Vian Sora

Vian Sora (born 1976 in Baghdad, Iraq She left Iraq in 2006, during the Iraq War, eventually settling in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband in 2009.

Sora works primarily with oils, but utilizes mixed media and engraving techniques to create three-dimensional textures on canvas. The work is primarily expressionist and figurative, with contemporary abstract images used to convey moods and scenes from antiquity. Her works demonstrate the influences of the East and West on her painting and upon her existence. Women of all cultures, of ancient and modern times, are a central theme in her work.