Raymond Bonavida

Raymond Bonavida's acclaimed series Moondance presents unique photographic compositions that explore the beauty of the Moon through its inherent spacetime relationships with our planet. Since debuting in 2019, pieces from the Moondance series have been jury selected for over 3 dozen exhibitions across the country, with Moondance no.2 winning 2nd place at the 2019 Art Through the Lens International Showcase. New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) curator Nic Brierre Aziz chose three works from the Moondance series for exhibition in New Directions 2020, while Moondance and Moondance no.2 appeared on a Melrose Ave billboard in Los Angeles as part of The Billboard Creative 2021 Show.

Raymond Bonavida is an emerging artist who challenges us to reimagine our environment. Motivated by his interests in light, spacetime, and human perception, he incorporates expressive camera movement into long exposure photography, producing bold, visceral images.

As a former student of philosophy and psychology at UCLA, Raymond continues to bring big questions about how we experience and understand the physical world into his art.

Postmodern San Francisco is another original photography series which offers 14 fresh perspectives on bridges, buildings and ci...

UCLA, Bachelor of Arts with Honors - Double Major in Philosophy and Psychology

2025 Black and White, Modern Visual Arts (MVA) Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2025 Forma Natura: Nature as Source, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2025 L.A. Open, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Look Up: Denizens of the Sky, View Arts, Old Forge, NY

2024 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA

2024 2024 International Juried Exhibition, The Center For Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ

2024 Illuminating Perspectives, SEB ARTS, Sebastopol, CA

2023 Black & White, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023 INTERSTATE: Where I-90 Meets I-82, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

2023 Mystery, Magic and the Macabre Juried Exhibition, Deines Cultural Center, Russell, KS

2023 ?!, Face A Gallery, Danok, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Brownsville Museum of Fine Art’s 48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX

2023 The Magic Silver Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY

2023 Spot On #4, D’art Gallery, Denver, CO

2023 ghost shadows: an abstract art show, Shockboxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

2023 The Next Big Thing 2023, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA

2023 Art Through the Lens 2023, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

2022 Atmospheric Perspective, Intersect A...