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 is currently in the process of earning 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.
EDUCATION
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
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)