Sophie Aigner is an artist and writer. She studied media+sculpture at the HfBK Hamburg under Thomas Demand and Fine Arts at the Bauhaus-University Weimar. Exhibitions include Benaki Museum Athens, Union Gallery London, Eikon Schauraum Museumsquartier Wien, Galerie im Körnerpark Berlin, Hiltibold St. Gallen, Kunsthalle Schloss Isny, Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Temporary Gallery Köln, D21 Leipzig, Museo dell`Osservatorio Vesuviano Neapel, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Emily Harvey Foundation New York, Sox Berlin. Her writings were published in books and magazines such as Materialeffekte (Jovis Verlag), DieNadel (Universität Leuphana), Über das Zarte (Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt), vonhundert, tegelmedia, Simulacrum Magazine. She did the stage design for various shows of choreographer Antje Velsinger presented at Tanzhaus NRW, K3 Kampnagel Hamburg and Pact Zollverein Essen among others. Music Performance and play acting activities include uqbar Berlin, Nietzsche Kolleg Weimar, B2 Leipzig and films by Angela Schanelec.
Grants include publication grant Vg Bildkunst and Kulturministerium Österreich, Stipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds, Stipendium Deutscher Künstlerbund, Recherchestipendium Kultursenat Berlin, Residency Pact Zollverein Essen, Residency Viborg Kunsthal Denmark. Her work is part of public collections such as Fotosammlung des Bundes Österreich/Museum der Moderne Salzburg.