EDWIN SORIANO
Born in El Salvador, 1975.
New York based.
With important individual sculpture exhibitions as multiple international collective shows, Edwin Soriano studied visual arts and sculpture at the National Arts Center, CENAR, El Salvador, where he was also an arts professor for over 20 years.
He also studied bronze sculpture in Japan and Barcelona, Spain; Achieving over 25 years as sculptor. The sculpture techniques Soriano primarily works on are carved stone, cast bronze and carved wood; From single art pieces, sculptural installations on a contemporary language, as monumental scale pieces.
Has also participated in multiple international symposiums and recently was part of The New York Latin American Art Triennial, “Sensorial Fusion: Relationship Art & Architecture”, 2025 Edition, as well as other collective exhibitions in NYC.
He has exhibited in Spain, Japan, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, and The United States (New York, Georgia, California, and Wisconsin).
His work has been included in public and private collections located in Japan, Spain, France, Germany, The United States, El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala.
Monumental public sculpture works, included in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Has also been curator of various sculptural pieces.
STATEMENT
My artistic practice explores the intersection between natural resources and found objects, using collected organic materials and recycled materials from the urban environment.
Through sculpture and installation, I seek to transform everyday objects into expressions of the vulnerability of our natural and urban surroundings, inviting the viewer to reconsider their relationship with the environment and the space they inhabit. Many of these found objects are fused together, revealing a reflective beauty, with the aim of reusing discarded materials and demonstrating that contemporary humanity can thrive if science works in harmony with nature, rather than nature being subservient to technology.
The pieces made of stone, wood, and found industrial materials are cleaned and strategically placed with the idea that they will never be thrown away, and that contemporary art can fulfill its purpose of fostering a circular economy and promoting an ecological awareness movement that is indispensable in our era of waste.
ART CAREER
Relevant Experience
2025, Collective Art Exhibition at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York.
2025, Art Residency (fall 2025), NYLAAT New York Latin American Triennial, Governors Island, New York, NY.
2025, Invited Artist, Sensorial Fusion Exhibition, Relationship Art and Architecture, NYLAAT New York Latin American Triennial, Governors Island, New York, NY.
2025, “In the Light that Remains”, Collective Exhibition of Salvadorean Artists, Kates-Ferris Projects, New York, NY.
2024, “In the Search of Hidden Things”, Collective Exhibition of Central American Artists NYLAAT New York Latin American Triennial, Governors Island, New York, NY.
2024, “Mantenerse Humano” Collective Exhibition, Museo Forma, El Salvador.
2023, International Sculpture Symposium, Valle de Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico.
2023, “Mantenerse Humano” Collective Exhibition, Museo de Arte de El Salvador, MARTE.
2023, Participation in 2023 Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Southeastern Designer Showhouse, in collaboration with Habachy Designs.
2022, Landscape Sculpture at Lake Lanier, Dawsonville, Georgia. Private Collection.
2022, Exhibition and Showroom Representation by Roche Bobois, Atlanta, USA.
2022-2023, Exhibition and Showroom Representation by Habachy Desings + Atelier, Atlanta, USA
2001 - 2021, Sculpture and Visual Arts Professor at the National Arts Center CENAR, El Salvador.
2021, LACE virtual exhibition, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition (Collective Stay Human). Development as a teacher in Modern and Contemporary Art History classes in virtual Classroom platforms.
2021, Architecture and Society - Video conference CADES El Salvador College of Architects (Maintain Human Collective).
2019, International Sculpture Symposium, Panchimalco.
2019, Exhibition "The Art of Seeing" FERCO, San Salvador.
2018, Consulate of Ecuador in New York, USA. Collective Exhibition "Indigenous Peoples" in commemoration of the 209th anniversary of the First Cry of Independence of Ecuador, Consulate General of Ecuador in New York, Manhattan, USA.
Consulate of El Salvador on Long Island. Individual Exhibition "Migratory Displacement",
Consulate of El Salvador in Long Island, New York, USA. The Congregational Church of Patchogue.
Patchogue Art Council Collective Exhibition in gallery "The Patchogue Art Council", New York, USA.
El Salvador National University. Validation Consultation of the Graduation Profiles for the specialties of the School of Arts of the National University of El Salvador.
Consulting for the Bachelor of Arts curriculum, Polígono Industrial Don Bosco.
2017, Sculptorical Route Proposal for Antiguo Cuscatlán City, in collaboration with Architect Eliana Marroquin; La Libertad, San Salvador.
2017, Honduran Institute of Culture and the Arts, Honduras. Jury at the Biennial of Sculpture and Ceramics of Central America and the Caribbean.
2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Speaker at the conference "Sculpture as Science", in the Department of Sciences and Letters at the University of Wisconsin. 2016 International Symposium, large format stone carving, Sihuatepeq, Honduras.
2015, Stone sink design in collaboration with Architect Eva Hinds, with Eva Hinds Arquitectura.
2014, International Symposium, large format stone carving, La Puerta, Panchimalco, El Salvador. 2013, Sculpture Seminar, Porcelain Prototypes taught by Darlan Rosa (Brazil).
2012, Participation with Collective: La Fabri-K with furniture designer Balta Portillo and artists: Mayra Barraza, Romeo Galdámez, Luis Lazo and Francisco Zayas.
Relevant Studies
2006, Metal Sculpture, Hyogo Academy, Japan.
2004, Studies of Sculpture in Bronze, Escola Massana Centre d’Art i Disseny, Barcelona
1997, Centro Nacional de Artes CENAR, High School Degree in Visual Arts with Specialty in Sculpture.
Recognition
2015, Collection Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida Guatemala”, Fundación Ortiz.
2011, Artist of the Month (November 2011), MARTE Museum, El Salvador.
Honorable mention at the III Paiz Art Biennial 2009 Diploma of recognition from the Technological University for his contribution to Culture.
It is part of the collection of the MARTE Museum, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Collection of the "Art Center for Peace", Suchitoto, El Salvador.
Collection of the Pinacoteca of the Don Bosco University, El Salvador.
Part of the “La Puerta del Sol” Sculpture Park Collection, Panchimalco, El Salvador.
CURATORIAL COMMENTS
“Soriano's work embodies the essence of ancestral identity. It presents an intriguing Leitmotif expressed in the spiritual connection between the heart of the sky and the heart of the earth. His pieces transcend the materials from which they are made; in his artistic expressions, stone ceases to be stone, wood ceases to be wood, and instead becomes the ancestral manifestation of the element it represents”.
Jorge Rivas (Mayan Priest)
“Encountering Edwin Soriano's work is likely being transported to other timelines; it invites to think and feel through knowledge systems that emerge from his deep commitment to stone and water as a means of remembrance. The echoes remain, suggesting a path to follow and influencing, in a compelling way, the will to act”.
Gabriela Poma (art curator)