Sophia Keyn

I come from a background in printmaking, having worked at Lithowerkstatt Berlin, and now work with digital drawing, drawings on paper, and print. Drawing has always been central to my practice, but after a serious illness a few years ago, drawing every day became essential to keeping me sane — since then it has become a defining part of my work.

Originally from Berlin and now based in Vienna, I work across both cities and contexts. I also took a year off to travel the world, an experience that left lasting marks on my visual memory. My practice explores how places are remembered rather than documented. I draw urban environments and landscapes, letting recollection and personal experience shape their appearance. Rather than aiming for accuracy, I work with impressions and reconstructed forms, following lines as they develop and shift to let places leave traces in the work.

Printmaking continues to shape my approach: layering, repetition, and translating images between media are central to my process, reflecting an interest in transformation and instability. My work has been shown in exhibitions including Kunst zu Recht in Vienna, and I have participated in printmaking workshops at Lithowerkstatt Berlin.