photographed by Aaron Johanson
Working across mediums, from photography to sculpture and writing, Madeleine Soich (she/they) uses a variety of materials including light, “dust”, and discarded objects to explore impermanence as transmutation within simultaneity. Soich references the body and the constructed world to instill empathy within the viewer in relation to others but also to our surroundings as a reminder that all are empty and pending transformation into something else. Soich has exhibited in venues such as the PDX Window Project (OR), Korpúlfsstaðir Gallerí (Reykjavík, IS), LoosenArt (Rome, IT), and in a collaborative project titled Threadlines at the Museum of Contemporary Craft (OR). Her work has been published by Borderline Press and The Maine Review. Additionally, she was nominated for the Windgate Fellowship and has received numerous awards including the May Georges Scholarship as well as a scholarship to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Soich earned her BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft.
direct contact
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born Chicago, IL
raised Dallas, TX
lives and works between TX and NY
education
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree Conferred: May 2015
President’s Merit Scholarship
Commitment to Craft Scholarship
Commended Scholar
solo and two-person* Exhibitions
2024
➛ Two Studies, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA *
➛ wandeln, Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX
2022
➛ Study B (To Absorb Before Slumber), SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland *
2019
➛ As if my eyes are closed, staring at you, becoming the Sun, Void, PDX Window Project, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2017
➛ The Other Side Of, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2015
➛ Construct, Happy Knits, Portland, OR *
group Exhibitions
2025
➛ [UPCOMING] 2025 Faculty Survey, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2023
➛ Retrospect: Decommissioned Works, Lodger Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022
➛ Jæja, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland (IG Exhibition)
➛ Twentieth Annual Customer Show, Blue Moon Camera, Portland, OR
➛ 4tímar, Korpúlfsstaðir Gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
➛ Co-Relations on Diptychs, Millepiani, Rome, Italy (curated by LoosenArt)
➛ House of Artbundance, Cascade Aids Project + Our House, Portland, OR
2021
➛ The Breeze at Dawn, Lodger Gallery, Kansas City, MO
➛ Transitions, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
➛ Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
➛ Stronger at the Breaking Point: Celebrating ——Resilience, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR (Curator’s Choice)
2020
➛ Art Auction: Reimagined!, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR
2019
➛ The Summer Show, Civilian Studios, Portland, OR
➛ Winterzaar, Womxn House and Babylon, Portland, OR
2018
➛ The Lab, fourteen30, Portland, OR
2017
➛ Design Week: Portland, The Palace, Portland, OR
2016
➛ RE-GREEN, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2015
➛ Generative Consensus, 10th & Hoyt, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR (curated by Sarah Margolis-Pineo)
➛ Transition, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Art on the Vine Gala Auction, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Lasting Impression, Surplus Space, Portland, OR
➛ Metals Juried Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Fibers Juried Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2014
➛ Threadlines, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Metals Juried Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Oregon College of Art and Craft Showcase, Blick, Portland, OR
➛ Art on the Vine Preview Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2013
➛ Student Juried Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Fibers Juried Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
➛ Admissions Office Showcase, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2012
➛ Metals Juried Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Publications
2024
➛ Issue 10.1, The Maine Review
2022
➛ Common Ground Issue 01, Borderline Press, curated by Borderline Press with Kory Jean
residencies
2024
➛ Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA (July - invitational)
2022
➛ SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland (Oct-Dec)
Honors and Awards
2023
➛ Nasher Artist Grant Finalist, Nasher Sculpture Center,
Dallas, TX
2021
➛ Curator’s Choice, Stronger at the Breaking Point: Celebrating ——Resilience, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR
2015
➛ Windgate Fellowship Award Nominee, Windgate Foundation, Little Rock, AR
2014
➛ Full Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
➛ Workstudy Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013
➛ May Georges Metals Scholarship, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
related professional experience
2023-present
➛ Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY- Adjunct Professor
2019
➛ Winterzaar, Womxn House/Babylon, Portland, OR- Co-Organizer
2017
➛ Nike Design Atelier, Nike, Portland, OR- Designer
—— Worked with Vice President of Design at Nike in an applied thinktank to innovate using materials-based knowledge to approach a specific problem.
2015
➛ Boet Studio, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
➛ Christine Clark, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
➛ Allison Ullmer, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
2014
➛ Christine Clark, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
➛ Allison Ullmer, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
➛ Marie Watt, Portland, OR- Studio Assistant
2012
➛ Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX- Intern
➛ Sue Benner, Dallas, TX- Studio Assistant
2011
➛ Sue Benner, Dallas, TX- Studio Assistant
2011-2015
➛ Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR- Admissions Ambassador
professional development
2021
➛ Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), Poet’s Essay, workshop with Kelly Schirmann
2020
➛ Whatever Space, Pure Data workshop
2019
➛ Bullseye Gallery, workshop with Emily Endo
2014
➛ Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, workshop with Ann Wessmann
➛ Oregon College of Art and Craft, workshop with Whitney Lowe
community involvement
2021-present
➛ S.A. Writing Collective- Co-Founder
➛ Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX- Member
2021-2022
➛ Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR- Member
2019-2022
➛ Contemporary Art Council, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR- Member
➛ Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR- Member
2019-2021
➛ Womxn House, Portland, OR- Affiliate
2020
➛ The Art that Reconnects: a COVID Project, United States of America- Participant
lectures
2022
➛ December Artist Talk, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
➛ November Artist Talk, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
➛ October Artist Talk, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
➛ Summer Studio Practice, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Commissions
2015
➛ Art on the Vine Gala Auction, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Collections
➛ SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
➛ Private collections in Portland, OR, Dallas, TX, and NYC.
bibliography
2022
➛ Subject and Object: A Photographic Look at the Visual Arts Book 4, Aaron Johanson
2021
➛ Stronger at the Breaking Point: Celebrating ——Resilience Catalog, Cascade Aids Project
2020
➛ Art Auction: Reimagined! Catalog, Cascade Aids Project
2019
➛ Portraits in Color, Aaron Johanson
2015
➛ Generative Consensus Exhibition Catalog
➛ Art on the Vine Gala Auction Catalog, Oregon College of Art and Craft
➛ Make Catalog, Oregon College of Art and Craft