Elizabeth A Soroka
Figurative Expressionism, Surrealism, Mexican Folk Art & Photography
Elizabeth is a self-taught artist as were her parents. Drawing and painting since early childhood, Elizabeth has been actively showing her work in different venues for over nineteen years. Focusing mainly on canvas art, her work also includes Photography, Wall/Mural Art and Functional Art. Her canvas art and photography has been included in numerous local gallery exhibitions and throughout varied national and international small press publications, book exteriors and interiors in print and online zines.
Largely influenced by her mother's Mexican heritage, Elizabeth states, “Along with the seemingly beautiful, I’ve a tremendous draw to the fascinating contrast between what some might feel as despairing and dark with something fragile and lovely. It appeals greatly to me, pairing the morose, like an image of our beautiful bones with a more commonly acceptable aesthetic; like the graceful curve of a form, an unexpected gentle and vulnerable expression, or that of our deep, ever so ancient connective sensibility to nature. It all seems a truer way to things...a truer reflection of one's existence...and sometimes showing the path throughout, to our very common end...a memento mori. There's so much more realness within the human psyche in our layers. The further down we venture into our souls, peeling all those layers back to have a look at all the grey that happens there.”
Elizabeth’s work is highly emotive, reflecting the subconscious and visceral emotion that lies both in waking and in sleeping dreamstates. Her images are surrealistic and wrought in symbolism...inviting the viewer a closer look, an introspection to their own personal perceptions. “Perhaps not easily expressed in words, they are simply, knowing things…things that are reality in dreams, things that are realities under it all.”
Past, current and ongoing shows; exhibitions and endeavors are as follows but not limited to...
Elizabeth A Soroka
Tucson, Arizona
Self taught
Figurative Expressionist, Surrealist, Mexican Folk Artist and Photographer
Acrylic on canvas, Mixed media
Digital Photography
Wall Art, Murals, Functional Art
2014 The All Souls Procession Art Show Benefit- Maker House, Tucson, Arizona
2013 Art On Tap-Tucson Museum of Art and Historic District
2012 Fall Tucson Artists' Open Studios Tour
2012 Spring Tucson Artists’ Open Studios Tour
2011 Mirror, Myself: A Self Portrait- Industria Studios, Tucson, Arizona
2011 Powhaus Presents Foto Au Go-Go and Scooter Show- The Rialto Theater, Tucson, Arizona
2011 Fire and Art, Art Show and Fundraiser- Industria Studios, Tucson, Arizona
2010 Hot Fun in the Summertime! Industria Studios Gala and Fundraiser- Industria Studios, Tucson, Arizona
2010 The Monsters That Made Us- Holy Joe Studio, Tucson, Arizona
2009 God and Me and Contradiction- Holy Joe Studio, Tucson, Arizona
2008 The Body and the Sexual Political Machine- Holy Joe Studio, Tucson Arizona
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Powers, Michael P., Fortuna Berlin, Cover Design Exterior, Front and Back
Independent Publishers 2014 Print
Moffeit, Tony, Please Remove Sunglasses Before Entering, Cover Art, Front and Back and Chapter Inserts
Ed. Wolfgang Carstens, Epic Rites Press/Tree Killer Ink, 2014, Print
Gainer, Bill, Louisiana Calling, Cover Art ("El Vigilante")
Ed. Dianne Borsenik, NightBallet Press 2013, Print
Dorsey, John, Fall of the Ramen Empire, Cover Art ("It's In The Bones Where He'll Find Her Heart")
Ed. Dianne Borsenik, NightBallet Press, 2013, Print
Red Fez, October and December Issues 2012
Curbside Splendor, Cover , January Issue 2012
Chicago Independent Publishing E-Zine
Dorsey, John, Leaves of Ass, Cover Photography
Unadorned Press, 2011, Print
Walton, Mark, Frostbitten, Insert Art pgs. 12 & 63 ("Frostbitten" & "What The Heart Needs To Heal")
Ed. Wolfgang Carstens. Epic Rites Press 2nd ed. 2011, Print
Take it to the Streets Poetry, The NEXXUS, vols. 2 and 8, 2011, E-Zine and Print
ERP Catalogue and Brochures, Design Template and Photography
Epic Rites Press, 2011, Print
Plath, Rob, We’re No Butcher’s, Front and Back Covers
Ed. Wolfgang Carstens. Epic Rites Press, 2011, Print
Negative Suck, January 2011 Issue E-Zine
Taylor Jr., William, Broadside- Her Face, The Sometimes Gentleness
Distributed by Tree Killer Ink. Epic Rites Press, 2010, Print
Tree Killer Inc., Cover and Design
Ed. Wolfgang Carstens and Rob Plath. Epic Rites Press, 2011, Print
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Hayes, Lynne “El Artista” Free Penny Press Wordpress, Web 10 April 2012
Real Stories Gallery
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Kung Fu Studio, Tucson, Arizona
Various Private Murals
Various Private Collections
Various Private Functional Art
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Kung Fu Studio, Tucson, Arizona
Industria Studios, Tucson, Arizona
Private collections in Arizona, California, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas and Washington
