About Me…

My name is Soraya Younossi, and I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. My life and creative journey have taken me across Asia, Europe, and North America, experiences that continue to shape both my perspective and artistic practice. As the daughter of an Austrian mother and Afghan father, I grew up between cultures, traditions, and ways of seeing the world. That intersection has become an important foundation within my work.

I began drawing at a young age as a way to process experiences and emotions that were often difficult to express verbally. What started as a private visual diary gradually evolved into a lifelong commitment to art and storytelling. Over time, creating became less about representation and more about exploration. A way to understand memory, identity, human connection, and the complexities that exist beneath the surface of everyday life.

My practice moves fluidly between traditional and digital processes. I work across painting, photography, mixed media, and emerging technologies, often combining these approaches in experimental ways. I am deeply interested in how tools evolve and how new forms of creation can expand emotional and visual language while still remaining deeply human.

Much of my work is intuitive. I rarely begin with fixed conclusions. Instead, I allow texture, layering, color, and atmosphere to guide the process until something honest begins to emerge. Each series becomes part of an ongoing conversation about transformation, perception, vulnerability, and resilience.

Above all, I hope the work invites viewers into a moment of reflection. Not simply to observe an image, but to feel connected to something within themselves through it.