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Sofia Alarcon

Takeover: September 21 - September 27, 2020

Sofia Alarcon is an illustrator and cartoonist originally from Guatemala and now based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her work seeks to illustrate moments and objects from everyday life in humorous and absurd ways while exploring themes of feminism, capitalism, climate change and pop culture.

Posts by Sofia Alarcon

  • Sofia - Sept 22

    Originally posted: 10/27/2020, 6:06 PM

    Hello/Saludos!

    I hope you are all staying safe and warm today. Let me take this moment to properly introduce myself. My name is Sofia. I am an immigrant from Guatemala and an interdisciplinary artist currently based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax).

    I mostly make cartoons, comics and illustrations but for the past few months I’ve been teaching myself how to make hand drawn frame by frame animations in photoshop.

    Themes I often explore through my work are body image in relation to Eurocentric beauty ideals and Latin America identity; consumption/consumerism; and food.

    Thank you CFAT for this opportunity and I look forward to sharing more work as the week progresses.

    Happy first day of fall! 🍂🌧

    -Sofia Alarcon @sofi_see_sofi_drew

  • Sofia - Sept 24

    Originally posted: 10/27/2020, 6:06 PM

    The last remnants of summer dissolving away.

    It’s officially fall but warmth is still in the air. I hope you all had a chance to enjoy it.

    -Sofia
    @sofi_see_sofi_drew