BIO
From Lima, Peru. Based in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sofía Magdits Espinoza (*1995) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Düsseldorf. Her practice spans textile art, performance, installation, music, and video – with a particular focus on weaving.
Magdits Espinoza interweaves materials, techniques, and symbolic elements to craft transcultural narratives that make visible human connections, social fabrics, and ecological relationships – as well as their fragility. Her artistic approach is shaped by feminist and decolonial perspectives: she questions dominant narratives and seeks spaces where alternative stories and collective memories can unfold.
Participation, care, and collective learning are at the heart of her work. She understands weaving not only as a craft, but as a political-poetic act – a practice of listening, healing, and resistance. Through her engagement with nature, cultural heritage, and artisanal knowledge, she creates spaces of encounter – between people, across times, and between worlds.
Magdits Espinoza’s works invite unlearning – a tender reflection on what connects us and how we might imagine new futures together.
2023 Diplome at the Art Academy Düsseldorf, Master student from Andreas Schulze, master student of Andreas Schulze, graduated with Honors
2021 – 2022 Exchange at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, class of Julien Creuzet and class of Emmanuelle Huynh
2016 – 2023 Fine Arts at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, class of Andreas Schulze
2014 – 2015 Fine Arts at Corriente Alterna Escuela de Arte y Diseño de Lima
2024 Nomination Genius Loci Setareh
2023 Nomination “Junge Positionen NRW” Künstlerzeche Unser Fritz 2/3
2022 - 2023 Koyne Programm by Arcaica Association
2022 Öres Residency, Örö Island Artist Residency in Finland
2022 and 2021 ‘Auf Gehts!’ Scholarship from the Ministry for Culture and Science of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany
2021 Franco-German Youth Office FGYO Scholarship
2025 ‘Encuentros y ceremonias’, KIOSK Project Space Chicago, USA
2024 ‘Nos vemos en el cosmos’, Josef Albers Museum Bottrop
2024 ‘Un pueblo abrazándose / Blumen’, Hexenturm Kunstverein Jülich, Jülich
2024 ‘Yuyai Ayni’, Gemeinde Köln, Cologne
2023 ‘Puerto Fiel’ Graduation show, Art Academy Düsseldorf
2022 ‘Le Impiraresse’, Malkasten e.V Düsseldorf
2021 ‘Are we feeling blue?’, Das Odradek Off-Space, Düsseldorf
2025
‘Wissenschaft trifft Kunst: Weben in Peru, Nos vemos en el cosmos Cielo XIV. Transdisciplinary Talk’, Global Heritage Lab, Transdisciplinary Research Area, University Bonn
‘Die Grosse’, Kunstpalast and NRW Forum, Düsseldorf
‘Nos vemos en el cosmos’, as part of the exhibition 'Half a Life. Forms of Work in Art and History' at MUT Museum unter Tage Bochum
‘Nos vemos en el cosmos’, Dein Kunstpalast, as part of the exhibition 'ECHO የገደል ማሚቶ' by Elias Sime at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
‘Dressing Resistance’, Global Heritage Lab, Transdisciplinary Research Area, University Bonn
‘LANGE NACHT’, Esche Museum, Limbach-Oberfrona, Chemnitz
‘Fabric Visions’, Esche Museum, Limbach-Oberfrona, Chemnitz
‘Interwoven Dependencies, Redressing Fashion and the Heritage of Mission. International Transdisciplinary Conference’, Global Heritage Lab, Transdisciplinary Research Area, University Bonn
‘Sound Performance’, for the opening of 'Nature connects Spaces' Koex e.V. Düsseldorf
‘UMME ECKE’, reinraum e.V. Düsseldorf
‘de mis fiestas, Espíritu, Él¿?’, the pool space, Düsseldorf
‘Poetisches Textil’, Schloss Burgau, Düren
2024
‘Strike ———a pose_____Impulse’ with Working Textiles, Live Lab Studios, Düsseldorf
‘Genius Loci XII’, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf
‘Langer Donnerstag with Working Textiles’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
‘Between Books, Art Book Fair’, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
‘Beyond Identities’, NEBN Gallery, Düsseldorf
‘The park as lover’ Music Performance with Poncilli Creación, Lantz’scher Park, Düsseldorf
‘Textiles & Beyond’, CICS Cologne Institute for Conservation Sciences, Cologne
‘Der rote Faden - Follow the thread’, KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
‘Kiosk Sessions’, Koex e.V., Düsseldorf
‘Blue Binding Ribbon’, Temporary Gallery, Cologne
‘Into the good night’, AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf
2023
‘Frag den Abendwind’ Retrospective of Andreas Schulze’s class., Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf
‘Observatorium II’ Cultural Institute of Finland, Koyne Programm-Arcaica Ry, Madrid
‘Academy Positions’ Positions Art Fair, Berlin Art Weekend, Berlin
‘Nos vemos en el cosmos’, as part of the exhibition 'Die unhintergehbare Verflechtung aller Leben' Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
‘Sur le feu’, Theatre des Exposition, Beaux Arts de Paris
‘Observatorium’, Maa-tila Project Space und Kalasataman Vapaakaupunki, Helsinki
‘Fresh positions’, BBK Kunstforum, Düsseldorf
2022
‘Take me to the lake’, exhibition space of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
‘Boxenstopp’, Erkrather Straße, Düsseldorf
‘Non merci pas d’assiette je le prendrais a la main’ class of Julien Creuzet, École des Beaux Arts de Paris
‘Do do not do do do don’t do’ class of Emmanuelle Huynh, École des Beaux Arts de Paris
‘Supra cosmopolita’, Cité Universitaire, Paris
2021
‘Back to reality’, Kunst und Tonic Studio, Düsseldorf
‘Stop and Smell the Roses’, public spaces in Düsseldorf
‘Flags’, Das Odradek Off-Space, Düsseldorf
‘This is not a regular Rundgang’, exhibition space of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2020
‘Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf’, Kunst und Tonic Studio, Düsseldorf
‘Düsseldorfer WOrte. Nacht der Düsseldorfer Literatur’, Park-Kultur Düsseldorf
2019
5. Berlin Circus Festival, Tempelhof Berlin
‘Academia, a story about us’ interdisziplinary Opera, Malkasten e.V. Düsseldorf
‘In search of the lost thread’, Die Kulisse, Krefeld
Co-author “Ein interkultureller Kommentar zum 70. Geburtstag des deutschen Grundgesetzes” Bookproject with ‘Writing’s Room,’ Literature Office NRW, Published in May, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf