Sofia Defino Leiby is an artist based in Berlin. Her recent solo exhibitions include Sweetwater, Berlin (2021, 2024); Ύλη [matter] HYLE, Athens (2018); and Clifton Benevento, New York (2016). She has participated in group shows at Stiftung Binz39, Zürich; Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; and Kunsthalle Zürich. In 2023, she published her debut collection of prose May Text with Bauer Verlag, Frankfurt. She studied at Städelschule in Frankfurt and received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.