Vian Sora (b. 1976, Baghdad, Iraq; based in Louisville, Kentucky) has received increased recognition and exposure from recent exhibitions and museum acquisitions in the U.S. and Middle East. Her first museum survey exhibition, Outerworlds, debuted in June 2025 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, which was curated by James Glisson. The show traveled to the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky in October 2025, which was curated by Tyler Blackwell. The exhibition will open at its final venue, Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, Texas on April 15, 2026, curated by Owen Duffy.

Sora has exhibited at Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; IMOGA Istanbul Museum of Graphic Art, Turkey; the KMAC Triennial, Louisville, Kentucky; Grinnell Museum of Art, Iowa, and other venues.

Works by Sora are included in the permanent collections of the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore Museum of Art; Dar El Cid Museum, Kuwait City, Kuwait; KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; MCA San Diego; Grinnell College Museum of Art, Iowa; Ministry of Culture Contemporary Collection, Baghdad, Iraq; the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio; the Shands Collection, Louisville, Kentucky, and the Shah Garg Foundation, among others.