LISI RASKIN b. Miami, Florida, USA Lives and Works in Brooklyn, NY
Education 2003 Master of Fine Arts School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1997 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1996 Bachelor of Arts: Fine Arts, High Honors Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions and Projects
2014 Recuperative Tactics, Art in General, New York, NY Curator: Courtenay Finn
Mutual Immanence, Churner and Churner, New York
2012 MOTORPARK (in collaboration with Kimberly Kay), ICA Maine College of Art, Portland, ME (catalog) Curator: Daniel Fuller
Shots in the Dark, Churner and Churner, New York, NY
2010 Kriegswichtig, Reception, Berlin, Germany
Mt. Disappointment, The Company, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Warning Warum, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY Curator: Lynne Cooke
Sunday Punch II (Barbarossa Style), Art Berlin Contemporary with Milliken Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Launch on Tactical Warning, Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
Armada, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin Curator: Risa Puleo
Sculpture Park, Volta with Galleria Riccardo Crespi, New York, NY
2008 Mobile Observation (Transmitting and Receiving) Station, Hessel Museum/Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Curator: Maria Lind
Topside, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
2007 Switchyard, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
Project Esrange, Signal Galeri, Malmoe, Sweden
Project Esrange (and other research), Gavle Konstcentrum, Gavle, Sweden
2006 High Positive Void Coefficient, Riccardo Crespi, Milan Curator: Gabi Scardi
Jack Shack, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY Curator: Bob Nickas
2005 (Remote Location) Observation Station, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Parallel Telegram, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions and Projects
2014 Subjective Views: Cauleen Smith, Emre Hüner, Lisi Raskin, Saat Saath Arts Foundation, Delhi, India. Curators: Dieter Roelstraete, Mari, and Laura Raicovich.
2013 Momentum 7, The Nordic Biennale for Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway (catalog) Curator: Power Ekroth
2012 Radical Terrain, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York (catalog) Curator: Beth Citron
Estate, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) Curator: Lucie Fontaine
(Anti)Subject, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia.
2011 Drawn to Disaster, ICA Maine College of Art, Portland, ME Curator: Daniel Fuller
CLAP, CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, curated by Nova Benway, Michelle Hyun, Nathan Lee, Dylan Peet and Tom Eccles
3rd Singapore Biennial, Old Kallang Airport, Singapore (catalog) Curators: Russell Storer, Trevor Smith
Time Machine in the Atomic War Command, Konjic, Bosnia (catalog) Curator: Branko Dimitrijevic
2010 Catch Me! Grasping Speed, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (catalog) Curator: Katrin Bucher
2009 NapTime, as part of Object of Study/Subject of Learning, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin Curator: Risa Puleo/Anna Craycroft
On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
100 Years, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY Curator: Klaus Bisenbach
Do They Love Their Children Too?, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog) Curators: WHW
The Red Thread, Tanas Gallery, Berlin, Germany Curators: WHW
The 2nd International Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece (catalog) Curator: Chus Martinez
The Stars in the Sky are Still Boss, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH Curator: Matt Distel
Project Esrange (and other research), 3-person show at The Company, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Command and Control, ADAA Fair, New York, NY Curator: Maria Lind
Katastrophenalarm, NKBK (Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst), Berlin, Germany (catalog) Curator: Christine Heidemann
Self-Storage, The Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curators: Courtenay Finn and Anna Griz
Through the Glass Darkly, Redline Art Center, Denver, CO (catalog) Curator: Jenny Schlenzka
Who’s Afraid of the New Now?, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (catalog) Curators: Maria Lind, Zoran Eric, Enrico Lunghi
The Possibility of an Island, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL (catalog) Curator: Ruba Katrib
2007 Green Dreams, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany (catalog) Curator: Christine Heidemann
Formalities, IASPIS Project Space, Stockholm, Sweden (catalog) Curator: Maria Lind
What Remains, Lambretto, Milan, Italy. Curator: Marco Tagliafierro
The Line of Time + The Plane of Now, Wallspace and Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY Curators: Halsey Rodman, Jacob Dyrenforth, Ohad Meromi
Pensée Sauvage - von Freiheit, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany and Ursula Blickle Stiftung (catalog) Curator: Chus Martinez
Jardins D'amis, Immenance, Paris, France Curator: Christine Heidemann
Shared Women, LACE, Los Angeles, CA Curator: A.L.Steiner, Eve Fowler, Emily Roysdon
Emergency, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY Curator: Thierry Geoffroy
2006 Written in Light, Bloomberg HQ/Art in General, New York, NY. Curator: Zeljka Hembele
2005 Spring Loaded Amalgam, Art Forum Berlin, Germany Curator: Valeria Schulte-Fischedick
Atomica, Lombard Fried, New York, NY
Hunch and Flail, Artists Space, New York, NY Curator: Amy Sillman
Greater New York 2005, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (catalog) Curator: Alana Heiss, Klaus Bisenbach, Bob Nickas
Who’s the Protagonist, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY Curator: Ohad Meromi
2004 Salad Days, Artists Space, New York, NY Curator: Jeffery Walkoviac
Skull Turner, Year Project, Brooklyn, NY Curators: Meredith Sparks and Ellie Ga
Free Radio HDTS, High Desert Test Sites 4, Joshua Tree, CA; Strange Animals at L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA Curators: Fabienne Lasserre & Christy Gast
Field, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY Curator: Alyson Baker
Art in the Office, Global Consulting Group, New York, NY Curator: Matt Keegan
2003 Research Station, High Desert Test Sites3, Joshua Tree, CA
24/7, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalog) Curator: Raimundas Malasauskas
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York Curator: Lia Gangitano
2002 High Desert Test Sites, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA (as part of Artists on Tour)
Procession, Columbia University, New York Curator: Eva Respini,
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Feidelson, Lizzie, “National Treasures,” Triple Canopy, October, 4 2012.
Marcus, Rose. “Legit Admin: Conversations with Sheila Pepe and Lisi Raskin” DIS Magazine, May 25, 2012.
Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Lisi Raskin: Shots in the Dark,” Mana Fine Arts, March 22, 2012.
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Bailey, Stephanie. “Heaven 2nd Athens Biennale.” Art Papers (September/October 2009): 40-41.
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Green, Kate. “Lisi Raskin: Blanton Museum of Art.” Art Lies, Summer 2009, 85.
Trezzi, Nicola. “Craft: From Commodities to Talismans, Modernity as a Remedy to the Aftermath.” Flash Art International (July – September 2009). Trinka – Browner, Lia. ‘Chris Jahncke; Lisi Raskin; Julie Orser.” THE Magazine, April 20, 2009.
Raskin, Lisi as told to Lauren O’Neill Butler. “500 Words.” Artforum.com, March 23, 2009.
Voelz Chandler, Mary, “RedLine Shows its Potential,” Rocky Mountain News, October 31, 2008.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Cheeky Hipsters in the Halls of Victorian Brigadiers.” The New York Times, February 22, 2008.
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Waltenberg, Lillith. “Raketkoll.” Dygnet Runt, May 4 – 10, 2007.
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Inciuraite, Kristina. "Time and Space Travel: An Interview with Lisi Raskin." 24/7 (exh. cat.). September 12, 2003.
Monographs and Anthologies
Kimberly Kay and Lisi Raskin, MOTORPARK: A Reader, ed. ICA@MeCA, 2013.
Fabrikk, ed. Ekroth, Nielsen, Ellefsen, Audiator, Moss, Norway, 2013.
Lisi Raskin: Mobile Observation, ed. Wolfgang Hauptman./Riccardo Crespi. Milan, Italy, 2009.
Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, ed. Phaidon. London and New York: Phaidon Press, 2009.
Lisi Raskin, Thought Crimes, ed. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin, Germany, 2005.
Videos and Vodka: Selections from Video Salon, ed. Eva Respini and Jacob Dyrenforth, Scranton, J&L Video, 2007.
Published Projects, Criticism & Writings
Raskin, Lisi. “Rumble on the Rails: USA, Russia, and Iran Embrace Each Other,” Creative Time Reports, May 20, 2013.
Nadyne Byrne, Eva Meyer, Lisi Raskin, Hinrich Sachs, Eran Schaerf and Johanna Zawieja, It’s Her (Scenes for a Play), OEI Editor, Stockholm, 2012.
Raskin, Lisi, “Redacted Histories of the Space Race,” Creative Time Reports, November 14, 2012.
Raskin, Lisi. “Endgame Tourism.” Triple Canopy, December 2011.
Raskin, Lisi, Able Archer ‘83 (multi-character narrative drama on vinyl), Country Club/Iconoclast Editions, Cincinnati, OH
Raskin, Lisi. "Thought Crimes." MoMA PS1 Newspaper, June 2006.
Raskin, Lisi. "Introducing Jessica Dickinson." NYFA Current, 2006.
Handelman, Marc and Lisi Raskin, "I'll Let You Be in My Dream if I Can Be in Yours." North Drive Press, June 2005.
Raskin, Lisi. "Flipside at Artists Space." C Magazine, Spring 2005.
Raskin, Lisi. “An Unknown Play – The Work of Ohad Meromi.” After School Drama. 2004
Raskin, Lisi. “Lee Bontecou at MOMA.” C Magazine, November 2004).
Raskin, Lisi. “Jonah Freeman at Andrew Kreps.” Frieze Magazine, October 2004).
Raskin, Lisi. “Rachel Harrison at Greene Naftali.” C Magazine, (September 2004).
Raskin , Lisi. “Odds and Probabilities.” HTV, (April 2004).
Raskin, Lisi. “E.V. Day at Henry Urbach Architecture.” Frieze Magazine (April 2004).
Raskin, Lisi. “Bill Saylor at Leo Koenig.” Frieze Magazine (October 2003).
Raskin, Lisi. “Transmogrification: Jocelyn Shipley and Michael Mahalchick.” Frieze Magazine (Summer 2003).
Raskin, Lisi. “Noah Purifoy," (November 2002) High Desert Test Sites Catalogue.
Exhibition Catalogs
The Estate of Lucie Fontaine, ed. Veronica Levitt and Nicola Trezzi, Marianne Boesky, 2013.
Modernist Art From India, ed. Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2013.
Open, 3rd Singapore Biennale, Singapore, 2011.
11th International Istanbul Biennial, ed. IKSV. Istanbul, Turkey, 2009.
Through the Glass Darkly. ed. Schlenzka/Redline Art Center. Denver, Colorado, 2009.
Soft Manipulation. ed. Casino Luxembourg. Luxembourg, 2008.
Katastrophenalarm, ed. NGBK. Berlin, Germany, 2008.
Green Dreams, ed. Kunstverein Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg, Germany, 2007.
Formalities, ed. IASPIS Foundation. Stockholm, Sweden, 2007.
Pensée Sauvage, ed. Frankfurter Kunstverein/Ursula Blickle Stiftung. Frankfurt, Germany, 2007.
Greater New York Book, ed. PS1 Contemporary Art Center. Long Island City, NY, 2005.
The BMW Book, ed. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius. Vilnius, Lithuania, 2005.
Selected Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2013 Creative Time Global Residency
2012 Quimby Foundation Grant with ICA at the Maine College of Art
2010 Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
2010 Mayer Foundation Fellowship
2008 Artist in Residence, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2007 Artist in Residence, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Guna S. Mundheim Berlin Prize in the Visual Arts, The American Academy in Berlin
2003 Hayward Prize, American Austrian Foundation
Visiting Artist/Lectures/Symposia
2014 School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2013 Joe’s Pub/Creative Time, Reports from the Field, New York, NY
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL
The Artist’s Institute, New York, NY
College Art Association, Gender in the Workplace, The Next Generation, New York, NY
2012 Creative Time, New York, NY
Harvard University, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Cambridge, MA
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Marianne Boesky as part of the Salon organized by Lucie Fontaine, New York, NY
2011 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Art in General, New York, NY
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
EUFRAD, workshop on artistic research, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program, Rome, Italy Country Club Gallery, Buck House, Los Angeles, CA
Performance Workshop, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, TX
New York University, New York, NY
2008 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2007 Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan van Eych Academy, Maastrich, The Netherlands
Valand School of Art, Goteborg, Sweden
Institute of American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
IASPIS, Marabouparken, Sweden
New York University, New York, NY
2005 Universitaet der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany
American Academy in Berlin, Germany
The New School, New York, NY
2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
16 Beaver as part of “Women Don’t Lie” Speaker Series, New York, NY
2002 Living with the Genie Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000 Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
1998 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Public and Private Collections: American Academy in Berlin, Germany Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY LA Country Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA