Lisi Raskin
| Lisi Raskin | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 16, 1974 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA Brandeis University; MFA Columbia University School of the Arts |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Installation art |
| Awards | Creative Time Global Residency, Artist's Fellowship Inc, Mayer Foundation Fellowship, Berlin Prize, Hayward Prize: American Austrian Foundation, Mortimer Hays Traveling Fellowship |
Lisi Raskin (born 1974) is a New York based artist known for creating large-scale, architectural environments that refer to the often clandestine fallout shelters and missile silos constructed during the Cold War. Raskin performs rigorous field research in order to understand these architectures and the stories embedded within them. In an effort to articulate the nuance of alternate narratives, Raskin often stages performances and displays discrete art objects ranging from drawings and paintings to sculpture within her installations. Often Raskin employs the assistance of her male, German, alter-ego, Herr Doktor Wolfgang Hauptman to exorcise repressed cultural narratives that lurk in her choice of subject matter.
Raskin was born on April 16, 1974 in Miami, Florida, the eldest of four children. She grew up in a newly forming, suburban housing development, a location she has referred to as the site of her earliest adventures, play, and invention in the landscape. In 1996 Raskin received a BA from Brandeis University. In 2003, she received her MFA from Columbia University in New York City. While at Columbia, Raskin studied with Jon Kessler, Kara Walker, Coco Fusco, Dana Hoey and anthropologist Michael Taussig.
In 2013 Raskin traveled to Afghanistan as part of Creative Time Global Residency Program. In 2005, Raskin was awarded 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 and Art in Contemporary Culture at 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, Socrates Sculpture Park, PS1/MoMa, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, and Artists Space. Since then she has had solo gallery shows at Milliken in Stockholm, Reception in Berlin and Churner and Churner in New York.
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