Soraya Shockley (they/them) is an artist and educator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. They are originally from Oakland, California and grew up in a world of a million and one cultural influences. From spending time in Lebanon with their mom’s side of the family to learning recipes from their grandma in the Southern US. Soraya has been working with glass for just under three years and finds the possibility of the material to be endlessly inspiring. Their current work focuses on color and the ways in which it can be manipulated in both hot and cold contexts to make complex patterns and tell stories.