for Photographer Shahidul Alam at Tate Modern.
"Karim continued, “Some people have asked me how much real difference this sort of gesture makes in whether or not my uncle will be released.” To that, she responds: “I know that when my uncle heard about this show (and other shows) it made him very happy. Also my aunt. That counts for everything as far as I’m concerned. Through art, Tania is helping in the fight for someone’s life and very existence — that is invaluable.”"
artnet news, Taylor Dafoe, 04 October 2018
Tania Bruguera Stages an Impromptu Intervention at the Tate Modern in Solidarity With Jailed Photographer Shahidul Alam."Art never meant so much to me," says Alam's niece
Tania Bruguera at Tate Protests Imprisonment of Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam
"Karim, who has been campaigning for Alam’s release, said the protests in solidarity with Alam held by various figures in the international art world had been overwhelming and ‘gave great emotional support to us as a family’"
Himal, Alisha Sett, October 2018
Shahidul Alam, Lessons in Unlearning
"Alam’s niece Sofia Karim remembers the advice that Alam had given to her as a child, when she felt she had been wronged: “You should be transparent, you should say what you need to say in front of everyone, then the perpetrator has the right to a defence and he can challenge you”.
The Observer, Vanessa Thorpe, 02 September 2018
Niece of Shahidul Alam adds major names to letter demanding justice for crusading photographer
artnet news, Ben Davis, 03 September 2018
Anish Kapoor, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Other Leading UK Art Figures Join Outcry Over Jailed Photographer Shahidul Alam