Rae Flores is a painter and poet based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. She is a senior at the University of North Texas, where she majors in drawing and painting and minors in English and art history. Within her artwork, she explores and subverts themes of femininity, nostalgia, and surrealism through the use of her defining pink color palette. Simultaneously, Rae challenges the traditional fine art space by incorporating illustrative techniques into her paintings.

Rae’s painting and poetry practices inform each other; in both her visual art and creative writing, she focuses on finding comfort in the bittersweet, contrasting whimsical and dreamlike imagery against taboo subject matter such as women's health, bodily autonomy, religious deconversion, and growing up.

Rae has an upcoming solo exhibition, Dear Diary, this winter from December 6th, 2025 to January 26th, 2026 at Sundance Square’s Zona 7 Gallery (Fort Worth, TX). Rae’s debut poetry collection, Portrait of a Woman, an illustrated chapbook published by Bottlecap Press, is set to be released this summer. Rae’s paintings have been included in exhibitions at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX), the School of Visual Arts (New York, NY), 500X Gallery (Dallas, TX), and The Eclectika at 711 (Irving, TX), among others. Her poetry has been published in The 2River View and North Texas Review, among others. Rae is also a member of Out of the Dollhouse, a private artist collective in Denton, TX.

Additionally, Rae offers affordable photography sessions within the DFW area for headshots, graduation photos, couples photos, and more! View her photography portfolio here and contact her at art@raeflores.com or @raeflores.art on Instagram to book a photo session!

For business inquiries email art@raeflores.com

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