Raïssa Venables
Biography
| 1977 | born in New Paltz, USA |  |
| 1993, 94, 97 | The Art Student's League of New York, Area of Concentration: Anatomy for Life Drawing | |
| 1995-1999 | Kansas City Art Institute BFA, Concentration in Photography and Ceramic Sculpture | |
| 1999-2002 | Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College MFA, Concentration in Photography | |
| seit 2003 | Professor of Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | Galerie sphn (Herrmann & Wagner) Artist in Residence Program | |
| 2004 | Andrew Rhodes Fund for Young Artists, awarded by the Visual Arts Foundation | |
| 2004/05 | Lower Manhatten Cultural Council, LMCC/Workspace | |
| 2006-2007 | Roswell Artist In Residency |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | Fotografie, Galería Matthias Hauser, La Coruña |
| 2010 | B.A.T. Campus Gallery, Bayreuth, Germany |
| 2009 | Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2008 | Maybe Too Lofty?, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany |
| 2007 | In the Guest House, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico |
| 2007 | Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany (May - July) |
| 2007 | Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, Germany (Feb. - March) |
| 2006 | Digitale Fotografien, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany |
| 2006 | New Works, Galerie Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany |
| 2005 | Intimacies, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, USA |
| 2004 | Claustrophobia, Galerie sphn, Berlin, Germany |
| 2003 | Opened Rooms and Other Vessels, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA |
Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | Realism: The Adventure of Reality, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany |
| The Inner Eye: Interiors of Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany | |
| 2009 | Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York, organized by the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA |
| 2008 | The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, USA |
| 2008 | REAL: Aus der Sammlung der DZ BANK, Städel Museum Frankfurt, Germany (Catalogue) |
| 2008 | Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, California, USA |
| 2007 | R. A. i. R. Works 40 - 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| 2007 | Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program 40th Anniversary, RMAC,Roswell, New Mexico, USA |
| 2007 | The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion – Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Inaugural Exhibition, USA |
| 2007 | Frozen Moments, Galerie Christa Burger, Munich, Germany |
| 2006 | Photos and Phantasy, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2004 | Field of Depth: Landscapes as Metaphor in Emerging Photography,latincollector, NY, USA |
| 2003 | 0730too: Contemporary Art in Jersey City, Hosted by ProArts and theJersey City Museum, Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, New Jersey, USA |
| 2003 | Spirit in the House, (with Hiroshi Tachibana), The Interfaith Center ofNew York, USA |
| 2003 | IS/WAS, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
Works in Public Collections
- Berlin, Germany: GRG Dienstleistungsgruppe
- Berlin, Germany: Sammlung Knauthe
- Emden, Germany: Kunsthalle
- Frankfurt/Main, Germany: DZ-Bank
- FrankfurtMain, Germany: Städel Museum
- Jersey City, NJ, USA: The Jersey City Museum
- Kansas City, USA: The Kansas City Mayor’s Office (Temporary Collection, 2000-2002)
- Kansas City, USA: DST Corporation
- Kansas City, USA: Nelson Atkins Museum
- Los Angeles, USA: Weisman Foundation
- Mayfield Village, USA: The Progressive Collection
- New Mexico, USA: Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art
- Zürich (Switzerland); Hong Kong; Singapoore: Sammlung der UBS
Private Collections
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- USA
Publications
- 2008
- The 100th Anniversary of the Belnord
- REAL, Photographs from the Collection of the DZ Bank, exh. cat. Städel Museum
- 2007
- "Raïssa Venables, Vom Sturz der Perspektiven" (M. Harder) punkt. Kunst im Nordwesten p. 23.
- "Stürzende Perspektiven" (D. Klause) SCHON, #13 Winter 2007, p. 12.
- "Extreme Perspektiven & schräge Farben" (T. Kern), Niedergrafschaft / Obergrafschaft, October 29, 2007 p. 18.
- "Kunst & Kunstverein in Neuenhaus – Abwechslung & Fügung" (cbw) Vechte KURIER p. 10-11.
- "Rooms with More Than a View" (R. Brillman) LOCAL iQ, July 26 –August 8, p. 22.
- 2006
- "Raissa Venables", Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, (exh. cat. Kunstverein Ulm)
- "Raissa Venables" (M. Peschke), Photonews, no. 5, May 2006, p. 18.
- "Es schwankt der Boden" (P. Kollros), Südwestpresse, March 20
- "Wie reale Räume unwirklich erscheinen" (pko), Südwestpresse, March 18
- "Wie in einem Filmtraum" (Ch. Otto), Neue Ulmer Zeitung, March 21, p. 33.
- "The Posessed Space" (M. Zollner), Phototechnik International, Jan/Feb, p. 44-49.
- "Unbehagen im Raum" (M. Peschke), fotoforum March, p. 2-3.
- "Gut geknipst" (J. Borowski), Financial Times Deutschland, February 17, p 3
- 2004
- "Three Facets of a Jersey City Jewel" (B. Genochio), The New York Times, Art & Entertainment Section, February 6, p. 9.
- "Opened Rooms and Other Vessels" (C. Stein), Photography-now, April 2
- "Der bewegte Raum" ( Chr. Meixner), Berliner Morgenpost, May 15
- "Unheimliche Räume", Berliner Morgenpost, April 22, p. 23.
- "Raumportraits", Berliner Zeitung No. 94, April 22, p. 9.
- "Raumportraits", taz Berlin, April 28, p. 28.
- "Schönes Spiel mit bösen Ängsten" – Ausstellung des Monats, Prinz Magazin, April 22, p. 134.
- "Surreal" – Vernissagen, Tagesspiegel Ticket April 22-28, p. 11.
- "The Walls Talk – Interview" (L. Harley), The Exberliner, June, p. 32.
- 2003
- "Arts shows: Joseph Nease Gallery 5-year retrospective" (E. Kirsh), The Kansas City Star
- "Space Composed from the Mind’s Eye"(E. Grimes), Kansas City Review
- "Interior Reality" (R. Trafton), The Kansas City Star, Art, May 16