Raymond Prucher, MFA (b. Rock Island, Illinois, USA) is an artist, designer and writer. He taught art and design at SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Suffolk Community College, Dowling College, Al-Quds University and the American University in Dubai.
As an artist, Prucher’s work has included painting, installation, sculpture, print, drawing and digital media. He has exhibited in France, Palestine, South Africa, the UAE and the USA.
A book of his prints, Jenin imPrints, was published in 2006 by Color Gang Edition, Givors, France. A twentieth anniversary edition of Jenin imPrints, features the original artwork and a new poem by Raymond Prucher, as well as a poem and new foreword by Marcelo Guimarães Lima, and an English translation by Etel Adnan of her poem, “Jenin”. It is available in hardcover on Whimperbang Press, a small publisher Prucher founded in 2026 to champion fresh, fearless books in art and literature.
His poems and critical essays have been published in This Week in Palestine and Design Altruism Project, and his work was included in Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia, published in 2009 by Die Gestalten Verlag.
He has been the founding editor of whimperbang, a literary journal published online since 2003. Prucher also served with Designers Without Borders (DWB) as a design mentor to students at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda in 2007–2008, and has been on the DWB board since 2008.
As a designer, creative and art director for several companies and non-profits in a variety of sectors, he has worked with numerous organizations, including: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Bigs & Littles Mentoring NYC, Goldman Sachs, Horticultural Society of New York, Khatt Foundation, Krush Brands, Open Hearts Art Center, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Sorbonne University and University of Montreal.
Prucher also founded Szossari (pronounced so-sah-ree), tracing its origins to a series of his wildflower sketches—an imaginative exercise that later blossomed into the brand’s first silk scarf collection in 2016. Established on the belief that art and adornment can exist in harmony, he has realized dozens of designs for scarves, accessories, bags and streetwear (Szossari Sztreet).
He lives with his wife and pup in New York’s Hudson Valley.
EXHIBITIONS
2026
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance
Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
55 x 2: Line x Light
Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, New York, USA
Tiny Arts Show
Holladay Arts, Holladay, Utah, USA
Teeny Tiny Art
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California, USA
4×4
Gallery 1301, Nevada Fine Arts, Reno, Nevada, USA
2024
Artist Residency
The Peanut Factory, Edenton, North Carolina, USA
2011
Three Parts/More Harmony
Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
3Keez of Illustration
Rotunda Gallery, American University in Dubai, UAE
MinD — City’s Dialogue
Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
2008
Villa 111
Creek Contemporary Art Fair, Bastakia, Dubai, UAE
2007
Villa 111
Creek Contemporary Art Fair, Bastakia, Dubai, UAE
2007
Do not forget — Lebanon
The Freedom Theatre, Jenin, Palestinian Territories
2006
4 + 4
Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
Prisons, Visages de Palestine
Furib’arts, Lyon, France
6 graveurs
L’Auberge des Arts, Givors, France
2005
around seven
Total Arts Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Jenin imPrints (solo)
Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
2003
Objects of Interest
Omni Gallery, Uniondale, New York, USA
2002
Faculty Exhibition
Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, USA
2001
Subway Narratives (multimedia performance)
Club Fun, New York, New York, USA
