Rae Red

About the Artist

Rae Red (Rae Hample) they/them, is a multimedia performer, teacher, and runs a community art and organizing space out of their home in Baltimore, MD. They imbue their projects with playful sincerity while examining ideas of perception and transformation, often through the lens of trans futurity. They use movement, technology, animation, and poetry to explore many subjects having to do with metamorphosis and queer potential. Red is originally from Albuquerque, NM where they developed their love of live performance, and nature with its queer, sexy, and violent rhythms. They have performed all over the country in too many spaces to name, including Mana Contemporary Chicago, Vox Populi, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, WOW Theater in New York City and the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX. They have been awarded numerous grants and residencies and were an artist in residence at both the MacDowell Colony and the Studios at Mass MoCA. They were a 2023 a Sondheim Prize semi finalist, a 2024 Rubys Grant recipient and hold a MFA from Towson University and a BA from Bard College.