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Sofija Baykun
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Transit
In April 2026, Sofija Baykun exhibited her solo installation Transit at Northeastern Illinois University’s Gallery 214.
Sofija Baykun
Lives Chicago
Known for Sculpture, drawing,
collage, ceramics
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Known for Sculpture, drawing,
collage, ceramics
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Transit
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In my installation Transit, I use a surreal setting and characters to express a sense of disassociation. I’ve been affected by this feeling for much of my life and it often feels like a retreat into my own head. I confront this sense of disconnect by instead giving it a physical form that can exist in front of and around me. However, I also embrace the desire for escape by fleshing out a space to sit in it. By blending aspects of a home and a subway car, I created a space that is familiar yet incongruous, like a dream. The setting of a train embodies the feeling of separation, as it is a place you inhabit between actual destinations. Although surrounded by people, the anonymity can make it feel as if you’re alone or not there at all. References to the home are meant to embrace these associations, finding a home in their persistence and somewhere comfortable to sit with unease. Figures with obscured or missing features that almost get lost in their surroundings emphasize the sense of anonymity and hollowness. Their distorted proportions, ranging from silly to uncanny, convey the awkwardness of feeling out of place, which can be both absurd and unnerving. The strangeness of these passengers invites the viewer to acknowledge and briefly surrender to a sense of distance and to exist in this in-between place.
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Email sofijabaykun@gmail.com if you have any questions or just want to say hello!