Shasti O’Leary Soudant is a New York City–born artist whose practice centers on large-scale public and institutional installations. Her commissioned works include projects for cities, museums, healthcare campuses, and transit systems nationwide. She holds a BFA from Purchase College and an MFA from the University at Buffalo, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Buffalo State University, where she teaches professional practice and creative sustainability.
Her work is in the collections of the Buffalo AKG Museum (formerly The Albright-Knox Art Gallery), The Rockwell Museum (A Smithsonian Affiliate), the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Savarino Companies’ 500 Seneca project, The Albright-Knox Public Art Initiative in partnership with the NFTA, the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the City of Jacksonville, Florida, the Arts Council of Midland, Texas, and the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Header image of ‘Gut Flora’ by Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News