Sofia M. Ciel * [sjɛl] is an independent curator, researcher, and writer. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and works across the fields of social science, visual culture, theatre, literature, and art history.  Ciel has published extensively across a range of media and formats from academic articles and papers to national and international art magazines including critical reviews and essays (she collaborated inter alia with Billedkunst, Kunstkritikk, and Hyperallergic). In her texts, she often comments on structural privilege and discrimination including, but not limited to racism, class, poverty, precarity, and language. Fundamental to her work is public engagement. This encompasses curating and chairing talks and seminars which expands on thematics within the work to include a wider more diverse audience. She is especially interested in new methods of curating, teaching, and writing that challenge multileveled exclusions prevailing in art and academic structures. Ciel is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA Norway), the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT), and The Norwegian Critics’ Association (Norsk kritikerlag).