Rae Broyles
STATEMENT
My work explores the evolving relationship between landscape, memory, and emerging technologies. Rooted in painting, my practice has gradually expanded to include photography, installation, poetry, video, and artificial intelligence when each serves the ideas being explored. Rather than treating these mediums separately, I see them as different ways of investigating how we remember, interpret, and shape our relationship to the world.
Materiality plays a central role in my work. Through layered surfaces, encaustic wax, and the physical process of excavation, I create paintings that suggest memory itself—revealing traces of what came before while allowing new histories to emerge. These tactile works remain grounded in the artist’s hand, emphasizing the physical presence of making in an increasingly digital age.
More recent projects extend this conversation through AI-generated imagery, moving images, and installation. My interest is not in technology for its own sake, but in how these tools are reshaping our understanding of creativity, authorship, and cultural memory. Rather than positioning the physical and digital in opposition, I seek a dialogue between them—one that acknowledges both the enduring significance of handmade objects and the transformative possibilities of new technologies.
Ultimately, my work asks how art can carry human experience forward during a time of profound technological change. Whether through paint, wax, digital media, or installation, I am interested in creating spaces where memory, imagination, and material presence continue to shape our understanding of what it means to be human.
Education
1981 American Academy of Art Chicago, IL
1981-84 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2026 | Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2024 | Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Quinlan Center for the Arts, Gainesville, GA |
| 2023 | Muse and Co. Fine Art, Marietta, GA |
| 2022 | LM Studio Gallery, Hyeres, Cote D’Azure, France |
| 2017 | City Gallery, North Charleston, SC |
| 2015 | Muse and Company Fine Art, Roswell, GA The Rousch Gallery, Solo Show, Carrollton, GA |
| 2014 | SEA Contemporary, Solo Show, Rosemary Beach, FL |
| 2011 | Studio b, Solo Show , Alys Beach, FL |
SELECTED GALLERY/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS + SHOWS
| 2025 | Museum of Encaustic Art Gallery Exhibition | |
| 2024 | Metro Montage Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Marietta GA Arc Gallery Chicago, IL Group Show | |
| 2023 | Diversity of Women’s Voices Ceres Gallery Chelsea NY | |
| 2021 | Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2019 | Museum of Encaustic Art, 50 States Show, Sante Fe, NM | |
| 2018 | Small Works Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL October Group Show, Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA August Group Show, Gallery 104, NY, NY The Earth Show, Gallery 104, NY, NY Sacred Spaces, Gregg Irby Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| 2017 | Two-person Show with Fran O’Neill, Sublime Original, Jacksonville, FL Ephemera, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA New York Art Week Show, Caelum Gallery (Chelsea), New York, NY A.I.R. National Artists Show, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2016 | Art Design Consultants, Art Comes Alive , Cincinnati, OH Ward Nasse Gallery, Summer Solstice II, New York, NY Art Design Consultants, High Design + Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH Huff Harrington Fine Art, Oil and Water, Atlanta, GA The HUD Gallery, Mediums In Transposition, Ventura, CA JF Gallery, Group Exhibition, Best in Show, West Palm Beach, FL | |
| 2015 | Satellite Contemporary, Resurrected, Las Vegas, NV Orange County Creatives Gallery, Humans, Laguna Beach, CA Hudgens Center for the Art, Duluth, GA Blue Mark Studios, Method, Atlanta, GA Liberty Town Gallery, Frozen, Fredericksburg, VA | |
| 2013 | The Art of Simple, Seaside, FL Art Gallerie Stoa, Group Show, Holmsbu, Norway | |
| 2011 | Bill Lowe Gallery, Small Group Show, Atlanta, GA Chastain Art Center, APS National Show , Atlanta, GA | |
| 2010 | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Small Works Show, Atlanta, GA Emerging Artists Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 6x6x20, Rochester, NY Desotorow Gallery, Blind Proxy, Savannah, GA Valdosta National – Juried Exhibition, Valdosta, GA Elon University, Small Works Invitational, Elon, NC | |
| 2009 | Grosse Pointe Art Center, Embedded Light, Grosse Pointe, MI |
CORPORATE CLIENTS / COLLECTIONS
| 2024 | The Grand Hyatt, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA | |
| 2017 | The Pearl Hotel Rosemary Beach FL (since 2014) | |
| 2016 | Embraer Jets Melbourne FL | |
| 2014 | Miami International Airport Miami FL Downtown Renaissance Hotel Washington DC Encaustic Art Institute Permanent Collection Cerrillos NM | |
| 2003 | 2003 Miami Renaissance Marriott Miami FL |
Selected Publications
| 2024 | 2024 Atlanta Style and Design Magazine | ||
| 2021 | Voyage ATL – Hidden Gems Atlanta | ||
| 2018 | CreativPaper Magazine, Nov 2018 Spotlight Magazine – ISSUE 7, Circle-Foundation for the Arts | ||
| 2017 | Art Journey, Abstract Painting; A Celebration of Contemporary Art, F+W Media Gate Posts with No Gate, In conjunction with Peter Waldor and Shanti Arts Studio Visit Magazine | ||
| 2014 | Studio Visit Magazine | ||
| 2013 | Incite: Dreams Realized, Northlight Books, Best of Mixed Media One Life, International Photography Annual | ||
| 2012 | FORM Atlanta, Artistic Independence |
Teaching and Lecturing Engagements
| 2016+ | Founder, Fountainhead Art Space, Roswell, GA |
| 2011-2012 | Fine Arts Workshop, King Plow, Atlanta |
| 2010-2012 | The Art School in Sandy Springs Studio b, Alys Beach, FL |
| 2010 | Founding Member Southeastern Encaustic Artists |