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{{Short description|Qatari-born Indian artist, art historian and educator}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emelina Soares
| image = Emelina.jpg
| birth_place = Doha, Qatar
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1993}}
| education = Emily Carr University of Art and Design, MFA
University College of London, MA
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA
}}

'''Emelina Soares''' (born 1993)<ref name="Emelina Soares">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.emelinasoares.com/about |website=Emelina Soares |access-date=4 November 2021 |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104204538/https://www.emelinasoares.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]], [[Human migration|migration]], and cultural exchanges.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=LOoW Participating Artists|url=https://leaningoutofwindows.org/phase-3/participating-artists/|last=|first=|date=|website=LOoW|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
She completed her [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] from [[Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar|Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar]], in addition with an [[Master of Arts|MA]] from the [[University College London|University College of London Qatar]] under [[Hamad Bin Khalifa University]] and an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from [[Emily Carr University of Art and Design]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://qatar.vcu.edu/news/painting-printmaking-alumna-emelina-soares-features-in-vancouver-exhibition|title=Painting & Printmaking Alumna Emelina Soares Features in Vancouver Exhibition|last=VCUQatar|website=qatar.vcu.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>

== Art practice ==

=== Research ===
[[File:Recontextualizing_Saint_Thomas.jpg|alt=|thumb|''Recontextualizing Saint Thomas'' created by Soares]]
Soares used oriental references as inspiration, combined with prominent saints from India, the Middle East and Portugal to create contemporary [[appropriation (art)|appropriation]]s 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,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/kraftwerk-berlin-to-host-survey-of-contemporary-art-from-qatar|title=Largest survey of Qatari contemporary art to open in Berlin despite ongoing blockade|website=www.theartnewspaper.com|date=23 November 2017 |access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> to create ephemeral Sand Carpets. The changing patterns of the carpets due to guests walking on the piece reflects her multinational identity.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Connolly|first=Kate|date=2017-12-10|title=Qatar's dynamic young artists showcased in major Berlin exhibition|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/10/qatars-dynamic-young-arists-showcased-in-major-berlin-exhibition|access-date=2020-02-11|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
[[File:Sand_Carpet_created_by_Artist_Emelina_Soares.jpg|alt=|thumb|Sand Carpet by Soares.<ref name=":3" />]]
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.<ref name=":0" />

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 of Art and Design|Emily Carr University]], to create an interdisciplinary project on the study of dark matter.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://leaningoutofwindows.org/exhibition-2020/|title=Exhibition 2020 {{!}} Leaning Out Of Windows|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triumf.ca/|title=Home {{!}} TRIUMF : Canada's particle accelerator centre|website=www.triumf.ca|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Leaning Out Of Windows {{!}}|url=https://leaningoutofwindows.org/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Participating Artists (Phase 3) |url=https://leaningoutofwindows.org/participating-artists/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=Leaning Out Of Windows |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Hidden_in_Plain_Site_created_by_Emelina_Soares.jpg|thumb|''Hidden in Plain Site'' is a site-specific installation created by Soares.]]

=== Exhibitions ===
Soares was part of several group exhibition such as Shifting Identities,<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Dec 2017 |title=Qatar contemporary art exhibition opens in Berlin |url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/09/12/2017/Qatar-contemporary-art-exhibition-opens-in-Berlin |access-date=2020-04-19 |website=The Peninsula}}</ref> Introspection / Extrospection,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecuad.ca/calendar/introspection-extrospection-mfa-thesis-show|title=Introspection/Extrospection {{!}} MFA Thesis Show|last1=Vancouver|first1=520 East 1st Avenue|last2=Canada|first2=BC V5T 0H2|date=2019-03-11|website=Emily Carr University of Art + Design|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> Tracing Erasure<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/tracing-erasure/|title=Tracing Erasure {{!}} AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory|website=ahva.ubc.ca|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> in Vancouver, Canada. Qatar Contemporary Art and Photography in Russia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qm.org.qa/en/qatar-contemporary-art-and-photography|title=Qatar Contemporary: Art and Photography|website=Qatar Museums|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-date=2020-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813055541/https://www.qm.org.qa/en/qatar-contemporary-art-and-photography|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ruwad: Pioneering artists of Qatar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qataramerica.org/ruwad_qatar/|title=Ruwad|website=Qatar-America Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-date=2020-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408112424/https://qataramerica.org/ruwad_qatar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Washington DC. Art Leaders Network and Contemporary Art Qatar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qm.org.qa/en/contemporary-art-qatar|title=Contemporary Art Qatar|website=Qatar Museums|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-date=2020-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222110839/http://www.qm.org.qa/en/contemporary-art-qatar|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Germany. Built/ Unbuilt Home/ City at the Kathmandu Triennale 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tumsamekh.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/buildunbuild-homecity-art-projrct-curated-by-dr-dina-bangdel-collateral-event-with-kathmandu-triennale-2017/|title=Build/Unbuild Home:city Art Projrct 2017 curated by Dr. Dina Bangdel collateral event with Kathmandu Triennale 2017|last=mekhlimbu|date=2017-04-15|website=Mekh Limbu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> AlBahie Auction House, Qatar Foundation: Emerging Artists, Art and Medicine VCU Qatar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qatar.vcu.edu/news/chromosthesia-exploring-the-intersection-of-art-and-medicine|title=Chromosthesia, Exploring the Intersection of Art and Medicine|last=VCUQatar|website=www.qatar.vcu.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> Fire Station Artists-in-residence show,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qm.org.qa/en/artists-residence-exhibition-20152016|title=Artists in Residence Exhibition 2015/2016|website=Qatar Museums|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023214810/https://www.qm.org.qa/en/artists-residence-exhibition-20152016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, Katara Art Centre, and Qatar Museums: Create and Inspire (Qatar Brazil).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://islamicartsmagazine.com/magazine/view/winners_of_create_inspire_2014/|title=Winners of 'Create & Inspire 2014' Explore Brazil in Artistic Journey of a Lifetime|website=Islamic Arts Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century Indian women artists]]
[[Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni]]
[[Category:Indian women contemporary artists]]

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MaryjoM897 at 19:00, 7 February 2026