CV
Born 1979, Belgium
Lives and works in Hudson, New York, USA
education
2001 B.A. Fine Art, University of Vermont
2008 M.Ed. Visual Art Education, Lesley University / Art Institute of Boston
selected exhibitions
***curatorial
2026 ‘Meditations’, Isola – Kinderhook, New York, USA
2025 ‘Winter Garden’, Ruthann Gallery – Catskill, New York, USA
2024 ‘Soft Animals’, BES Millerton – Millerton, New York, USA
2020 solo ‘Breath Monuments’, Hudson Hall, for The Hudson Eye festival – Hudson, New York, USA
2020 solo ‘Breath Flags’, collective art project & outdoor public art installation, with The Hudson Eye for The Hudson River Skywalk – Hudson, NY, USA
(in partnership with Olana State Historic Site and Thomas Cole National Historic Sites, for The Hudson Eye Art Festival 2020)
2019 ‘BLUE’, group exhibition, 46 Green Street Gallery – Hudson, New York, USA
2019 Saperstein – Millerton, New York, USA
2019 ***'Unraveling’, Filiz Studio – Hudson, New York, USA
2018 solo 'Unu Spiro', Valley Variety – Hudson, New York, USA
2018 solo ‘One Thousand Breaths’, an interactive installation at Henry Hudson Waterfront Park – Hudson, New York, USA
2017 solo ‘Abstract Landscapes’, Valley Variety – Hudson, New York, USA
2015 2 pr 'Chora', with Ariel Freiberg, Fort Point Community Arts Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2014 solo 'Nagori', Exhibit A – Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011 solo 'Passages Remembered’, Giacobetti Paul Gallery – DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011 ***'Recolligo’, Giacobetti Paul Gallery – DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 solo 'Impressions', Zara Gallery – Amman, Jordan
2007 solo ‘Kodaishi’, The Churchill Gallery – Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
2007 ‘Wanderlust’, Gallery Anthony Curtis – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2006 ‘3 Women-Abstract’, Chase Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2006 solo ‘Fusions: Filiz emma Soyak’, Modern Eye Gallery – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2005 solo ‘Paintings by Filiz Soyak’, Southern Vermont Arts Center – Manchester, Vermont, USA
2005 2 pr ‘2 Women, 2 Coasts: Filiz emma Soyak & Catherine Woskow’, Modern Eye Gallery – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2004 ‘Abstraction Today’, Modern Eye Gallery – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2004 'Introductions', Modern Eye Gallery – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2004 solo 'Tidal', Art House – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2004 solo 'Filiz Soyak: paintings', Art Institute of Charlotte – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2003 solo 'Striving to be Conscious', Gallery Ef – Tokyo, Japan
2002 solo ‘Faces’, Sky Lounge, Vision Network Complex – Tokyo, Japan
permanent + public collections
Hyatt Regency Aqaba Ayla – Aqaba, Jordan
Kamei Museum – Sendai, Japan
Miyagi Museum – Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
projects + events + fairs
2019 The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, by Saatchi Art, November 2019 – Brooklyn, New York, USA
2019 Airbnb Magazine Aug ‘19 issue, interior design feature in collaboration with Airbnb and Aphrochic – Hudson, New York, USA
2019 Design Hudson – Hudson, New York, USA
2018 Design Hudson – Hudson, New York, USA
2014 Brooklyn Designs, collaboration with Saatchi Art and AphroChic – Brooklyn, New York, USA
2009 Gaza Mural Painting for Peace Symposium – Amman, Jordan
2007 Horizons for Homeless Children, art murals for homeless children painted together with community – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2003 Swedish Style Design, week-long art/design/music/film event by Swedish embassy + design curators – Tokyo, Japan
representation
2010 - 2012 Giacobetti Paul Gallery – Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 - 2018 Zara Gallery – Amman, Jordan
2008 - 2018 Jacaranda Images – Amman, Jordan
2012 - 2015 Artsicle – New York City, New York, USA
2007 - 2008 The Churchill Gallery – Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
2006 - 2007 Chase Gallery - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2004 - 2007 Modern Eye Gallery – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2003 - 2004 Gallery Ef – Tokyo, Japan
2003 - 2005 Interior Collections – Tokyo, Japan
professional affiliations
2005-16 Fort Point Art Community – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2006-11 NAEA (National Art Education Association) - USA
2007-08 The Pen & Brush Organization – New York City, New York, USA
2005-06 Fort Point Arts Community, Gallery Committee – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2003-05 Guild of Charlotte Artists – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2002-04 Newton Art Association – Newton, Massachusetts, USA
workshops
2019 Creative Vision + Intention – FILIZ studio, Hudson/NY, USA
2008 Mixed Media Art Workshop – Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
2006 ‘ART is Biz’ Workshop, led emerging art career workshop as part of series, for alumni and college students – Mass College of Art, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
teaching
2009-10 Design Technology, International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (grades 6-12), The Codrington School, Barbados
2008-09 Art and Design, Computer Graphics Department, New York Institute of Technology, Amman, Jordan
2006-08 Art, Boston and Natick Public Schools (grades K-8), Massachusetts, USA