Sónia Almeida was born in 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal. She lives and works in Boston, MA.

Solo exhibitions include: Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (2023); Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2012) (2014) (2016) (2019) (2021); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (2014); T293, Rome, Italy (2011); Chiado 8, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (2009); Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium (2009). Group shows include: Fabric Arts Festival, Fall River, MA (2023); Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (CCC OD), Tours, France(2022); Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (2022); Atelier-Museum Júlio Pomar, Lisbon, Portugal (2021); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal (2021); Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME (2021); Pina, Vienna, Austria (2021); Tørreloft, Copenhagen, Denmark (2020); Grimm, New York (2020); Leslie University, Cambridge (2019); Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston (2019); Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge (2018); ICA, Boston (2017); The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal (2016); Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2016); Serralves Museum, Oporto, Portugal (2014); DeCordova Biennial, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston, MA (2013); Plentitude, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK (2012); a project by Lucie Fontaine, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY; Modern Talking, Muzeul National de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2012); Painting Overall, Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic (2011); Four Rooms, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2011); Personal Freedom, Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon (2010); Acts Are For Actors, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2010); EDP Novos Artistas, Lisbon, Portugal (2009); The Elementary Particles (Paperback Edition), Standard (OSLO), Norway (2006). In 2023, on the occasion of her solo show at the museum, Culturgest Lisbon published a catalog of Sónia Almeida's work titled Ó (o acute).

Sónia Almeida is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow.