Raïssa Venables     Works     Vita
* 1977   New Paltz, USA
EDUCATION
1999 - 2002 Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, Master of Fine Arts (Photography).
1995 - 1999 Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography and Ceramic Sculpture).
1993 -   1994 - 1997 The Art Student’s League of New York (Anatomy for Life Drawing).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "All That Glitters", B.A.T. Campus Gallery, Bayreuth, Germany (21.10. - 19.11.2010)
"All That Glitters", Galerie WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany (22.10. - 4.12.2010)
"Raïssa Venables", galería matthias hauser, La Coruña, Spain (14.05. - 30.07.2010)
2009 Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany (S).
2008 WAGNER + PARTNER, Maybe too lofty?, Berlin, Germany.
2007 Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany.
R.A.I.R. Works 40, 516 ARTS, Alberquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany.
Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, Germany.
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, United States.
2006 Digitale Fotografien, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany.
New Works, Galerie HERRMANN & WAGNER, Berlin, Germany.
2005 Intimacies, Project Room, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
2004 Claustrophobia, Galerie sphn (HERRMANN & WAGNER), Berlin, Germany.
2003 Opened Rooms and Other Vessels, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program 40th Anniversary, RMAC, Roswell, New Mexico, USA.
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion – Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art   Foundation, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Inaugural Exhibition, USA.
Frozen Moments, Galerie Christa Burger, Munich, Germany.
2006 Photos and Phantasy, Frederik R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.
2004 Field of Depth: Landscapes as Metaphor in emerging photography, latincollector, New York, USA.
2003 Hosted by ProArts and the Jersey City Museum, Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, New Jersey, USA.
Spirit in the House, (with Hiroshi Tachibana), The Interfaith Center of New   York, USA.
IS/WAS, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Progressive Collection, Mayfield Village, Ohio, USA
Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ (Permanent Collection), USA
The Kansas City Mayor’s Office, Kansas City, Missouri (Temporary Collection, 2000-2002), USA
DST Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri (Permanent Collection), USA
DZ-Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
UBS Zurich, Switzerland
Sammlung Knauthe, Berlin, Germany
GRG Dienstleistunggruppe, Berlin, Germany
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Marroque, Switzerland, Great Britain, USA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2006 - 2007 Rosswell Fellowship, New Mexico, USA.
2004 - 2005 Lower Manhatten Cultural Council, LMCC/Workspace 120 Broadway, USA.
2004 Galerie sphn (HERRMANN & WAGNER) Artist in Residence Program, Berlin.
Andrew Rhodes Fund for Young Artists, Visual Arts Foundation, USA.