Sofia Riley

Sofia Riley is a San Francisco native who currently resides in New York City. In 2017, Sofia began attending Fordham University studying Visual Arts with a concentration in Painting and Drawing. The program allowed her to solidify her skills as a painter as well as explore new ones, like film photography and collage. As a senior, she partook in Fordham’s Senior Thesis program where she created a body of work that expressed her love of home and bittersweet nostalgia.

As a child the phrase Sofia used most was “I’m making something!” She loved the way she saw the world and wanted to record every moment of it in the only way she knew how. Whether it was painting, drawing or taking too many nature photos in the backyard, Sofia was always creating. As a recent graduate, she continues to experiment with a variety of mediums, themes and media. Sofia still sees the world as tiny moments of magic and creates her work to remind us of just that.