Filiz Soyak

Filiz Soyak is an interdisciplinary artist working in fiber, installation, illuminated sculptures, painting, clay, and sound. Through her work she explores our connection to nature, rhythms, and the subconscious worlds within. She pursues to create works that evoke a sense of peace and calm. Her work has been widely exhibited, collected internationally and is in museum and hotel collections since 2000.

Mindfulness practices including meditation and breathwork are integral to her work and much of her work is created in synchronicity with the breath. Motherhood transformed her work to let go of excess, find beauty in less, and utilize non-toxic and sustainable materials.

My work has evolved with me and changes as I do. It has cycled through many iterations and that journey represents my history. Most recently, the change is a product of motherhood and experience – I believe I can say more, with less. I spend a lot of time in nature and it is a constant influence on my work. Having young children has also made me consider the materials I use - shifting to using natural, safe, and non-toxic materials and dyes from foraged plants.

Soyak was born in 1979 in Belgium to a Turkish father and Swedish mother. She spent her childhood in Ja...

B.A. Studio Art, University of Vermont
M.Ed. Visual Art Education, Lesley University

2026 ‘Meditations’, Isola – Kinderhook, New York, USA
2025 ‘Winter Garden’, Ruthann Gallery – Catskill, New York, USA
2024 ‘Soft Animals’, BES Millerton – Millerton, New York, USA
2020 ‘Breath Monuments’, Hudson Hall, for The Hudson Eye festival – Hudson, New York, USA
2020 ‘Breath Flags’, collective art project & outdoor public art installation, with The Hudson Eye for The Hudson River Skywalk – Hudson, NY, USA (in partnership with Olana State Historic Site and Thomas Cole National Historic Sites, for The Hudson Eye Art Festival 2020)
2019 ‘BLUE’, 46 Green Street Gallery – Hudson, New York, USA
2019 ‘One Breath Paintings’, Saperstein – Millerton, New York, USA
2019 'Unraveling’, FILIZ – Hudson, New York, USA
2018 'Unu Spiro', Valley Variety – Hudson, New York, USA
2018 ‘One Thousand Breaths’, an interactive installation at Henry Hudson Waterfront Park – Hudson, New York, USA
2017 ‘Abstract Landscapes’, Valley Variety – Hudson, New York, USA
2015 'Chora', with Arielle Freiberg FPAC Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2014 'Nagori', Exhibit A – Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011 'Passages Remembered’, Giacobetti Paul Gallery – DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011 Recolligo’, Giacobetti Paul Gallery – DUMBO, Brooklyn, Ne...