Artist: Mahsa Soroudi
Exhibitions: Nature’s Cadence
Media: Photography
Instagram:@mahsasoroudi
Website: https://www.mahsasoroudi.com
Mahsa Soroudi was born in Tehran, Iran and comes from a background of art. Her parents both had interests in art with her father being a painter and she is a graduate from Azad Art and Architecture University in Tehran, Iran 2006. Soroudi gained a BFA in Visual Communications. She immigrated to the US with her husband soon after they got married. While living in the US she managed to create new exhibitions to help her adapt to her new life and inspire other women.
In her piece, Nature’s Cadence, Soroudi does an amazing job of displaying the natural beauty in plants and their replantation. The succulent leaves she planted sprouted gorgeous muted pastel leaves. I was in awe the way they used such little water to regrow into something more beautiful. The representation of the drought of the plants overlapping with the “drought” on her own life added depth behind her piece. As well, the physical style of art also portrays textures rather than more traditional 2D art pieces.
All of her pieces are created with passion for what she does. Her art helps her to feel more welcome and adapt to the new surroundings she had encountered. She has experienced struggles women go through and made her own gallery to showcase Iranian female artists depicting western stereotypes to help them with their own issues in life. She learned that everyone has their own struggles and using art is a good way to bring women together no matter the distance.
This piece has honestly been eyeopening. Her physical live art of growing succulents has showed me that there are so many different ways to express yourself through art. All her pieces are unique to her and all have a deeper meanings. Her gallery filled with Iranian women’s art has inspired me, it doesn’t matter what media is being published art still helps people get through their rough situations and even brings people together.
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