Raina Wellman is a current A Public Space creative writing fellow. Her solo show the hidden heart of matter is on view through November 2025.

She teaches art and design courses at Pratt.

Her work has included communications design, art direction, exhibition design, and prop styling. Storytelling, collaboration, and research are key to her practice. Her communications business, Abiogenesis LLC, is M/WBE certified.

Publication Design

Clients and collaborators have included the Center for Urban Pedagogy, Human Impact Partners, Robin Winters, and Kevin Dong.

Branding Design

Clients and collaborators for brand design and brand management have included Tribeca Film Festival, Printed Matter, The New York Health Department, Bloomberg Businessweek, Verizon Wireless, Supersmalls, Doublesoul, Human Impact Partners, Doctors Without Borders, Monument Lab, and Zola.

Exhibition Design

Exhibition design projects have been featured at A.I.R. Gallery, the RISD Museum, Woods Gerry, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Gelman Gallery.

Art

My art has been exhibited at the RISD Museum, Woods Gerry Gallery, Gelman Gallery, Red Eye Gallery, Benson Hall, and Mailroom Gallery. I teach at Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Art in New York City.

Writing

• Grant writing for various art, health, and cultural institutions including The Lot Radio.
• A Public Space Creative Writing Fellow (2025)
• Co-Editor of SEAM, a literary magazine specializing in unique fiction from around the world (launching in Winter 2025)
• Fictional novel on performance art history forthcoming. . .
• Articles and interviews on fermentation, apology cakes, ghosts, and public health x graphic design histories.

Rhode Island School of Design - BFA 2019
Columbia University - MPH 2022

CLIENTS

American College Health Association

American Museum of Natural History

Center for Disease Control

Center for Urban Pedagogy

Doctors Without Borders

Human Impact Partners

IDEO

Los Alamos National Lab

mgmt design

Monument Lab

NY State Dept. of Health

Printed Matter, Inc.

Rhode Island School of Design

School of Visual Arts, NYC

Siegel + Gale

Supersmalls

Tribeca Film Festival

Volunteers in Medicine

Zola

Raina Wellman

• Fiction • Art • Publication Design • Branding • Exhibition Design

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Raina Wellman

Done in collaboration with SPACE US and Cai Diluvio. . .

• Fiction
• Art
• Publication Design
• Branding
• Exhibition Design

Done in collaboration with SPACE
US and Cai Diluvio. . .