Iris So

I was born in Los Angeles, but now I am living in the Bay Area. I loved art my whole life. I am good with oil paint, acrylic paint, charcoal, color pencils, post-it paint, graphite pencils, and oil pastel. My artistic interests have been centered around capturing what’s around me in my daily life, showing people the little things they overlook and in that moment of seeing the unnoticed realized through art, they feel a sense of discovery in the mundane. For many years I have been drawing many paintings about our neighborhood, still life, abstractions, geographics, and landscapes. My goal is to open viewers' minds and draw imagination of hidden treasure in everyday life. Everybody has life experiences different from others, and there is no such thing as better or worse than other experiences. As an artist, I would like to motivate viewers to notice the value of mundane life objects and scenes. My art-making practice has been more like an adventurous impressionist rather than a realist painter. Often I get inspiration from my past experiences such as my trips or books I enjoyed. I use mundane everyday objects around me, but I add my own interpretation through abstraction to make things slightly different from what is shown to my eye...

Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts August 2021 - May 2025
● Honors: Creative Achievement Award (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Open Studio Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA December 2023 | December 2024