Nicole Godreau Soria (b. 1991, United States)

Based in DeLand, FL.

ngodreausoria@gmail.com | www.nicolegodreausoria.com | 407-739-0973

IG: @nicolegodreausoria | FB: @nicolegodreausoria

Education

2018 - 2020, Printmaking, Laney College, Oakland, CA. Taught under Charles Chavez.

2013, Bachelor’s of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2013, Minor’s in Women’s Studies, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Professional Experience

2019 - present

Independent Artist & Owner

Nicole Godreau Soria Art, Oakland, CA

2018 - 2019

Community Engagement & Events Coordinator

Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland, CA

2013 - 2017

Advocacy & Leadership Program Coordinator

Girls Inc. of Alameda County, Oakland, CA

2009 - 2013

Community Organizer

Youth & Young Adult Network, National Farmworker Ministry, Orlando, FL

Forthcoming Group Exhibitions

2025

“The Contemporary Print”, juried by Laurel Gerber, PrintAustin, The Art Galleries (TAG) at Austin Community College, Austin, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

● “Beauty of Water” INSPIRE Gallery, Studio Art Farm, Mount Dora, FL

2023

● “Storytelling: A Visual Narrative” juried by Amanda Poss, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

2022

● “Deeply Rooted” juried by Sundus Abdul Hadi, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (view here)

● “Word of Mouth” juried by Rosalyn D’Mello, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (view here)

2021

● “The Table Setting” with National Caucus for Women’s Art, Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, CA

● “But When You Come From Water”, The Chapter House in collaboration with DigDeep, online exhibition (view here)

● “Traditions” The International Art Show of Raleigh - Latin America and Caribbean Art, Raleigh, NC

2020

● ArtSpan Juried Benefit Art Auction, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

● “Works of Heart,” Gallery 300, Sebastopol, CA

2019

● Oakland Artist Group Exhibition, Rooz Cafe, Oakland, CA

Awards

● 2021-2022, California Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellow

● 2020, Alameda County CARES Grant

● 2020, Center for Cultural Innovation, East Bay Relief Grant

● 2019, NCWCA Artist Mentorship Program, Women’s Caucus for Art, San Francisco, CA

● 2012, University of Central Florida, “Keeper of the Community Creed” Award

Speaking Engagements

● INHERITANCE Panel, Word of Mouth, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2022

● The Water Carries Us, Artist Talk, Intrinsic Value Arts Series, University of California San Francisco, CA (view here), 2021

Bibliography

2022

“Word of Mouth, The visual, performing, and literary arts offer the most room for unspoken, intergenerational, gestural forms of citational practice within the feminist domestic” by Rosalyn D’Mello, STIR World (read)

2020

Femme Radiance, FEMME LITERATI MIXTAPE No. 2 -- A COLLECTION OF BLACK & BROWN FEMALE ARTISTS AND WRITERS, Genre: Urban Arts

Gabrielle Rae(compiler), I SEE THE DIVINE IN YOU, whet zine, the coral issue, p. 43-45

Professional Affiliations

● August 2024, PrintAustin

● August 2023, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Member

● July 2023, Florida Printmakers Society, FL

● February 2021, Women’s Caucus for Art, Northern California chapter, CA

● March 2020, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Member

● February 2020, ArtSpan Artist Member, San Francisco, CA

● December 2019, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art Mentorship Program, Women's Caucus for Art, Northern California chapter, San Francisco, CA