Sophie Nys (°1974 Borgerhout) uses sculpture, photography, video, text and objects to examine precise philosophical, political, historical and artistic themes with a wry sense of humor. Often working from local stories or from the particularity of everyday objects, she addresses larger issues such as class and gender by highlighting the social peculiarity of common objects, products, materials and ideas. Time and again, Sophie Nys starts from intuitive and associative research around specific contexts or personal experiences. By taking objects and images out of their everyday context, transforming them and thus redefining them, she not only shows and undermines the underlying mechanisms of the art world but also invites reflection.