Chris Rayburn is a photographer and printmaker. His work isolates day-to-day patterns from where we live to allow the viewer to see things they may have otherwise dismissed.
From tract homes to trees in our built environment, Rayburn's images encourage the viewer to slow down time and see in new ways, both the subjects of his images and the dialog between them. Each piece of art is carefully created to separate and simplify its subject from its location and establish a common visual vocabulary between images.
Rayburn lived in Brooklyn, New York in the 1980s and was a working artist while he was employed by museums, galleries and corporations to handle and install art. He moved to Iowa in the 1990s, and managed a family-owned construction products business that he and his team grew and successfully sold.
Works by Rayburn have been included in numerous curated and juried exhibitions across Iowa, Illinois and New York. Over the past 35 years, he has also served in various leadership roles on nonprofit Boards in both the Midwest and in New York City - including Quad City Arts, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and the Figge Art Museum.
Most importantly, since moving from New York, he and his wife Mary raised two daughters who are both wonderful women. He and his wife currently live in Chicago.