Soraya French (Persian: ثریا فرانسه, born 1957) is an Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and she has produced six books[1][2] 30 Minute Acrylics,[3] and Dynamic Acrylics and an instructional DVD.

[4] She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshops.

[10] She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.

Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others.

Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story.