press

2023: 

Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine: Experiential Art at The Rockwell in Downtown Corning

New Public Art Celebrates What Abounds in Williams Science Hall

2022: 

Nancy J. Parisi / Visit Buffalo Niagara: 7116 Transformers: The Artist

Rome Daily Sentinel “Buttenschon announces grants for local arts organizations”

Emily Malkowski/Step Out Buffalo “9 Places to See Unique Public Art Installations in WNY”

Buffalo News “AK360 expansion at the Albright-Knox”

2021: 

Zoe Oleshansky / BuffaloRising “#SLIDESHOW | Shasti O’Leary Soudant”

Newell Nussbaumer / BuffaloRising “Junior League of Buffalo gifts sculpture by artist Shasti O’Leary Soudant to Burchfield Penney Art Center”

Newell Nussbaumer / BuffaloRising “Over 90 Artistic Die Cuts Line Niagara Street Corridor”

2020: 

Jana Eisenberg / New York Upstate “10 things you need to know about the Buffalo arts scene”

2019: 

Bob Self / Florida Times-Union “Latest Public Art JAXOSCOPE lights up across street from Florida Theatre”

Max Marbut / Jacksonville Daily Record “‘Jaxoscope’ dedicated near the Florida Theatre”

Newell Nussbaumer / Buffalo Rising “BPAC expecting vivacious new sculpture.”

UBNow Campus News “UB artist’s work celebrates Junior League of Buffalo anniversary”

WGRZ-TV “Junior League of Buffalo marks 100 years with sculpture to honor women.”

Buffalo State News “Junior League of Buffalo Commemorates 100th Anniversary with Sculpture at Burchfield Penney Art Center”

Florida Times-Union / Tuesday Editorial: “More great Downtown public art on the way”

Olivia McCarthy/Forever Young “Art of the Subway”

2018: 

Shasti O’Leary Soudant : DO NOT MISTAKE OUR SOFTNESS FOR WEAKNESS at Eleven Twenty Projects

Cathy Lane / Logo Lounge: A Vision of Hope Through Art

Charlie Patton/Florida Times Union “Cummer’s ‘Urban Spaces, Open Skies’ opens Friday”

At Buffalo magazine “What It Means to be Boldly Buffalo” Summer 2018, Cover & page 3

Karen Robinson/Buffalo News “Cancer survivor brings art to Roswell Park with messages of hope, healing” February 18th, 2018

WKBW-TV “Cancer survivor designs new logo for Roswell Park with a message of hope” – January 8, 2018

Henry L. Davis/Buffalo News “Roswell Park changes name, drops the Institute title” – January 3, 2018

Candace Johnson/Buffalo Business First “New name, logo for Roswell Park rebranding effort” – January 3, 2018

Buffalo Rising “A Brand New Identity for Roswell Park” – January 2, 2018

2017: 

Ellen Goldbaum/UBNow “Artwork brings ‘echoes of DNA to UB’s new medical school building” – September 15, 2017

Rebecca Rudell/At Buffalo Magazine “The Color of Difference” – Fall 2017

AK Public Art Spotlight: Shasti O’Leary-Soudant’s Gut Flora – June 6, 2017

Ben Siegel / Clubhaus “Examining Gut Flora” Block Club Blog – May 25, 2017

Ben Tsujimoto / Buffalo News “The 10: BuffaLoveFest, Totally Buffalo Festival, Flow Fest” BUFFALO NEWS – May 25, 2017

Colin Dabkowski / Buffalo News, “‘Gut Flora’ brings jolt of color to Buffalo’s new subway station” BUFFALO NEWS – May 24, 2017

Buffalo Rising “Shasti @ Hallwalls Show & Tell” BUFFALO RISING – April 25, 2017

Sue Bansich / Roswell Park “Transforming a Memory Into a Wish” Roswell Park Cancertalk Blog – April 24, 2017

Marwan Elbliety / WBFO, “Colorful sculpture to make its debut at Metro station” WBFO NEWS – March 8, 2017

Karen Robinson / Buffalo News, “Public art to make debut in Allen-Medical Campus Metro Station” BUFFALO NEWS – March 7, 2017

2016: 

Tim O’Shei / Buffalo News, “A year of contrast in 2016’s arts and culture scene” BUFFALO NEWS – December 26, 2016

“Turning Points” New York Times International Edition, NEW YORK TIMES – December 06, 2017

Microbes and Art: BioArtography, Shasti O’Leary Soudant, Microbes on Etsy, LuxArt – MICROBIOME DIGEST July 27, 2016

Michael Mroziak / WBFO, “Public art partnership announces three newest works” WBFO NEWS – July 15, 2016

Tracy Drury / Buffalo News, “Albright-Knox director: public art initiative helps create, strengthen biz partnerships” BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST – July 14, 2016

Colin Dabkowski / Buffalo News, “Albright-Knox announces three public art projects for Buffalo buildings” BUFFALO NEWS – July 14, 2016

Colin Dabkowski / Buffalo News, “Roswell Park art seeks to soothe the minds of cancer patients” BUFFALO NEWS – May 31, 2016

Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News, “Wish Field” at the new Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center” BUFFALO NEWS – May 17, 2016

Tina Dillman / Buffalo Rising, “Things to Look Forward to in 2016” BUFFALO RISING – January 6, 2016

2015: 

Newell Nussbaumer, “Weeping Wall” @ 500 Seneca” BUFFALO RISING – Dec 4, 2015

Colin Dabkowski, “A 25-foot ‘Weeping Wall’ on Seneca Street” BUFFALO NEWS – Dec 2, 2015

Colin Dabkowski, “How to Combat Condescension in the Arts” BUFFALO NEWS – Oct 24, 2015

Colin Dabkowski, “Buffalo artist creates retractable angel wings for her daughter” BUFFALO NEWS – Sept 9, 2015

Colin Dabkowski, “The work of art: Albright-Knox shows explore labor, portraiture” BUFFALO NEWS – May 3, 2015

“Performance Anxiety” AT BUFFALO – Winter 2015 Issue

2014: 

Colin Dabkowski, “13 Highlights from Nuit Blanche”
BUFFALO NEWS – October 4, 2014

Matt Galloway, Interview, “Nuit Blanche 2014: 3 must-see installations”
CBC NEWS, Toronto, ON, October 4, 2014

Colin Dabkowski, “Buffalo artists play starring role at annual Toronto art festival”
BUFFALO NEWS – October 4, 2014

Colin Dabkowski, “Buffalo artists take center stage at Toronto’s all-night art fest Nuit Blanche” – BUFFALO NEWS September 30, 2014

Toronto Art Review “HALFLIFE” October 13, 2014

Elizabeth Licata, “At center stage in Toronto—Buffalo”

BUFFALO SPREE, Talk About Arts, Annual 2014

Amy Kitchen, “Some Untimely Thoughts: Nuit Blanche”
HOMEJAMES – October 9, 2014

Elizabeth Licata, “Nuit Blanche in our backyard”
SPREE MAGAZINE – September 2014

Bruce Adams, “Artists to Watch”
SPREE MAGAZINE – Cover story

2013:

John Paget, “ART BFLO” – Short documentary film for Visit Buffalo Niagara, November

Paddy Johnson, “The Echo Art Fair, Day Two: Is This For Sale?” ARTFCITY September 8, 2013

Colin Dabkowski, “Five Art Videos from 2013” BUFFALO NEWS – December 2013

Jack Foran, “Unreliable Narrators” ARTVOICE – Jun 20, 2013

Colin Dabkowski – “A Closer Look at Let There Be Light (Interference)” BUFFALO NEWS (video) March

Rachel Fix Dominguez, “Let There Be Light: a smart new installation at the Burchfield Penney’s
Useum” SPREE MAGAZINE, May 2013

Lydia Dominick, Interview, “Let There Be Light” WGRZ-TV 2 NEWS

Shasti O’Leary Soudant: ASSOCIATED PRESS

“A Mysterious Transmission” POST_JOURNAL

Shasti O’Leary Soudant: DAILY HERALD

2011:

NEW YORK TIMES

2009:

Kay Monaco, “Buffalo’s Cover Girl: Shasti O’Leary-Soudant” BUFFALO RISING, March 19, 2009

2006:

Cory Flintoff, “When a Low Point Becomes a Turning Point” Morning Edition, StoryCorps, NPR