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Graciela Socorro
USA Nominee Americana Professional "Pink Moon" A woman in the Grand Canyon mesmerized by the immensity and beauty of the past. Graciela Socorro was born in Ames, Iowa. She is an American-Venezuelan multi-disciplinary artist based in Houston, TX. She works in photography and mixed media art since 2010. Graciela specializes in nature photography, geometry art and painting. As an award-wining artist, she has exhibited in several juried art shows nationally and internationally. She has gallery representation in New York City, Houston, Spain and Venezuela. Graciela got her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering following her love for astronomy and aerospace engineering. However, she began exploring and loving photography since she was little, looking at her father's National Geographic magazines. Many years later, she met Carlos and they began taking pictures together. For Graciela, this moments are magical, an eternal meditation where only matters the connection and the encounter with the subject. This inspiration aroused her interest in conducting various studies in nature; following patterns, colors, shapes and textures. Suddenly it became an everlasting encounter founding her muse in nature. From the beginning, she has received guidance and support from Fine Art Photographers Albert Frangiéh and Carlos Ocando. This encouraged her to continue her studies with geometry in nature. In 2010, Graciela made her first photography portfolio Between Sun & Palms (Entre sol y Palmeras), making her debut in the “6th. Young Artists Regional Saloon at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia (MACZUL)†in Venezuela that same year, followed by Into me I See at ipa. Both projects were made of palms trees where she played with their lines and colors, shadows and light creating geometric patterns using more than one image. She received regional and International recognition from both series. She is still working on a new body of work that will be soon available on her website. In 2014 she moved to Houston, TX with her husband Carlos Ocando and their Maltese Miss Brandy. |
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