Raya Terran
Overview
Raya Terran is interested in how bodies change while moving through space. In soft, delicate tones inspired by the browns, blues and greens she sees in the world, Terran paints naked figures in an imagined landscape of highways, prairies, and malls that recall the United States. Neither human nor chimerical, these lively figures interact in mysterious ways their gestures between love and hate, their movement through the land either a running towards or a fugue. Through her paintings, Terran captures individuals in a process of change, adapting to surrounding environments while breaking away from selfhoods they assumed or were expected to assume.
Biography
Raya Terran (b. 1996, Marin County, CA) lives and Works in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from The Cooper Union with BFA degree in 2019, and studied abroad at Slade School of Art in 2018. Selected solo exhibitions include: "Stills from the Migratory Ballad", Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY. USA (2021); "Brethren of The Yard", Rubber Factory, New York, NY. USA (2020); "Mother of A Friend" senior exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, NY. USA (2019). Recent group exhibitions include: "Collective Body" group exhibition, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY. USA (2023); "The Magda Madar Problem" group exhibition curated by Angela Dufresne, Delhi, NY (2023); "The Artist is a Beast" group exhibition, collection of Edwin Oostmeijer, curated by Reilly Davidson, Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2023); "The Colour of Pomegranates" group exhibition, MAMOTH, London, UK (2023); "Black Lodge" group exhibition, Island Gallery (Formerly The Rubber Factory), New York, NY. USA (2023); "Circular Ruins" group exhibition, Island Gallery (Formerly The Rubber Factory), New York, NY. USA (2022); "Surprise!" group exhibition co-curated by Tomashi Jackson - Tilton Gallery, New York, NY. USA (2022); "Here, There, and Everywhere: Women's Imagination Post Covid Lockdown" group exhibition curated by Elizabeth Weiss, New York, NY. USA (2021); "Sower" group exhibition, Rubber Factory, New York, NY. USA (2019); "Passing Time" group online exhibition, Zephyr and Maize (2019); "The Weird and the Eerie" student-organized group exhibition, Maverick Spaces, London, UK (2018). Start Museum Collection in Shanghai, China has collected Raya Terran's works. Selected awards include: Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist nominee (2019); The Cooper Union Toni and David Yarnell Merit Award of Excellence in Art (2019).
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