Ana Sofia Calixto is a Brazilian visual artist and researcher, whose practice unfolds at the intersection of embodiment, computation, and contemporary ritual. After completing her studies in classical ballet, she completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre, followed by a Post-Graduation in Human Sciences: History, Philosophy and Sociology and a Masters degree in Computational Arts. She is currently based both in Berlin and Sao Paulo.
Her projects and research have been supported by major cultural funding bodies in Germany and Europe, and her work has been shown at institutions and festivals including the V&A Museum, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, LAKE Studios, Schaubude Berlin, and international cultural programs across Brazil, Germany, France and the UK.
Often working with biometric data and audiovisual spaces with real-time data visualization, her artistic practice is driven by the belief that transdisciplinary spaces carry their own sensitivities, and it explores how emotions and memories can be sensed, translated, and materialised through tech. Her practice extends into Technorituals, her creative label for immersive environments where biometric data, light, sound, and ritual converge.
Central to Ana Sofia’s work is the investigation of empathy as a system that can be activated, mediated, and shared across physical and digital spaces. Her practice holds a playful approach to research findings in the scientific and sociological realm, translating the poetics of science into an artistic experience. For her, creativity comes from sharing artistic practices of different cultural and political backgrounds, and collaborating with each other to build utopias for the post-digital performative world.