Rainey Straus

I create paintings, photographs, and sculptures that explore the deep entanglements between humans and the more-than-human world. Rooted in site-based engagement, my work uncovers hidden energies and non-verbal narratives in inter-species conversations. Recent projects—The Old Growth Project and Spinning Time into Form—span media from redwood-inspired paintings to cast paper and compostable bioplastics. My work has been exhibited at venues including the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, the Petaluma Arts Center, Ecoartspace’s The New Geologic Epoch, and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. I have been an artist-in-residence at the Morris Graves Foundation (2024), Lucid Art Foundation (2024), and the BigCi Environmental Residency in Australia (2025). I hold a BFA in Painting from SUNY Purchase and an MFA in Sculpture from California College of the Arts.

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San Rafael, CA United States
Northern America

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