Rafael Soldi's guest appearances

Rafael Soldi

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Focal Point

Studio Visits w/ Silver Eye

The Careful Photograph

Louie Palu

Phil Smith

Linda Francis

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

David Clark

Shawn Theodore

Eric Fleischauer

Annie Sprinkle

Tony Conrad

Perdita Finn

Clark Strand

William Wegman

Todd Gray

Cathy Linh Che

Sophia Shalmiyev

OwlTail

Rafael Soldi joined us for the last episode of this season -- we talk about the making of a photograph from his series, "Imagined Futures" Through this photo, we discuss the history of photo booths, queerness, immigration, and the Materiality of Rafael's work. You can view the image at thecarefulphotograph.com/Rafael-Soldi and view images of the entire series at http://www.rafaelsoldi.com/.

Rafael Soldi joined us for the last episode of this season -- we talk about the making of a photograph from his series, "Imagined Futures" Through this photo, we discuss the history of photo booths, queerness, immigration, and the Materiality of Rafael's work. You can view the image at <a href="http://thecarefulphotograph.com/Rafael-Soldi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thecarefulphotograph.com/Rafael-Soldi</a> and view images of the entire series at <a href="http://www.rafaelsoldi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rafaelsoldi.com/</a>.

The Careful Photograph: Rafael Soldi

Studio Visits w/ Silver Eye is a series of conversational, virtual studio and exhibition visits with artists from our community and beyond. In this episode Rafael Soldi talks about how his new body of work, Imagined Futures, was inspired by his childhood in Peru, his immigration to America, and how the photo booth became a profoundly spiritual place for himself and his artwork.  Studio Visits w/ Silver Eye is hosted by Executive Director, David Oresick. You can see the images being discussed in this conversation on our Youtube Channel. More information on this series, and all of our other exhibitions and programs is available at silvereye.org. This episode we published on Friday, May 22nd, 2020.

Studio Visits w/ Silver Eye is a series of conversational, virtual studio and exhibition visits with artists from our community and beyond. In this episode Rafael Soldi talks about how his new body of work, Imagined Futures, was inspired by his childhood in Peru, his immigration to America, and how the photo booth became a profoundly spiritual place for himself and his artwork.  Studio Visits w/ Silver Eye is hosted by Executive Director, David Oresick. You can see the images being discussed in this conversation <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJLbZ2yQHRBaEmLIivVPrg?view_as=subscriber" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">on our Youtube Channel</a>. More information on this series, and all of our other exhibitions and programs is available at <a href="https://silvereye.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">silvereye.org.</a> This episode we published on Friday, May 22nd, 2020.

Rafael Soldi in his exhibit 'Imagined Futures'Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian­-born, Seattle-based artist and curator. He holds a BFA in Photography &amp; Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited internationally at the Frye Art Museum, American University Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography, ClampArt, The Print Center, G. Gibson Gallery, Connersmith, Filter Space, and Burrard Arts Foundation, among others. Rafael is a 2012 Magenta Foundation Award Winner, and recipient of the 2014 Puffin Foundation grant, 2015 Portable Works Cultural Perspectives Purchase Grant, 2016 smART Ventures grant, 2016 Jini Dellaccio GAP grant, 2017 CityArtist Projects Grant, and a 2017 4Culture Arts Projects Grant. He has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, PICTURE BERLIN, Oxbow Space, and The Bogliasco Foundation.His work is in the permanent collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, and the King County Public Art Collection. He has been published in PDN, Dwell, Hello Mr, Metropolis, GRAY, LUXE, Lagom, among others. His work has been reviewed on ARTFORUM, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, ArtNexus, Photograph Magazine, Lensculture, and PDN. Rafael is the co-founder of FOUND, a space for contemporary art in Seattle, and the Strange Fire Collective, a project dedicated to highlighting work made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists.'Imagined Futures,' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle'Imagined Futures (detail),' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle.

Rafael Soldi in his exhibit 'Imagined Futures' Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian­-born, Seattle-based artist and curator. He holds a BFA in Photography &amp; Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited internationally at the Frye Art Museum, American University Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography, ClampArt, The Print Center, G. Gibson Gallery, Connersmith, Filter Space, and Burrard Arts Foundation, among others. Rafael is a 2012 Magenta Foundation Award Winner, and recipient of the 2014 Puffin Foundation grant, 2015 Portable Works Cultural Perspectives Purchase Grant, 2016 smART Ventures grant, 2016 Jini Dellaccio GAP grant, 2017 CityArtist Projects Grant, and a 2017 4Culture Arts Projects Grant. He has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, PICTURE BERLIN, Oxbow Space, and The Bogliasco Foundation. His work is in the permanent collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, and the King County Public Art Collection. He has been published in PDN, Dwell, Hello Mr, Metropolis, GRAY, LUXE, Lagom, among others. His work has been reviewed on ARTFORUM, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, ArtNexus, Photograph Magazine, Lensculture, and PDN. Rafael is the co-founder of FOUND, a space for contemporary art in Seattle, and the Strange Fire Collective, a project dedicated to highlighting work made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists. 'Imagined Futures,' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle 'Imagined Futures (detail),' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle.