Roxann Murray

Roxann Murray is an award-winning artist based in Tacoma, Washington. She was born in the Pacific Northwest and has practiced photography for 18 years. Her images have been used in newspapers, a TV show, a video game, a music video, art books,and a literary arts magazine. A few organizations she has collaborated with are hitRECord, Elephant Nature Park, and the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture. In 2009, she received her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences with a certificate of high scholarship from UW Tacoma. The majority of Roxann’s photographs focus on pattern and color. She brings attention to hidden beauties such as a plant pushing through cracked concrete or an old rusty truck on the side of a road. Since she was a child, she has had a strong connection with nature and animals. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Roxann developed an affection for trees, fungi, ferns, and the seashore. While photographing people and community, she prefers to shoot candidly rather than have the subjects pose; that way, she captures who they really are. Since Roxann is Nakota and Dakota on her father’s side, she tries to view the world through a decolonized perspective and live in a way that she hopes make her ancestors proud. Roxann’s life goal is to continue her travels and visit every continent on the planet. She is focused on documenting the Galapagos Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, wood carvers in Oaxaca, baobab trees in Madagascar, the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, the Aurora Borealis in Iceland, active volcanoes in Hawaii and Vanuatu, wild African elephants in Botswana and Kenya, and coral reefs in Raja Ampat and Fiji. Since she was seventeen, her dream has been to shoot for National Geographic. When she is not making art, Roxann is reading, exploring, gardening, or planning her next adventure.