about

Sof Kreidstein is a transdisciplinary artist and facilitator based in Tsí Tkaròn:to (Toronto). With a poetic and experimental approach to material, performance, media, and language, their malleable practice unfolds through multifaceted installations and socially engaged projects. Guided by queer ritual, diasporic Jewish intergenerationality and mysticism, neurodivergent perception, abjection and intrigue, and ecological interconnection, Sof explores nonlinear patterns across micro/macrocosmic realms.

Their work has been presented in a number of galleries and public art exhibitions across eastern canada. Notable community engaged projects include ruach רוח (Nocturne Halifax Festival at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21), and In Touch / In Motion (with QUIET PARADE, supported by Blackwood Gallery and MSVU). Their studio practice has been shared by Anna Leonowens gallery, HEAT WAVES (Eyelevel), The Roundtable Residency (virtual exhibition), Fulcrum (Coyote Tales Farm), White Rabbit Festival (Red Clay Farm), and Tangled Art + Disability.

 
As a facilitator, Sof centers embodied process and spiritually grounded gathering. They have nurtured creative learning spaces in Poetry Unbound at Workman Arts, Magic Mirror workshops at Koffler Gallery, Soul Candle workshops at the Musée du Montréal Juif and MNJCC, Deviant Drash at Lishma, and various Toronto synagogues. They serve in leadership at Ha’Sadeh: Jewish Renewal and as Program Director of Machane Lev, a queer and trans-centered Jewish youth organization. As an Expressive Arts Therapist in training at the CREATE Institute, their work in community facilitation and care is ever expanding. Across all aspects of their work, Sof cultivates curiosity, belonging, and collective resonance.