Sofia Charifi (she/they) is a Helsinki-based artist and dancer. She started her studies in Berlin and continued to the university of the arts theater academy to do her BA in dance. In her first collaboration project Memos(2021) with Bruno Zambrano the idea of a poc* working group came up. In the universities first ever group with only people of color premiered in March 2021. The piece took inspiration from play, rhythm and pleasure. In her short life she's dedicated a lot of time into activism surrounding equality, equity and diversity. She worked as the student union boards chair and as a board member almost her entire studies. From her multicultural point of view she aspires to change the art field. *poc = people of color |