Bio

Born in Miami, Florida.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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

2008 Command and Control, ADAA Fair, New York, NY
Mobile Observation Station (Receiving Station), Bard CCS/Hessle Museum, Annendale on Hudson, NY
Mobile Observation Station, 25th Street Under the High Line, NY
Other Research, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
 
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, Italy
Jack Shack, PS1 MoMA, Queens, NY

2005 (Remote Location) Observation Station, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Spring Loaded Amalgam, Art Forum Berlin,Berlin, Germany
Parallel Telegram, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Museum of Contemporary Art North, Miami, Florida
Katastrophenalarm, NKBK, Berlin, Germany

2007 Green Dreams, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
Formalities, IASPIS Project Space, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Maria Lind
What Remains, Lambretto, Milan, Italy. Curated by Marco Tagliafierro
The Line of Time + The Plane of Now, Wallspace and Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
Pensée Sauvage - von Freiheit, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany and Ursula Blickle Stiftung curated by Chus Martinez.
Jardins D'amis, Immenance, Paris, France
Shared Women, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Emergency, curated by Thierry Geoffroy, PS1 MoMA, Queens, NY

2006 Written in Light, Bloomberg HQ/Art in General, New York, NY. Curated by: Zeljka Hembele

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, Long Island City, New York
Art in the Office, Global Consulting Group, New York, NY

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 Observatory, High Desert Test Sites 1with Artists on Tour, Joshua Tree, CA
Ides of March Biannual, ABC No Rio, New York, NY

Awards and Distinctions

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

2008 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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, Visiting Artist, 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

Catalogues

Green Dreams, 2007 ed. Kunstverein Wolfsburg
Formalities, 2007 ed. Iaspis
Pensée Sauvage - von Freiheit, 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

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.
Cotter, Holland. "Lisi Raskin Switchyard," The New York Times, Friday, May 11, 2007.
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. "Julia Bryan-Wilson on Lisi Raskin," ArtForum. May, 2007.
Casavecchia, Barbara, "Lisi Raskin at Riccardo Crespi," Flash Art, Dec - Jan. 2007.
Pesapane, Lucia, "Lisi Raskin at Riccardo Crespi," Tema Celeste, December 2006.
Mick Peter, "Lisi Raskin at Transmission Gallery." C Magazine, March 2006.
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
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
Kristina Inciuraite, "Time and Space Travel: An Interview with Lisi Raskin," 24/7 (catalogue) September 12, 2003.
Selected Writing

L. Raskin, "Thought Crimes." PS1 Newspaper, June 2006
L.Raskin, "Introducing Jessica Dickinson." NYFA Current, 2006
L. Raskin, "Flipside at Artists Space", (Spring 2005) C Magazine
L. Raskin, “An Unknown Play – The Work of Ohad Meromi” After School Drama
L. Raskin. “Lee Bontecou at MOMA” (November 2004) C Magazine
L. Raskin ‘Jonah Freeman at Andrew Kreps’ (October 2004) Frieze Magazine
L. Raskin ‘Rachel Harrison at Greene Naftali’ (September 2004) C Magazine
L. Raskin “Odds and Probabilities” (April 2004) HTV.
L. Raskin “E.V. Day at Henry Urbach Architecture”. (April 2004)   Frieze Magazine.
L. Raskin “Bill Saylor at Leo Koenig. (October 2003)  Frieze Magazine.
L. Raskin. “Transmogrification: Jocelyn Shipley and Michael Mahalchick” (Summer 2003) Frieze Magazine.
L. Raskin “Noah Purifoy,"  (November 2002) High Desert Test Sites Catalogue.