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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 Exhibitions:
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,...
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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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Raechel Running Biography:
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Age
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45
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Compassion,Truth& Beauty |
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| Education |
Professional Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
In pursuit of light and moments that make me say YES to life in the visual and culinary arts. Most anything that involves sleeping outside and feeling the spirit of the land. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Assemblage
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Art - (Now)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Frida Khalo, Joseph Cornell,Shonto Begay
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| Favorite Work of Art |
photography and assemblage
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
To make work that breaks down borders to help humanity appreciate the magic of being here;NOW;
To respect,protect and feel a kindredness in spirit for our fellow beings and the land. To say, like Virginia Wolfe and Sam Abell, "Stay this moment you are so fair...." |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Creative, Classic. RAEchel Running's work expresses the spirit of the west. Her work is timeless and diverse as the vast horizons of the landscapes she travels. Her digital mix media images are evocative explorations imbued with a sense of mystery, space and poetry, images that celebrate the human spirit and witness the pathos and beauty of the human drama.
Raechel was born in Flagstaff,AZ and is of Trinidadian(Chinese and African) and American(French Canadian,Swedish) descent. She embraces being a world citizen. Running inherited a lifetime love for 'pictures and words' from her father and colleague, veteran photographer, John Running. She explores cultural and environmental issues through her work. A published photographer for over twenty five years Running's work has been internationally recognized. She exhibits her fine art and enjoys teaching visual literacy. She is currently an artist in residence living bi-nationally between Northern Arizona and Northern Mexico. She continues her visual odyssey creating images that explore the histories and the diverse cultures of the Gran Chichimeca, a land that encompasses the greater southwest and Northern Mexico in the region of Casas Grandes,Chihuahua. Running's passion for her work is to go beyond borders and connect backyards. |
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