Artist: Mahsa Soroudi
Exhibition: Nature’s Cadence
Media: Nature
Website: http://www.mahsasoroudi.com
Masha Soroudi is an Iranian artist born in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Born in 1981, right after the Islamic Revolution, Masha grew up traveling around the world, mainly around Asian countries, being affected and having neutral feelings towards the revolution and finally settling in Southern California.
Masha’s art in the form of nature is quite comforting and calm. Although her art is does not seem exciting and doesn’t yells out any type of crazy feelings or emotions, the story behind it makes it easy for everyone to relate in some way even if it is not that deep. Her art shows nature’s growth and fun colors and smooth textures that give a sense of calmness behind. It may be at a small scale but don’t judge too quickly.
Masha is an immigrant, just like many Southern Californians, that seemed to have trouble finding her identity as she travels far from home. Leaving her homeland, led to emptiness in her life, affecting the settlement a lot more than usual. Her plants can relate to what she has been through as well, struggling to grow in an strange environment, difficulties in having proper nourishment, failure to properly grow from your roots and finally being able to move on from a setback. Most of these are exactly what many of us, including myself dearly, go through and change our lives indefinitely towards the end.
This is the type of art that I can truly appreciate the most because it is so simple and really unique. The creativity of it is endless, you can go on about many different reasons as to how this can affect you. Since the artist got inspired from feeling empty and homesick, this plant greatly represents what she has been through. From the plant growing normally, to the final result being a strange outcome of what you expected is what life really is about. I’ve had personal struggles that this plant clearly shows such as the broken stem, the gorgeous leafs and the weak but yet strong root that continues to grow out of the vase, is what perfectly portrays what I have been through in a very unique way although the art is very broad. This is what truly represents art in my opinion
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