Raya Dukhan

My work fluctuates with how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking, similar to a journal entry. Ideas and thoughts bubble up and are released into textural shapes and colors. My subconscious plays a crucial role in transforming my subject matter.

My creative intuition guides me through the process of creating art. I start by manipulating the canvas with different texture-building materials (household and traditional) to see what develops and what ideas reveal themselves. As the canvas evolves, color is added and starts to mingle with the shapes revealed. The brilliant colors and textures I use help to project beyond the flat surface, helping you to experience another dimension.

I was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, immigrated as a child to New York, grew up in Chicago, and spent some time in the Pacific Northwest. I currently live in Brooklyn, NY.

BFA, Columbia College of Chicago, concentration Fine Art

BWAC, Brooklyn, NY — October 29- November 7, 2021
Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY — October 16-17, 2021 @ Shapeshifter Labs
Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY — May, 2021
PSWT Spring Salon, Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — April 23 - May 2, 2021
Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY — May & June, 2020
Arts Gowanus on Atlantic Ave Art Walk, 472 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY — till Nov 1, 2020
rtsPSWT presents Open Studios: Redux @ BWAC 481 Van Brunt St. Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY — November 7-8 & 14-15, 2020
Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY — May & June, 2020
Ossam Gallery - PSWT Central, Brooklyn, NY — November 9,10,16,17, 2019
PSWT Open Studios 2019, Brooklyn, NY — November 16-17, 2019
Gowanus Open Studios 2019, Brooklyn, NY — October 19-20, 2019
Court Tree Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — September-October, 2019
Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY — September-October, 2019
Nitehawk Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY — August-October, 2019
Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — April, 2019
Robert Carroll Window, Brooklyn, NY — March, 2019
Empire Stores atrium (55 Water St), Brooklyn, NY — March, 2019
Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY — December 2018-February, 2019
Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY - November 17-18, 2018
Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY - October 20-21...