Sophie Penkethman-Young

Sophie Penkethman-Young (b. 1991, Sydney Australia) is an artist and digital producer living and working on unceded Gadigal Land. Through her practice she explores how ideas and experiences translate digitally, questioning how humanness could be described and how could it be uploaded to the cloud. Penkethman-Young holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Australian National University School of Art & Design (2013) and completed a Master of Art Curating at the University of Sydney (2020), focusing on digital museum culture and internet-based practice.

Penkethman-Young has had solo exhibitions at Mais Wright, Sydney (2025); Verge Gallery, Sydney (2021); and Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (2019). In 2022, she created and performed a live streamed performance lecture called In Progress: The Wait of Expectation as part of Liveworks. In addition, she has held positions at the Sydney Opera House, Creative Australia, Carriageworks and Firstdraft. She was previously on the board of Runway Journal and has worked with or consulted for Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney Contemporary, Art Month Sydney, Ensemble Apex, and FBi Radio.