Loop, Hook, Loom: Unconventional and Creative Objects Made with Yarn and Thread - Sophia Cai

Sophia Cai is a curator and arts writer from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. From 2023 to 2024, she was the artistic director of Bus Projects, one of Australia's longest-running independent artist-run organizations. Since 2025, she has served as the director of Canberra Contemporary. Sophia's research interests include Asian art histories, the intersections between contemporary art and craft, and feminist curatorial methodologies and community-building as forms of political resistance. She completed her master's in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. As an independent curator, Sophia has worked on a number of exhibitions at artist-run spaces, public galleries, and independent organizations across Australia and online. Sophia's writing on art and culture has been widely published in international and national publications, including Artforum, Art Almanac, Artist Profile, and Art Collector Magazine. She has delivered public programs, lectures, and talks at National Gallery of Victoria, the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, ACCA, Craft Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art, RMIT, and more.