Soraia Andersen

A mixed raced, Third Culture Kid (TCK), the artist is born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1983 to a mixed raced half Norwegian, half Angolan mother and a white Portuguese father; she immigrated to the UK aged 15, where she still lives and works today.

Aged 4 the artist becomes completely self-aware; now privy to the irrational nature of existence, she walks a difficult path towards her own self-actualisation. Exploring ideas of power and powerlessness, perception, labels and belonging - her autobiographical work centres around an investigative process into her own fragmented identity, with each new series seeking to explore a different facet of herself.

Through states of flow, induced by the process of making, the artist overcomes her own painful reality by continuously transmuting her pain into colour.

Directly influenced by the creative process of Matisse’s cut-outs period, the artist cuts, paints and glues mixed media onto canvas through an exhaustive process lasting 3-6 months in duration, resulting in a multilayered, multifaceted artwork.

Using mirrored paper throughout her work it is the artist’s intention that the viewer will catch glimpses of themselves whilst looking at the work, and thus be transported into the canvas...

2022 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York USA

2022 Un/Fit, DNA, Folkestone, UK

2021 Roy's Art Fair, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Warf, London UK

2021 Parallax International Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London UK

2021 Love is the answer, The Chambers, Folkestone UK

2021 I am Patchwork Touchbase Gallery, Folkestone UK

2013 Brighter Days, Margate UK

2013 Parallax International Art Fair, London UK

2011 Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland

2021 Art Open, Ben East Navasca Gallery, Toronto Canada

2011 Inspired by people, Gallery Soho, London UK

2010 100 Sq ft in Association with Arts after Dark, London UK

2010 100 Sq ft in Association with Arts after Dark, New Orleans USA

2010 Art and Escape, London UK

2010 Artprize, Michigan USA

2010 London Elephant Parade, Mayfair London UK

2010 Rough and Dandy, 10 Gales Gallery, London UK

2010 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York USA

2010 'Emerging Issues', The Gallery at Willesden Green, London UK

2010 ArtBelow, London Bridge Station, London Underground UK

2010 100 Sq ft , Cholmeley Boys Club, London UK

2010 ‘Smile', The Red Gate Gallery, London UK

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2012 Cash Award from Artist Br...