{{short description|Canadian artist (born 1995)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Raine Storey | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Raine Storey.jpg | alt = | caption = Storey working on copper plate printing | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|06|03}} | birth_place = Fenelon Falls, Ontario | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | alma_mater = | occupation = Artist | years_active = | employer = | organization = | education = {{ubl | Queen's University (B.F.A. Hons.)| }} | known_for = Illustrator, Painter and Printmaker | notable_works = | style = | height = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = Loran Award, 2013 | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = {{URL|http://www.rainestorey.com}} }} '''Raine Storey''' (born 3 June 1995) is a Canadian artist known for her paintings, illustrations and multi-disciplinary designs.<ref name="queensjournal">{{cite web|url=http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2017-03-23/arts/raine-storey-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/|publisher=queensjournal.ca|title=Raine Storey, a force to be reckoned with &#124; The Journal|accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref>

==Life and work==

Raine Storey was born to Sue and Chris Storey and grew up in Fenelon Falls, ON.<ref name="mykawartha">{{cite web|url=https://www.mykawartha.com/community-story/3715225-fenelon-falls-teen-wins-national-award/|publisher=mykawartha.com|title=Fenelon Falls teen wins national award &#124|website= MyKawartha.com|accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref> Her mother is the daughter of the British-born Canadian artist Derek Woodhead and is a nationally decorated police officer.<ref name="iawp">{{cite web|url=http://www.iawp.org/awards/annual/2009.htm|publisher=iawp.org|title=2009 Awards Recipients under the Women Police Award Programs Prestigious Recognition with International Honors for Female Police Officers from the International Association of Women Police IAWP|accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref> Storey consistently cites her grandfather as the chief influence on her work, stating in 2013 that, "He pushes me the most".<ref name="mykawartha"/> She commented again in 2017, calling her grandfather, "a talented artist" who she is "closely tied with".<ref name="queensjournal"/> As a 15-year-old Fenelon Falls Secondary School student, Storey founded ''Raine Storey Illustration'', taking private commissions, while selling her creations.<ref name="queensjournal"/>

Storey is known for composing humorous and intriguing visual paintings that reimagine everyday scenarios and personal memories through fragmented, hyperreal imagery, bright, gestural brushstrokes and large areas of negative space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=An interview with Raine Storey |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/artist-interview-with-raine-storey/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Apollo Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref name="LoranSch">{{cite web |url=http://www.loranscholar.ca/our-scholars/?_sfm__university=Queen%27s%20University&sf_paged=2 |title=Our Scholars |publisher=Loran Scholar's Foundation |accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref> Storey is the second visual artist to have received the award.<ref name="mykawartha2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/7225723-loran-award-winner-reflects-on-journey/|publisher=mykawartha.com|title=Loran Award winner reflects on journey &#124; MyKawartha.com|accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref> 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.<ref name="queensjournal2">{{cite web | url=http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/15-0087%20Gazette%20Feb%207%202017%20ACCESS.pdf | title=The Gazette | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309025737/http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/15-0087%20Gazette%20Feb%207%202017%20ACCESS.pdf | archivedate=2017-03-09 | date=Feb 7, 2017}}</ref> At Queen's, Storey was also the Graphic Director of the Queen's International Affairs Association.<ref name="mykawartha2"/>

In 2014, Storey held an exhibition in Toronto, entitled "Fashionably Illustrated".<ref name="insidetoronto">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidetoronto.com/events/4800929--fashionably-illustrated/|publisher=insidetoronto.com|title=Fashionably Illustrated on August 31,2014 &#124; InsideToronto.com|accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref> The following year, Storey spent the summer working in Quito, Ecuador as an art therapist.<ref name="mykawartha2"/> In Spring/Summer of 2016, she travelled to Sydney, Australia working largely on printmaking, including examples of lithography on silk.<ref name="mykawartha2"/> 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.<ref name="rogerstv">{{cite web |title=Rogers tv |url=http://rogerstv.com/show?lid=12&rid=2&sid=2325&gid=276317 |accessdate=2017-04-28 |publisher=rogerstv.com}}</ref>

Storey was exhibited in the 2021 London Art Biennale for her piece ''Daliesque Woman'' and in the same year won the People's Choice Prize at the 2021 British Art Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Storey, Raine – London Art Biennale |url=https://www.londonbiennale.co.uk/2021/storey-raine/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Winner of the People's Choice Prize 2021 revealed |url=https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/news/winner-of-the-peoples-choice-prize-2021-revealed |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Storey's most recent work is currently being displayed at The ARX gallery in London where she will have a solo show during London Frieze week in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST RAINE STOREY |url=https://www.ninunina.com/blog/2022/6/23/interview-with-artist-raine-storey |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Ninu Nina Interviews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Raine Storey - Works |url=https://www.thearx.com/artists/raine-storey/works/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=The Arx |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.rainestorey.com Raine Story Illustration]

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