Emelina Soares Explained

Emelina Soares (born 1993)[1] is an Indian artist, art historian, and educator who uses site-specific installation, animation, projection, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Common themes of her works include ecology, ethology, migration, and cultural exchanges.[2]

Emelina Soares
Birth Place:Doha, Qatar
Nationality:Indian
Education:Emily Carr University of Art and Design, MFAUniversity College of London, MAVirginia Commonwealth University, BFA

Early life and education

She completed her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, in addition with an MA from the University College of London Qatar under Hamad Bin Khalifa University and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[3]

Art practice

Research

Soares used oriental references as inspiration, combined with prominent saints from India, the Middle East and Portugal to create contemporary appropriations in the series of recontextualizing saints. Her practice explored patterns of carpets in combination with sand from the dunes of Qatar, and natural dyes from India,[4] to create ephemeral Sand Carpets. The changing patterns of the carpets due to guests walking on the piece reflects her multinational identity.[5] Her practice consists of site-specific installations such as Hidden in Plain Site, that discuss the adaptive attitude of migrating and invasive bodies within changing perspectives of space and place.

Soares participated as an artist and facilitator for the Leaning Out of Windows project led by Randy Lee Cutler and Ingrid Koenig, where she collaborated with a physicist from TRIUMF, Canada's national particle accelerator centre, and faculty from Emily Carr University, to create an interdisciplinary project on the study of dark matter.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Exhibitions

Soares was part of several group exhibition such as Shifting Identities,[10] Introspection / Extrospection,[11] Tracing Erasure[12] in Vancouver, Canada. Qatar Contemporary Art and Photography in Russia,[13] Ruwad: Pioneering artists of Qatar[14] in Washington DC. Art Leaders Network and Contemporary Art Qatar[15] in Germany. Built/ Unbuilt Home/ City at the Kathmandu Triennale 2017.[16] AlBahie Auction House, Qatar Foundation: Emerging Artists, Art and Medicine VCU Qatar,[17] Fire Station Artists-in-residence show,[18] Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, Katara Art Centre, and Qatar Museums: Create and Inspire (Qatar Brazil).[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . Emelina Soares . 4 November 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: LOoW Participating Artists. LOoW.
  3. Web site: Painting & Printmaking Alumna Emelina Soares Features in Vancouver Exhibition. VCUQatar. qatar.vcu.edu. en. 2020-04-19.
  4. Web site: Largest survey of Qatari contemporary art to open in Berlin despite ongoing blockade. www.theartnewspaper.com. 23 November 2017 . 2020-04-19.
  5. News: Connolly. Kate. 2017-12-10. Qatar's dynamic young artists showcased in major Berlin exhibition. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-02-11. 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: Exhibition 2020 Leaning Out Of Windows. en-US. 2020-02-11.
  7. Web site: Home TRIUMF : Canada's particle accelerator centre. www.triumf.ca. 2020-02-11.
  8. Web site: Leaning Out Of Windows . en-US. 2020-02-11.
  9. Web site: Participating Artists (Phase 3) . 25 April 2022 . Leaning Out Of Windows . en-US.
  10. Web site: 9 Dec 2017 . Qatar contemporary art exhibition opens in Berlin . 2020-04-19 . The Peninsula.
  11. Web site: Introspection/Extrospection MFA Thesis Show. Vancouver. 520 East 1st Avenue. Canada. BC V5T 0H2. 2019-03-11. Emily Carr University of Art + Design. en. 2020-02-11.
  12. Web site: Tracing Erasure AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory. ahva.ubc.ca. 2020-02-11.
  13. Web site: Qatar Contemporary: Art and Photography. Qatar Museums. en. 2020-02-11. 2020-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813055541/https://www.qm.org.qa/en/qatar-contemporary-art-and-photography. dead.
  14. Web site: Ruwad. Qatar-America Institute. en-US. 2020-02-11. 2020-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200408112424/https://qataramerica.org/ruwad_qatar/. dead.
  15. Web site: Contemporary Art Qatar. Qatar Museums. en. 2020-02-11. 2020-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222110839/http://www.qm.org.qa/en/contemporary-art-qatar. dead.
  16. Web site: Build/Unbuild Home:city Art Projrct 2017 curated by Dr. Dina Bangdel collateral event with Kathmandu Triennale 2017. mekhlimbu. 2017-04-15. Mekh Limbu. en. 2020-02-11.
  17. Web site: Chromosthesia, Exploring the Intersection of Art and Medicine. VCUQatar. www.qatar.vcu.edu. en. 2020-02-11.
  18. Web site: Artists in Residence Exhibition 2015/2016. Qatar Museums. en. 2020-02-11. 2020-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023214810/https://www.qm.org.qa/en/artists-residence-exhibition-20152016. dead.
  19. Web site: Winners of 'Create & Inspire 2014' Explore Brazil in Artistic Journey of a Lifetime. Islamic Arts Magazine. en. 2020-02-11.

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