Sofia Borges is a visual artist who received her BA in Visual Arts from the Universidade de São Paulo in 2008. That same year, she was awarded five prizes in recognition of her artistic research and production. Between 2009 and 2011, Borges held seven solo exhibitions across Brazil, was selected for the Rumos Itaú Cultural programme, received distinction through the Bolsa Iberê Camargo, won the Prêmio Porto Seguro de Fotografia, was nominated for the 2010 Foam Paul Huf Award, and had her work featured at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo. In 2012, she became the youngest artist invited to participate in the 30th São Paulo Biennial.

In 2013, Borges was nominated for the BES Photo Award, once again for the Foam Paul Huf Award, and received the acquisition prize from Centro Cultural São Paulo. That same year, she presented solo exhibitions in Mexico City, Madrid, Paris, Lisbon, and São Paulo, and featured in group exhibitions in Rio de Janeiro, Denver, and Oslo. In 2014, she was nominated for the Foam Award for a third time and exhibited her work in London, Los Angeles, Lyon, São Paulo, Doha, and Beijing.

In 2015, alongside a solo exhibition in Paris and group shows in Brazil, France, and Canada, Borges developed No Sound, her first experimental curatorial project. Since then, she has been deeply engaged in research on the nature of the image, collaborating with writers, philosophers, musicians, and other artists. Her exhibitions have increasingly evolved into investigative spaces that blur the lines between disciplines.

In 2016, Borges presented solo exhibitions in Vienna and Amsterdam and won the British First Book Award with her authorial project The Swamp, inspired by her explorations of prehistoric caves in the south of France. The book was launched alongside a solo exhibition at Photo London 2016. In 2017, she held a solo show in Athens and was awarded the Bolsa ZUM by Instituto Moreira Salles for her research into tragedy.

In 2018, Borges exhibited her work in Being: New Photography at MoMA, New York, and also served as one of the curators of the 33rd São Paulo Biennial.