Soraya Marquez

Artist Soraya Marquez aka Indie184, (born 1980) is a native New Yorker, from Dominican descent, has been active in the graffiti culture for over 2 decades. Determined to express herself to the world through art, she quit business college to teach herself how to sew, paint and produce graphic design. Also influenced by abstract expressionism and pop art, her paintings are raptures of color and textures. Fused with of her original graffiti and street art, imagery, and designs juxtaposed with personal messages. Indie’s art has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including El Museo del Barrio in New York City and Völklingen Ironworks Museum, in Saarbrücken Germany, Museo de Bellas Artes De Murcia in Spain as well as numerous solo and group gallery exhibtions. Her graffiti and mixed media murals can be found in the streets from the South Bronx to Paris. Her most recent collaborations have been with Rimmel London as Chief Artistic Officer, Apple Beats1 Radio, Lionsgate Films, MTV Networks and a capsule clothing collection with iBlues. Catch her creating her latest work in the streets, designing or painting in her studio.

Baruch College - City University of New York - 3 years
Self taught artist.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2020 ELECTROMAGNETIC, Sour Mouse NYC

2018 EUTOPIA, 212Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2017 ELEUTHERA, Galerie Francis Noël, Liège, Belgium

2016 SOLIDARITY, Clarify: Gender Equality presented by Spotify, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN

2015
PURE MAGIC, (located at) Lynch Tham Gallery, New York, NY

2014
PARADISE, AZArt Gallery @ Chelsea 27, New York, NY
WILD AT HEART (part deux), Sergeant Paper, Paris, France

2013
PHENOMENON, Ugly Gallery, New Bedford, MA
FANTASY, TT-Underground Gallery, New York, NY
WILD AT HEART, Galerie MathGoth, Paris, France

2012
GO HARD, Munky King Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2021
Shrine to Beauty, Filosofi Arts Gallery, Cranford, NJ

2020
Amalgamation, Cryptovoxels/Whitehot Magazine, meta verse (virtual group show)

2020
Ally Cats, B-Side Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2018
Walls + Streets: NYC meets Athens, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece

Anything you can do, I can do better, The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY

2017
COX CREW, Cox Gallery, Bordeaux, France
LADIES FIRST, BSide Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2016
Repurpose, Wallplay, New York, NY
Happy, 19Karen Contemporary Artspace, Mermaid Beach, Australia
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