RA-RE VALVERDE - FOUNDER + PRINCIPAL ARTIST

CLITTERBEASTCULTURE IS A CURATED COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL ART, TEXTILE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION, CREATED BY RA-RE VALVERDE, AND AFFECTIONATELY COINED AS “ART TO LIVE BY.” 

FROM INCEPTION, THE BRAND HAS MORPHED FROM A PLAY ON WORDS INTO A MANIFESTO OF INTENTION CELEBRATING BLACK WOMEN AS THE CENTER.

THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ART STUDIO IS CURATING ORIGINAL AND CONCEPTUALIZED DIGITAL DESIGN WITH THE CREATIVE EXPRESSIONIST IN MIND. THESE VIVID AND BOLD WORKS ARE DRIVEN BY A DEEP PASSION TO ARTICULATE VISIONS THAT ARE LIVELY, PLAYFUL AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY BLACK JOY, BEAUTY, CULTURE, COMMUNITY, TRADITION AND A LOVE FOR BEAUTIFUL CHAOS TRANSLATED THROUGH IMAGERY AND PATTERN.

RA-RE’S CORE MISSION IS TO DIVERSIFY THE HOME DECOR INDUSTRY WITH PRODUCTS THAT REFLECT AND AMPLIFY THE BLACK EXPERIENCE AND TELL THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE AND THE VALUE OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.

THE NY BASED STUDIO AIMS TO  ELEVATE THE SPACES WHERE WE DWELL, REFRESH, DISCOVER AND RENEW BY USE OF VARIOUS MEDIUMS, AND BY PULLING FROM MULTIPLE GENRES AS THE FOCAL POINT OF INSPIRATION. 

THE COLLECTIONS

AUNTI HERO IS AN INTERPRETIVE TRIBUTE SERIES CREATED AND DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT, HONOR, AND CELEBRATE WOMEN, ARTISTS, AND ICONS WITH TIMELESS CULTURAL RESONANCE. EACH MUSE IS BOLDLY RE-IMAGINED WITH LOVE, REFERENCE AND REVERENCE. WITH ITS BRIGHT, NOISEY AND GRAPHIC APPROACH TOWARDS COLORING SUBJECTS SO BEAUTIFULLY COMPLEX, THIS EVOLVING COLLECTION IS ROOTED IN GIVING FLOWERS.

THE ICONIC DISTORT SERIES PAYS HOMAGE TO INFLUENCE, ARTISTRY, AND THE LIGHT, DARK AND SHADOWY SIDES OF GREATNESS.

THE ART BOX SERIES BEGAN AS A CHALLENGE TO CREATE PATTERNS FROM SMALL OBJECTS SPOTTED ALONG A ROUTINE PATH DURING MORNING WALKS IN HARLEM.

A STORIED COLLECTION OF ALTERED IMAGERY, FREEFORM LAYERING, AND COLORFUL CHAOS WITH CHOPPED AND SCREWED SENSIBILITIES. CREATED FOR MULTI-USE AS LARGE SCALE ART PRINTS, WALLPAPER, TEXTILES AND MORE.