Artist: Mahsa Soroudi
Exhibition: N/A
Media: Photography
Gallery: N/A
Website: https://www.mahsasoroudi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mahsasoroudi/
Mahsa Soroudi is an artist and art curator who was born in Iran in 1981. She received her BFA in visual communication from Azad Art and Architecture University in Tehran. Growing up she was exposed to art from her family. Her dad would like to often paint which is why she wanted to go into the arts. One of her passions is to familiarize and give exposure to contemporary artists who go unseen.
On her website there were 2 albums of her photography. The styles in each were completely different. The first one, “The Expected”, had photos of a woman going through her everyday routine. However, every photo was in black and white. All the color was stripped away making it seem kind of monochrome. There was almost a sad tone to it. Some of the angles were really up close and personal as well. The second, “Clio”, is full of pictures with jewelry in it. The background in the photos are either completely black or completely white. It makes the jewelry pop more and puts emphasis on it. There’s no background noise at all in any of the photos forcing the viewer to look and focus on the rings.
One piece of work she explores is “Nature’s Cadence”. It’s the idea that plants remain beautiful and strong even though they are struggling to adapt to a new home. She related to her own experiences. As we struggled in her move to the United States, for a long time she couldn’t really call this place home. Another motivation for her is wanting to help empower Iranian women who are artists. So she started the 7500 miles project.
I like her work with the succulents. I feel as though it is easy to relate to in my own life. She said the plants health would often correlate with her own mental health. An under rated part of it all though is that the plants bloom and look healthy on the outside, the reason they appear so if because the roots are healthy. It kind of parallel’s real life in some ways. If you want to be successful you have to work on personal development and nurture that. You have to make sure you have a solid base to work off of.
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