Lisi Raskin
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Lisi Raskin is an American
artist living and working in Brooklyn
, New York
. She is known for creating large-scale, architectural environments that refer to the often clandestine fallout shelters and missile silos constructed during the Cold War. Within these environments, Raskin stages performances, and displays discrete art objects ranging from drawings and paintings to sculpture. Raskin studied Fine Art at Brandeis University
where she earned a BA in 1996. In 2003, she was awarded a MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University
in New York City. In 2005, Raskin was the youngest artist to win the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin. She was an artist in residence at IASPIS in Stockholm for most of 2007 and in 2008, Raskin was an artist in residence
at the Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College.
Raskin made her New York gallery debut in May 2007 at Guild & Greyshkul after having exhibited in various galleries and institutions including Galleria Riccardo Crespi WWW.RICCARDOCRESPI.COM, Socrates Sculpture Park
, PS1/MoMa, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, and Artists Space. Since then she has had solo gallery shows at Milliken in Stockholm and Reception in Berlin.
She participated in the 2008 Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory. Her work at the Armory show was a military-like installation, referring to the Titan Missile program and Curtis LeMay. Raskin's work was featured at the 11th International Istanbul Biennale and the 2nd Athens Biennale. In 2011 she will unveil a new commission for the 3rd Singapore Biennale.
United States
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artist living and working in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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, New York
New York
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. She is known for creating large-scale, architectural environments that refer to the often clandestine fallout shelters and missile silos constructed during the Cold War. Within these environments, Raskin stages performances, and displays discrete art objects ranging from drawings and paintings to sculpture. Raskin studied Fine Art at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
where she earned a BA in 1996. In 2003, she was awarded a MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City. In 2005, Raskin was the youngest artist to win the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin. She was an artist in residence at IASPIS in Stockholm for most of 2007 and in 2008, Raskin was an artist in residence
Artist in residence
Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities allow visiting artists to stay and work so that they may apply singular focus to their art practice....
at the Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College.
Raskin made her New York gallery debut in May 2007 at Guild & Greyshkul after having exhibited in various galleries and institutions including Galleria Riccardo Crespi WWW.RICCARDOCRESPI.COM, Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor exhibition space for sculpture. It is located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in the neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, New York City...
, PS1/MoMa, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, and Artists Space. Since then she has had solo gallery shows at Milliken in Stockholm and Reception in Berlin.
She participated in the 2008 Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory. Her work at the Armory show was a military-like installation, referring to the Titan Missile program and Curtis LeMay. Raskin's work was featured at the 11th International Istanbul Biennale and the 2nd Athens Biennale. In 2011 she will unveil a new commission for the 3rd Singapore Biennale.