Soraya Marcano
Soraya Marcano received an MFA ('95) from Pratt Institute. Her mixed media work has been exhibited internationally and it is represented in public and private collections. Marcano has participated in international artist-in-residence programs and she is the recipient of several recognitions and awards.
Her artwork, which includes painting, drawing, collage, sewing, writing, and computer work, provides a layered exploration of the convoluted nature of the neo-colonial citizen.
In her recent work, attached materials hang and spread out of the surface, creating layers, transparent veils, hairy surfaces, and bags. Some of the imagery is rooted in memories, such as clothing, boats, luggage, hangers, flowers, maps, and body parts.
(Selected Individual exhibitions)1999-00 Recent Work, Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning, New York; 1997 Fetishes, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Buffalo, New York
(Selected Group Exhibitions)2005 Véme Biennale Internationale de la Gravure d’Ile de France, Conseil General des Yvelines, Damaine de Madame Elisabeth, Versailles, France; 2003 Triennale Mondiale D’Estampa, Musee d’art Contemporain de Chamalieres, France; 2003 Muestra Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Puerto Rico; 2001 Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State, El Salvador; 2001 A tale of two cities, Center for Book Arts New York and Off Centre Gallery, University of West England, Bristol
Other 10 x 13 inches
Other 10 x 13 inches
Other 10 x 13 inches
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