Sofía Olascoaga works in the intersections of art and education by activating spaces for critical thinking and collective action. She is currently a member of Sistema Nacional de Creadores Artísticos, in Mexico, in Experimental Practices (2019-22), where she is developing the project "The Nurturer: Cooking to Learn (La Nutridora: Una cocina para aprender)."
Olascoaga was co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo Incerteza Viva; academic curator at MUAC (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – UNAM) in Mexico City, 2014. In 2012, Olascoaga was Clinics Director for SITAC X the International Symposium of Contemporary Art Theory, in Mexico City. She has worked as an advisor for the educational program at the Botanical Garden in Culiacán—a public cultural center created through the collaboration of Coppel Collection, local government, and civil organizations. She was a Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2010 and received her BFA with honors from La Esmeralda National School of Fine Arts (Mexico City).
