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SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
a moon, a peephole, an explosion, or a flashing memory, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Mother Tongue: Rafael Soldi & Victor Yañez-Lazcano, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Mother Tongue: Rafael Soldi & Victor Yañez-Lazcano, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2023
Rafael Soldi: Soft Boy, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Mother Tongue, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Mother Tongue, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2022
Rafael Soldi: A Body in Transit, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Imagined Futures, University of Wyoming, WY
Imagined Futures, University of Wyoming, WY
2019
CARGAMONTÓN, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.
CARGAMONTÓN, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Life Stand Still Here, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
CARGAMONTÓN, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Life Stand Still Here, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
2018
Life Stand Still Here, ClampArt, New York, NY
2017
Surface Tension, Corvallis Art Center, OR
2016
Imagined Futures, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, Seattle, WA
Life Stand Still Here, Glassbox Gallery, Seattle, WA
Life Stand Still Here, Glassbox Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Sentiment, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2013
Your Witness, SSCC Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
The Point At Which, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Moving Stories in the Making, The Luminary, St. Louis
Annularity, Oregon State University, Eugene, OR
Annularity, Oregon State University, Eugene, OR
2023
Connecting Currents, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2022
THE THIRD, MEANING: ESTAR(SER) Installs the Frye, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Horizon and Everything Between It, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Experiences of Identity, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
The Horizon and Everything Between It, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Experiences of Identity, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2021
Lux Aeterna, Exhibition and Research Platform, Jacob Laurence Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
2020
BORN TO BE ALIVE, SEASON Gallery, Seattle, WA
Keeper of the Hearth, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
I Do Not Ask Any More Delight, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
ROLL CALL, Study Hall Gallery at Pratt MWP, New York, NY
Keeper of the Hearth, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
I Do Not Ask Any More Delight, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
ROLL CALL, Study Hall Gallery at Pratt MWP, New York, NY
2019
Cámara Lucida, Museo Mate, Lima, Peru
FWD: Part III, Glassbox Gallery, Seattle, WA
CRIMINALIZE THIS! The Social Policing of Gender, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
FWD: Part III, Glassbox Gallery, Seattle, WA
CRIMINALIZE THIS! The Social Policing of Gender, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Notions of Home, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2016
To: Seattle | Subject: Personal, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Every Five Minutes, Art Lab, Columbus State University, GA
Every Five Minutes, Art Lab, Columbus State University, GA
2015
My Kingdom for a Stage: Contemporary Iberian Staged Photography, Fotoweek, Washington, D.C.
Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
In The Absence Of…, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
In The Absence Of…, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
NEPO 5K Don’t Run, Seattle, WA
Camara Oculta, Galeria Vertice, Lima, Peru
Beauty was the case that they gave me, Vignettes, Seattle, WA
IDXID: New Identities Revisited, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Camara Oculta, Galeria Vertice, Lima, Peru
Beauty was the case that they gave me, Vignettes, Seattle, WA
IDXID: New Identities Revisited, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2013
Chicago Style, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mapping: Boundaries, Borders, Memories, Bodies, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
Magenta FF Emerging Photographers, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
Chamber Music, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Mapping: Boundaries, Borders, Memories, Bodies, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
Magenta FF Emerging Photographers, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
Chamber Music, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2012
Magenta’s Flash Forward 2012, Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
I know you’re there, but who am I?, Work/A2 Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Summer Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
IDxID: New Identities, Idea Odyssey, Seattle, WA
Hide//Seek//Difference//Desire//Northwest, The Space, Tacoma, WA
Under The Rainbow, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Push, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
I know you’re there, but who am I?, Work/A2 Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Summer Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
IDxID: New Identities, Idea Odyssey, Seattle, WA
Hide//Seek//Difference//Desire//Northwest, The Space, Tacoma, WA
Under The Rainbow, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Push, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
2011
Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery. Portland, OR
SUJETO / PREDICADO, Galería Vértice, Lima, Perú
SUJETO / PREDICADO, Galería Vértice, Lima, Perú
2010
About Face, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA
One Hour Photo, American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
SULTRY II, Kris Graves Projects, New York, NY
One Hour Photo, American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
SULTRY II, Kris Graves Projects, New York, NY
2009
ONWARD ‘10, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
Picturing Home, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Picturing Home, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2008
Academy 2009, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
The Body in Photography, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Body in Photography, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007
Art & Commerce Exhibition, Baltimore Center Club, Baltimore, MD
2006
Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition, Baltimore’s City Hall, Baltimore, MD
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Frye Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum
Library of Congress
Maryland Institute of Art
King County Public Art Collection/4Culture
City of Seattle
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Frye Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum
Library of Congress
Maryland Institute of Art
King County Public Art Collection/4Culture
City of Seattle
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (ARTIST BOOKS)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Walker Art Center
The Library of Congress
Seattle Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Center for Creative Photography
Harvard University
Yale University
Columbia University
Smith College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baylor University
Washington University STL
Walker Art Center
The Library of Congress
Seattle Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Center for Creative Photography
Harvard University
Yale University
Columbia University
Smith College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baylor University
Washington University STL
AWARDS
2023
4Culture Artist Project Grant
Collective Power Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation/NWFF
Collective Power Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation/NWFF
2022
Gary Glant Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum
Betty Bowen Award, Finalist
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, MacDowell
SmART Ventures Grant
Betty Bowen Award, Finalist
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, MacDowell
SmART Ventures Grant
2020
Curator’s Choice Award, CENTER Santa Fe
2019
2018
Winner, 93rd Annual Competition, The Print Center
2017
CityArtist Projects Grant
4Culture Artist Project Grant
4Culture Artist Project Grant
2016
Jini Dellaccio GAP Grant
smART Ventures Grant
smART Ventures Grant
2015
City of Seattle Portable Works Purchase Prize
2014
Puffin Foundation Grant in Photography
2013
Honorable Mention, Filter Photo Festival
2012
Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, (US) Winner
2011
Critical Mass, Photolucida, Finalist
2009
Sidney Lake Award for Leadership
2008
AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship, Finalist
Leonard L. Greif, Jr. Scholarship in Photography
Leonard L. Greif, Jr. Scholarship in Photography
2007
MICA Emerging Leader Award
PUBLICATIONS & MONOGRAPHS
2020
Rafael Soldi: CARGAMONTÓN, Cold Cube Press
Rafael Soldi: Imagined Futures (Essay by Miguel A. Lopez), Candor Arts
Keeper Of The Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph, edited by Odette England
The Racket Journal: Issue 19, Cover
Rafael Soldi: Imagined Futures (Essay by Miguel A. Lopez), Candor Arts
Keeper Of The Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph, edited by Odette England
The Racket Journal: Issue 19, Cover
2019
OSMOS Magazine, Issue 19, Essay by Ksenia Nouril
2017
Latitude 47, published by Photographic Center NW
2015
Hello Mr., She Knew essay and photographs, Issue 03
2012
Flash Forward 2012, Magenta Publishing for the Arts
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2022
MacDowell
2019
The Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship
2016
PICTURE BERLIN
Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center
EDUCATION
2005–09
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
B.F.A Photography & Curatorial Studies
B.F.A Photography & Curatorial Studies
CURATORIAL
2015–2022
2020–present
The High Wall
2022
Momentous Gesture, SOIL Gallery
2019
In this body of mine, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
2018
Signal Boost, NAPOLEON, Philadelphia
2016
Just Visiting, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2015?
New Geographies in Contemporary Queer Photography, Stonewall National Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2014
New Geographies in Contemporary Queer Photography, Silver Eye Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2012
Social Order: Women Photographers from Iran, India and Afghanistan, PCNW, Seattle, WA
Author And Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography, PCNW, Seattle, WA
Author And Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography, PCNW, Seattle, WA
2010
Select Gender, Farmani Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2008
Follies, Predicaments and Other Conundrums: The works of Laure Drogoul, MICA, Baltimore, MD
SELECT LECTURES
2023
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Eastern Washington University
2022
Visiting Artist Series, SUNY Paltz
Momentous Gesture: A Conversation, Strange Fire Collective / Photographic Center Northwest
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wyoming
Momentous Gesture: A Conversation, Strange Fire Collective / Photographic Center Northwest
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wyoming
2020
Keeper of the Hearth, Photographic Center Northwest
Interior Life, Filter Photo / Strange Fire Collective
Studio Visit, Conversation with David Oresick, Silver Eye Center for Photography
Artist Lecture, Stanford University
Artist Lecture, Western Washington University
In the Studio, in conversation with Diana Flatto, Assistant Curator, Americas Society, Visual Arts
Artist Lecture, University of Iowa
The Evergreen State College Art Lecture Series
Interior Life, Filter Photo / Strange Fire Collective
Studio Visit, Conversation with David Oresick, Silver Eye Center for Photography
Artist Lecture, Stanford University
Artist Lecture, Western Washington University
In the Studio, in conversation with Diana Flatto, Assistant Curator, Americas Society, Visual Arts
Artist Lecture, University of Iowa
The Evergreen State College Art Lecture Series
2019
Artist Lecture, University of Houston
Public Conversation with Ksenia Nouril, The Print Center, Philadelphia
Artist Lecture, Burrard Arts Foundation
Paradigm Lecture Series: Rafael Soldi, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Public Conversation with Ksenia Nouril, The Print Center, Philadelphia
Artist Lecture, Burrard Arts Foundation
Paradigm Lecture Series: Rafael Soldi, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
2018
Rubin Visiting Artist Award Lecture, Columbia College Chicago
Save our Children!, College Art Association National Conference
Save our Children!, College Art Association National Conference
2017
Every Day I’m Hustlin’, Society for Photographic Education National Conference
Save our Children!, Society for Photographic Education National Conference
Save our Children!, Society for Photographic Education National Conference
2016
Keynote Speaker, SPE NW Regional Conference, Corvallis, OR
PICTURE BERLIN, teté, Berlin
PICTURE BERLIN, teté, Berlin
2014
Imagemaker Presentation, Society for Photographic Education National Conference
Imagemaker Lecture, SPE Regional Conference, Bellingham, WA
Imagemaker Lecture, SPE Regional Conference, Bellingham, WA
2013
Curator’s Lecture, Here & Now Exhibition, Silver Eye, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Lecture, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Queer Art in Schools, Studios, Galleries and Beyond, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
Artist Lecture, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Queer Art in Schools, Studios, Galleries and Beyond, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
2011
Fostering Student Engagement Through Practical Learning, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
What Students Want, Expect, and Need from Their Eduction, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
What Students Want, Expect, and Need from Their Eduction, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
PANELS & JURIES
2022
University of Washington Photomedia Faculty Search Committee
2020
Individual Artist Projects, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Public Art Advisory Committee
Kent Arts Commission / Summer Art Exhibition
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Public Art Advisory Committee
Kent Arts Commission / Summer Art Exhibition
2018
Art on Main Selection Committee, City of Auburn
Twining Humber Award, Artist Trust
Urban Design Merit, Public Art for WA State Convention Center
Twining Humber Award, Artist Trust
Urban Design Merit, Public Art for WA State Convention Center
2013
Artists Up Focus Group for Latino Artists, Seattle, WA
2012
Individual Artist Projects, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Long Shot 2012, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
Long Shot 2012, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2011
YPA Selection Committee, Seattle, WA
2010
Artist in Residence Selection Committee, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2009
Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wilgus Gallery Curatorial Committee, Baltimore, MD
MICA Reaccreditation Steering Committee, Baltimore, MD
Wilgus Gallery Curatorial Committee, Baltimore, MD
MICA Reaccreditation Steering Committee, Baltimore, MD
TEACHING & LEADERSHIP
2020-2022
Member, Board of Directors, Society for Photographic Education
2020-2022
Member, Public Art Advisory Committee, Seattle Arts Commission, WA
2017-2022
Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington, Cornish College, San Francisco Art Institute
2018
Instructor - International Center for Photography, Photogtaphic Center Northwest
2017-2022
Artists Up mentor for minority artists, City of Seattle
2016
Photography Instructor, BFA Program, Art Institute of Seattle
2010-2015
Photography instructor, Certificate Program, Photographic Center Northwest
2011
Photography Mentor, Young Photographers Alliance (ASMP), Seattle, WA
Photography Instructor & Program Facilitator, Youth Media Corps, Seattle, WA
Photography Instructor & Program Facilitator, Youth Media Corps, Seattle, WA
2010
Photography Teacher, SBOC/Club Photo, Seattle, WA
2009
Peer Career Advisor, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
PROFESSIONAL
2009-present
Artist & Curator
2012-2015
Director of Marketing, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
2010-2012
Partnerships Manager, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
2009-2010
Preparator & Gallery Manager, Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2008-2009
Gallery Director, Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009
Curatorial Intern, Rotterdam International Biennale, Interboro Partners, New York, NY
2007, 2008
Gallery Assistant, CLAMP, New York, NY