Bio
Born in Miami, Fl. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2003 Master of Fine Arts
School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1996 Batchelor of Arts: Fine Arts, High Honors
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Solo Projects and Exhibitions
2010
Raskin/Hauptman: Nicht Kriegswichtig, Reception, Berlin
Mt. Disappointment, The Company, Los Angeles
2009
Warning Warum, (web project), Dia Art Foundation, New York
Sunday Punch II (Barbarossa Style), Art Berlin Contemporary with Milliken Gallery
Launch on Tactical Warning, Riccardo Crespi, Milan
Armada, Blanton Museum, University of Texas, at Austin
2008
Command and Control, ADAA Fair, New York, NY
Mobile Observation (Transmitting and Receiving) Station,CCS Bard, Annendale-on-Hudson, NY
Able Archer '83 (multi-character narrative drama on vinyl), Country Club/Iconoclast Editions, Cincinnati
Topside, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
2007
Switchyard, Guild and Greyshkul, New York
Project Esrange, Signal Galeri, Malmoe, Sweden
Project Esrange (and other research), Gavle Konstcentrum, Gavle, Sweden
2006
High Positive Void Coefficient, Riccardo Crespi, Milan
Jack Shack, PS1 MoMA, Queens, NY
2005
(Remote Location) Observation Station, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Spring Loaded Amalgam, Art Forum Berlin
Parallel Telegram, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Pictures & Statues, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
Catch Me! Grasping Speed, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
NapTime, as part of Anna Craycroft's Object of Study/Subject of Learning, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
The F-Q Test, Galleria Marina Goncharenko, Moscow, Russia
2009
100 Years, PS1/MoMA, Queens, New York
Do They Love Their Children Too?, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
The Red Thread, Tanas Gallery, Berlin
The 2nd International Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
The Stars in the Sky are Still Boss, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati
Project Esrange (and other research), 3 person show at The Company, Los Angeles
2008
Katastrophenalarm, NKBK, Berlin, Germany
Self-Storage, The Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco
Through the Glass Darkly, Redline Art Center, Denver
Soft Manipulation: Who’s Afraid of the New Now?, Casino, Luxembourg
The Possibility of and Island, MOCA, North Miami
2007
Green Dreams, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
Formalities, IASPIS Project Space, Stockholm
What Remains, Lambretto, Milan, Italy.
The Line of Time + The Plane of Now, Wallspace and Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York
Pensée Sauvage, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Jardins D'amis, Immenance, Paris
Shared Women, LACE, Los Angeles
Emergency, PS1/MoMA, Queens, New York
2006
Written in Light, Bloomberg HQ/Art in General, New York
2005
Atomica, Lombard Fried, New York, NY
Hunch and Flail, Artists Space, New York, NY
Greater New York 2005, PS1/MoMA, Queens, NY
Who’s the Protagonist, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
2004
Salad Days, Artist’s Space, New York
Skull Turner, Year Project, Brooklyn, New York
Field, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York
Art in the Office, Global Consulting Group, New York
2003
Research Station, High Desert Test Sites3, Joshua Tree, CA
24/7, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York
2002
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA (as part of A.O.T.)
Procession, Columbia University, New York
Escape, Egizio’s Project, New York
Mondo Cane II Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
Ides of March Biannual, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Awards and Distinctions
2008 Artist in Residence, CCS Bard College
2007 Artist in Residence, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Guna S. Mundheim Berlin Prize, The American Academy in Berlin
2003 American Austrian Foundation Hayward Prize
2002 Joan Sovern Sculpture Award
2002 Teaching Assistantship, Columbia University
2001 Viar Merit Fellowship, Columbia University
1998 Mortimer Hays Traveling Fellowship
1996 Louis P. Rabinovich Award: Painting and Sculpture
1996 Teaching Assistantship, Brandeis University
Selected Conferences and Presentations
2010
RISD European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
Country Club Gallery, Buck House, Los Angeles
Performance Workshop, MoMA, New York, NY
2009
RISD, Providence, RI
The Blanton Museum, Austin, TX
University of Texas at Austin
New York University, New York, NY
2008
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Bard CCS, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2007
Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan van Eych Academy, Maastrich, Netherlands
Valand School of Art, Goteborg, Sweden
Institute of American Universities, 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
2002
Living with the Genie Conference, Columbia University
2000
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
1998
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Collections
Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
Catalogues
Grasping Speed. 2010 ed. Kunsthaus Graz.
Lisi Raskin: Mobile Observation. 2009 ed. Hauptman. Riccardo Crespi
11th International Istanbul Biennial. 2009 ed. IKSV
Vitamin 3 – D, 2009 ed. Phaidon
Through the Glass Darkly. 2009 ed. Schlenzka/Redline Art Center
Soft Manipulation. 2008 ed. Casino Luxembourg
Katastrophenalarm. 2008 ed. NGBK
Green Dreams, 2007 ed. Kunstverein Wolfsburg
Formalities, 2007 ed. Iaspis
Pensée Sauvage, 2007 ed. Frankfurter Kunstverein/Ursula Blickle Stiftung
Lisi Raskin, Thought Crimes, 2005 ed. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
Greater New York Book, 2005 ed. PS1 Contemporary Art Center
The BMW Book, 2005 ed. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Bibliography
2009
Ekroth, Power. “What Keeps Mankind Alive? The 11th Istanbul Biennial,” Flash Art International.November/December 2009. p. 30.
Bailey, Stephanie. “Heaven 2nd Athens Biennale,” Art Papers. September/October 2009. p. 40-41.
Fuller, Daniel. “No Nukes,” Art 21 Blog, August 2009.
Green, Kate. “Lisi Raskin: Blanton Museum of Art.” Art Lies.
Summer 2009. p. 85.
Trezzi, Nicola. “Craft: From Commodities to Talismans, Modernity as a Remedy to the Aftermath.” FlashArt International. July – Septamber 2009.
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren, Raskin, Lisi. “500 Words,” Artforum.com,
March 23, 2009.
2008
Rosenberg, Karen, “Cheeky Hipsters in the Halls of Victorian Brigadiers”, New York Times, February 22, 2008.
Yablonsky, Linda. “Best in Show”. Artforum.com. February 24, 2008.
Johnson, Paddy. “The ADAA Fair”, Art Fag City. February 25, 2008.
2007
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. "Julia Bryan-Wilson on Lisi Raskin," ArtForum.
May, 2007.
Cotter, Holland. "Lisi Raskin Switchyard," The New York Times, Friday, May 11, 2007.
Casavecchia, Barbara, "Lisi Raskin at Riccardo Crespi," Flash Art,
Dec - Jan. 2007.
Thiele, Carmela. “Eine Minute Niagrafall,” Badische Neue Nachrichten, June 22, 2007.
Cruewell, Konstanze. “Begugnung mit dem Fremden,” Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, June 25, 2007.
Hebert, Niels. “Nyfiken American staeller ut raketbas i Gaevle,” Arbetarbladet, Saturday, August 18, 2007.
Widegren, Bjorn. “Man maste se upp pa Konstcentrum,” Gefle Dagblad, Satruday, August 18, 2007.
Waltenberg, Lillith. “Raketkoll,” Dygnet Runt, 4 – 10 May, 2007.
2006
Pesapane, Lucia, "Lisi Raskin at Riccardo Crespi," Tema Celeste,
December 2006.
Mick Peter, "Lisi Raskin at Transmission Gallery." C Magazine, March 2006.
2005
Ben Rutter. "It's Pronounced Nu-cle-ar," Ny Arts, Vol. 10, No. 9, Sept - Oct, 2005.
Carrie Moyer, "Not By Design," The Gay City News, Vol. 75, No. 29,
July 21 - 27, 2005.
Holland Cotter, "ART REVIEW; Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable," The New York Times, July 8, 2005.
Marc Handelman and Lisi Raskin, "I'll Let You Be in My Dream if I Can Be in Yours," North Drive Press, June 2005.
Kirsten Reinhardt, "Besuch im Bunker." Berliner Zeitung, 29 January 2005
2004
Ken Johnson, "Field: Science, Technology and Nature," The New York Times, July 23, 2004
Tom Johnson, "Field: Science, Technology and Nature", The Brooklyn Rail. September 2004
2003
Kristina Inciuraite, "Time and Space Travel: An Interview with Lisi Raskin," 24/7 Newspaper, September 12, 2003.
