Soriano in particular is a figure from my time at The CAMP Gallery, as the first artist I ever interviewed in the early aughts of CAMP Gallery’s Instagram live talks, and one of the heavy hitters in CAMP’s yearly fiber art group exhibition, “Women Pulling at the Thread of Social Discourse.” Her mixed media painting and collage work have a soft peacefulness to them, with the characters always poised in these elegant mise en scenes that feel poetic and warm.

The larger works featured in the exhibition are inspired by the novels of famed Ukrainian-Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. They have a verve, an organic volume, and physicality that makes them feel so much more real than their predecessors, since Soriano has worked in this medium for several years as her own practice has evolved. What’s more, they noticeably have very organic, very real figurations of their subjects’ breasts, noteworthy because they are not represented in a sexual context, as is so often front and center through popular media.

With a long history of exhibiting female artists in a plethora of mediums and from all walks of life, CAMP Gallery has proven once again that art spaces can shine by supporting women past society’s premature conceptions of a “prime.” This exhibition, which is thoughtfully curated by CAMP Gallery’s Maria Gabriela Di Giammarco, explores the metaphor of advice columns, and the ideas of community, interdependence, and support derived from them. As such, the exhibition includes a quiet corner for viewers to write down their questions to the artist, which will be then shared with the artists throughout the exhibition’s programming. Viewers are therefore encouraged to leave questions in hopes that everyone can gain some nuggets of wisdom.