exploring the environment around me is an exploration of myself. i question my existence as i question the materials. i am fascinated by construction(sites), natural materials, the contrast between them, the duality. the beauty in the unfinished, the used. the time, the falling apart, the now. the temporary, the in-between, the ungraspable. i question how we interact with the given. for me it is really about the value we ascribe to it. much related to the functioning. think of tiles, think of processed wood. there is some interesting tension in that what we shape and in that we can not control. in the rough and in the polished. in the process and the finished. in what is there and what is not. in what we do not understand, but it is a given, so we do not think about it.
with materials directly taken from the environment or that hint at it i try to make an installation including sculpture and sometimes painting. i try to work with the meaning of the materials and put them together to highlight this or create new meaning. text usually plays a big role in the process and sometimes ends up in the works, mostly tying ends together, give new insight or trigger associations.
rayn was born under the name of q. m. inchauste callahuara in 1998. based in the netherlands.
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education
2021 - 2025 // fine arts (bachelor of art), hku, utrecht
2017 - 2022 // illustration (bachelor of design), hku, utrecht
2016 - 2017 // orientation year, rietveld academy, amsterdam
exhibitions
2025 // (upcoming) exbunker, utrecht
2025 // (upcoming) starting places, mikc, hengelo
2025 // (upcoming) exutrecht, de nijverheid, utrecht
2025 // gen z is aan zet, galerie larik, utrecht
2025 // hku exposure, hku pastoe, utrecht
2024 // performance bar, bikewars, utrecht
2024 // these hands think about you all, ag hku, utrecht
2023 // hatched, ag hku, utrecht
2023 // growing structures, landgoed amelisweerd, utrecht
2023 // hallway, hku pastoe, utrecht
2023 // peek: last, hku pastoe, utrecht
2021 // dutch design week, klokgebouw, eindhoven
2021 // hku exposure, lou oudenoord, utrecht
2020 // smtm, hku media, utrecht
2019 // 2.01, hooghiemstra, utrecht
2019 // 'kijk, denk, maak', de boem, amstelveen
2018 // omgeslagen, de utrechtste boekenbar, utrecht
prizes
2025 // winner of LekArt Air Residency
2025 // nominated for prize Fort Maarsseveen