Andrew Soria is a visual artist creating pop surreal cityscapes that explore the intersection of infrastructure, culture, & memory.
Biography
B. 1986, Red Bank, NJ
Andrew Soria is a pop surrealist photographer known for hyperreal, large-scale cityscape composites. Drawing from his Latino heritage and personal experiences, he constructs dense, vividly colored environments by individually photographing and assembling architectural elements, signage, and urban textures into meticulously detailed compositions.
His work explores the tension between nostalgia and modernity, often centering on the visual overload of commercial landscapes and the stories embedded within them. Series such as Welcome to the Neighborhood, Beverly Row, and Faded Glory examine themes of class disparity, cultural identity, and the layered contradictions of city life, using surreal photomontage to transform familiar places into immersive, dreamlike environments.
Soria has exhibited internationally in cities including Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Seoul. His work has been featured in publications such as Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Plastik, and Assouline.
Medium
Working primarily with photography and digital collage, Soria constructs large-scale composite landscapes from individually captured images. Each work combines architecture, signage, textures, and environmental details gathered across different cities, resulting in layered images that blur the line between documentation and constructed reality. Through digital assembly and spatial manipulation, the work reimagines familiar city environments through layered images shaped by memory, culture, and personal experience.
Select Press
Not Real Art, Digital, March 2024
Artrepreneur, Digital, November 2023
Assouline, Arturo Fuente: Since 1912, 34-35, February 2023
The Beat Hong Kong, Digital, October 2022
Collater.al, Digital, July 2022
Booooooom, Digital, July 2022
this isn’t happiness Digital, April 2022
Not Real Art, Digital, April 2022
Studio Magazine, Issue #15 Pop, February 2019
Nikon Pro, Digital, November 2018
Plastik Magazine, Vol 28, Summer 2016, 60-69, June 2016
Juxtapoz Magazine, “America the Beautiful”, November 2015
Booooooom, Digital, September 2015
Juxtapoz Magazine, 114, May 2015
Hi-Fructose Magazine, Digital, October 2014
Explore the Process
01 — Shoot
Urban environments are photographed through movement and observation, collecting architectural details, signage, textures, and everyday moments across different environments.
02 — Collage
These photographic elements are digitally assembled into layered compositions that merge multiple locations into a unified visual environment.
03 — Edit
Final adjustments in color, scale, and spatial structure shape each image into a constructed landscape informed by memory, perception, and lived experience.