Inas Al-Soqi

Inas Al-soqi (Brasov, RO 1987)

Inas is a storyteller that uses old books to assemble collages with a unique sense of humor towards worldly sensibilities. She is a heritage-driven artist who works with the cultural diversity she encounters in her trips around the world. She has a solid education in painting, drawing, printmaking, collage work, and art history. Her works also circulate the globe. They can be found in museums and private collections throughout several countries: Romania, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Lebanon, The Netherlands, Finland, Morocco, Qatar, and The United States.

Her collages play with the dichotomy between the sanctioned and the unsanctioned, and that of folk and fine art. They deliver an endearing form of satire as they express an ironic interpretation of class and nobility. The composition of her work addresses the following themes: Eastern culture, Arab culture, early colonial federalism, and violence against women.

Sotheby's Institute of Art
Masters in Art Business
August, 2012 – March, 2014 • New York, NY

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University
Bachelors of Fine Arts
August 2006 – June 2010 • Boston, MA

9 – 12. 2018 Displaced Translation, William Morris Hunt Memorial Library - Boston, MA
7. 2018 Rotten Love Tomato, De Construkt - Brooklyn, NY
6-7. 2018 Group Exhibition, Allow me to Reintroduce Myself, Cigar Factory - 9-20 35th Avenue, Queens NY 11106 (http://groundfloorbk.com/news/1/)
4.2018 Art Fair, WOW Amsterdam, KunstRAI - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3.2018 Collage Collective, ConArtist Collective - New York, NY
1.2018 Artists & Fleas, Artists & Fleas - 70 N. 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249 (www.artistsandfleas.com)
2018 Inas Al-soqi, Witchy - New York, NY (https://www.witchsy.com/?subcats=Y&pcode_from_q=Y&pshort=Y&pfull=Y&pname=Y&pkeywords=Y&search_performed=Y&cname=Y&q=inas&dispatch=products.search)
12.2017 ArteEast Auction, Mosafer - New York
11.2017 November with Inas, 101 Vivacity - 101 Bedford, Williamsburg, NY
10.2017 In/certitudine, Cinsor Transilvania Casa de Oaspeti - Cinsor, Jd. Brasov, Transilvania (http://transilvania-cincsor.ro/en/home/)
8.2017 Transitions: Emerging Middle Eastern Artists, Menier Gallery - London, UK (https://reconnectingarts.com/2017/06/21/transition-exhibition/)
1.2017 EMERGEAST – New Artist, Emergeast - Missle East (www.emergeast.com)
10.2016 Solo, Empty Empire, Katara Art Center - D...