Sarah Sarofim 






                             is a curator, editor and writer based between Cairo and Toronto. She holds a BA in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Toronto and a certificate in Curating from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Sarofim has held positions at Erin Stump Projects and UBUNTU Art Gallery. She was awarded the fall 2020 Editorial Residency at Canadian Art magazine and the 2022 For Display/On Review writing residency at WhipperSnapper Gallery. 

Sarofim primarily works with photographs, installation, and text. The themes of performance and mimicry recur throughout her practices both as an area of interest and a method of production. Her projects often begin with sociolinguistics and draw from archival images and public space to investigate notions of erasure and memory. 

Sarofim’s work has been exhibited in Cairo, Toronto, Houston and New York City and published in Canadian Art Magazine, Qumra Journal, Femme Art Review, Photo ED Magazine, Tribe Photo Magazine and other publications. Sarofim has edited for the Vermin Magazine, Canadian Art magazine, the Journal of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto, Habashtakanat and Kan Ya Ma Kan. Most recently, Sarofim curated "Impressions" as part of Cairo Photo Week 2023 and "Points of Resonance: Contemporary Photography in Africa" alongside TINTERA gallery. 

RESIDENCIES ✺ 2024 Mophradat Artist Fellowship – Cairo, EGY ✺ 2023 ARD Art Institution Studio Residency – Cairo, EGY ✺ 2022-2023 Whippersnapper Gallery Writing Residency –Toronto, CA ✺ 2020 Fall Editorial Mentorship at Canadian Art Magazine –Toronto, CA ✺ LANGUAGES ✺ Arabic, English, French and Spanish ✺ avid, curious