Raylene B. Olalde is a photo based artist born and raised in Southern California. Raylene has received an AA in both Photography and Humanities at Chaffey Community College. She earned her BFA in Art Photography at California State University of Long Beach.

Her artistic practice applies both archives and documentary, often interweaving through experimental methods like collage, video and textile. Exploring her family archive, Raylene reflects on themes surrounding memory, traditions, land and identity. Originally created as an online family album, her instagram page @theheriloom_archives puts on view the Mexican-American experience in migration, assimilation and transnational identity. Raylene creates work within San Bernardino County, not only to explore familial connections to the region but also to focus on broader conversations about economic and environmental questions.

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BFA in Art Photography, California State University Long Beach, 2024

AA in Arts & Humanities, Chaffey College, 2020

AA in Photography, Chaffey College, 2013

2024

Insights, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach CA

the current slow, Marylin Werby Gallery, Long Beach CA

Our Common Foe, The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, San Bernardino CA

Let It Linger, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach CA

Poetics of Counter-Archives, Der Grief Guest Room, online

2023

Vida y Muerte, The Garcia Center for the Arts, San Bernardino CA

Daughters, Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach CA

Embed, Icehouse Arts Complex, Long Beach CA

Insights, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach CA

2018

Aztlanization, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona CA

2017

Student Invitational, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Arts, Rancho Cucamonga CA

2016

For Our Own Delight, F+ Gallery, Santa Ana CA

2024

Print Issue #18, Suboart Magazine

2017

Alondra Alarcon, “Student Invitational”, The Breeze, April 25 (online)

2016

Alex Villanueva, “We Create: San Bernardino, CA”, Inland Empire Media Group, July 13 (online)

2024

Collections Intern, Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internships, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, Claremont CA

2024

Marilyn Werby Gallery, Long Beach CA

2017

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Arts, Rancho Cucamonga CA