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Artist Statement:
Freelance photographer,
Raechel Marie Running, creates
images that are more than just
photographs. Her work is
rooted in the tradition of
documentary and portrait
photography and serves as a
foundation for her collage and
multimedia pieces that are as
diverse as her subjects and
interests. She photographs
friends and the people she
meets along the way, who pose
simply as themselves and
sometimes are transformed
through the creative nature of
the imagination into
archtypical images that
explore the pathos and skewed
beauty of the universal drama
and diversity of the human
soul.
Raechel continually draws
inspiration from the visual
influences of Impressionistic
painters , Chicano art and
other photographers and
writers whose work has
inspired her to walk the road
less traveled. With her camera
often serving as a passport,
she explores the multifaceted
world, recording her own
experiences and impressions
with pictures and scraps of
memorabilia to make an
eclectic record to serve as
reference for her art. She
combines hand painting and
Polaroid transfers with a
variety of mixed media to make
elaborately embellished
collages full of the vibrant
colors of her multicultural
heritage that pay homage to
Beauty.
Raechel, of Trinidadian and
American descent grew up in
the ...
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Artist Galleries:
Flagstaff Photography Center
Flagstaff,AZ 928.774.2544
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Artist Reviews:
Breaking Down Borders: Artist
Profile FLAGLIVE! OCT 2007
link:
http://www.flagstafflive.com/fl
agstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=1
60893&syr=2007
Like her love of the
photographic image, Raechel
Running’s latest exhibition at
the Flagstaff Photography
Center, “Lagrimas de Luz:
Tears of Light” is the product
of a lifelong accumulation of
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Collections:
Westin Keirland Resort
Scottsdale AZ
Aspey, Watkins & Diesel
Attorneys at Law Flagstaff AZ
Coconino County Superior Court
House Flagstaff AZ
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Flagstaff AZ
Northern AZ Book Festival
Flagstaff AZ...
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Commissions:
Westin Kierland Resorts,
Scottsdale AZ
Coconino County Superior Court
Chambers Flagstaff AZ
Aspey, Watkins, & Diesel ::
Attorneys at Law Flagstaff AZ
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Flagstaff AZ...
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Exhibitions for Raechel Running:
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EXHIBITIONS:
UPCOMING: AUG 2010
• Suenos de Aztlan; Dreams of Aztlan Following the Plumed Serpent Aug 2010
Flagstaff Photo Center, Flagstaff,AZ
• Lasting Light : 125 years of Grand Canyon Photography
Smithsonian traveling exhibit 2008,2009
• Trappings of the American West Museum of Northern Arizona,Flagstaff 2008
• Festival De Paquime, , Casas Grandes,Chihuahua,Mexico 2008
• Museum of Northern Cultures, Casas Grandes,Chihuahua,Mexico 2008
• Flagstaff Photo Center, Flagstaff,AZ LAGRIMAS DE LUZ Solo show 2007
• Trappings of the American West Museum of Northern Arizona,Flagstaff 2007
• Lasting Light 125 years of Grand Canyon Photography Grand Canyon AZ 2006
• Museum of Northern Arizona, Dia De Los Muertos Flagstaff,AZ 2005
• Photography on the Square, Flagstaff,AZ Retablos of HOPE: 2005
Artist In Residence with Mountain Charter School 2nd graders
• Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff,AZ Trappings of the West, 2005
• Sky Harbor Int'l Airport Gallery Phoenix,AZ Trappings of the West, 2005
• Finalist, International Juried Online Symbolist Art show 2004
• Henry St Settlement,Abrams Art Center NY, NY Who is the Virgin of Guadalupe? 2001
• Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ Artist Coalition Exhibition 2000-2001
• Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ Through Our Own Eyes 2001
• Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ Regional Photography Show 1989
• Alternative Museum. New York, NY Dia De Los Muertos Invitiational 1987
• Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA La Mision 3rd annual 94110 Show 1986
• Woman & Children Too,Oakland, CA Women Photographers 1986
• Cafe Joli, Oakland, CA Watercolors and Photography 1985
• Galleria De La Raza, San Francisco, CA Women’Artists Invitational 1985
• SF Camera Works, San Francisco, CA Student exhibition 1985
• Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA U.S. Against Apartheid 1985
• Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA U.S. Out of Central American 1984
Solo Exhibitions:
• Flagstaff Photo Center, Flagstaff,AZ LAGRIMAS DE LUZ Solo show 2007
Brandy’s Flagstaff, AZ 2001
Art Trek Gallery Flagstaff, AZ 1997
Uncle Gaylord’s Oakland,CA 1984
Cafe Ole’ Tucson,AZ 1983
Camera & Card Coral Flagstaff,AZ 1983
Camera & Card Coral Flagstaff,AZ 1981
Education:
• Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC 2001 Scholarship Recipient
• California Collage of Arts & Crafts Canidate for BFA Oakland, CA 1984, 1985
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