Raine Storey
| Raine Storey | |
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Storey working on copper plate printing
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| Born | 3 June 1995 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Illustration, Painting and Printmaking |
| Home town | Fenelon Falls, Ontario |
| Awards | Loran Award, 2013 |
| Website | www |
Raine Storey (3 June 1995) is a Canadian artist known for her paintings, illustrations and multi-disciplinary designs.
Raine was born to Sue and Chris Storey and grew up in Fenelon Falls, ON. Her mother is the daughter of the British-born Canadian artist Derek Woodhead and is a nationally decorated police officer. Storey consistently sites her grandfather as the chief influence on her work, stating in 2013 that, "He pushes me the most". She commented again in 2017, calling her grandfather, "a talented artist" who she is "closely tied with". As a 15-year-old Fenelon Falls Secondary School student, Storey founded Raine Storey Illustration, taking private commissions, while selling her creations to an international clientele.
In 2013, Storey was awarded the Loran Award, the largest Canadian post-secondary scholarship, worth $100,000, for the funding of her entire undergraduate studies. Storey was selected for her demonstration of character, service and leadership. Storey is the only visual artist to have ever received the award. As a Loran Scholar, Storey attended Queen's University in Kingston, ON within the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.) program, coupled with a minor in the History of Art. At Queen's, Storey was also the Graphic Director of the Queen's International Affairs Association. She is currently undertaking graduate studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London.
In 2014, Storey held an exhibition in Toronto, entitled "Fashionably Illustrated". The following year, Storey spent the summer working in Quito, Ecuador as an art therapist. In Spring/Summer of 2016, she travelled to Sydney, Australia working largely on printmaking, including examples of lithography on silk. Storey's most recent work is currently being displayed at Paul Lafrance's L'Artisan Gallery in the popular summer tourist destination of Nautical Village in Pickering, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. In a television interview Paul Lafrance and his wife Janna highlighted one of Storey's hand-painted silk scarves, while talking about the promotion of a new generation of artists.
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