Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Rafael Soldi

Friday, October 25, 2019 @ 6:00pm, MIAD: 4th Floor Raw Space

MIAD Creativity Series: Strange Fire Collective

Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian­-born, Seattle-based photographer and curator. He holds a BFA in Photography & Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited internationally at the Frye Art Museum, American University Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography, Greg Kucera Gallery, Connersmith, PCNW, and Vertice Galeria, among others. He is a Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Award Winner, and recipient of Puffin Foundation grant (2014), GAP Grant (2016), smART Ventures grant (2016), and 4Culture Artist Projects grant (2017). His work is in the permanent collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, and the King County Public Art Collection. He has been published in PDN, Dwell, Hello Mr, and Metropolis, among others. Rafael curated Here and Now: Queer Geographies in Contemporary Photography at the Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh and Stonewall National Museum and Archives.