rayn explores their environmental surroundings to question our existence within it. they focus on the in-between where the tension between apparent opposites don’t cancel each other out but instead create space where multiple perspectives coexist.
the value we assign to materials plays a significant role in their work. recurring themes include what is shaped and what remains untouched, construction and deconstruction, control and vulnerability.
fascinated by what is still becoming, such as foundations and frameworks meant to carry rather than to be looked at, rayn draws attention to these quiet supports shaping our surroundings. each work makes the fluidity of meaning visible, which is always shaped and reshaped by context and environment. just as humans continuously adapt and change, their work reveals how significance is never static but constantly evolving.
based on text written by hagar schuringa
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 // starting places, mikc, hengelo
2025 // excontainer, 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 utrechtse boekenbar, utrecht
prizes
2025 // winner of lekart, artist in residence
2025 // nominated for prize fort maarsseveen
other
2025 // teacher children's and youth course at sakb, amstelveen
2021 // judge for 'de boem' exhibition prize, amstelveen