EDUCATION

2010

• MPS in Digital Photography • School of Visual Arts, NY

2002

• MFA in Photography
• Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at BARD College, NY

1999

• BFA • Concentration in Photography + Ceramic Sculpture
• Kansas City Art Institute

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

• Open Spaces • LAURENCE MILLER GALLERY, New York, New York

2014

• Clearing Space • WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany

2012

• Farbreiz – Licht und Farbe im Werk von Raïssa Venables • Kunstverein Speyer, Germany

2011

• Rendered Visible • Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2010

• All That Glitters • Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany
• Raïssa Venables • BAT CampusGalerie, Bayreuth, Germany
• A New Perspective of Wahnfried • Richard Wagner Museum, Bayreuth, Germany
• Raïssa Venables • Galería Matthias Hauser, La Coruna, Spain

2009

• Raïssa Venables Photography • Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Raïssa Venables Fotografie • Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Germany
• Raïssa Venables Fotografie • Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2008

• Maybe Too Lofty? • Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany

2007

• Raïssa Venables • Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany
• Raïssa Venables • Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Niederwall, Germany
• In the Guest House • Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, USA
• Raïssa Venables • Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
• Raïssa Venables • Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Germany

2006

• Raïssa Venables: Digitale Fotografien • Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
• Raïssa Venables: New Works • Galerie Herrmann and Wagner, Berlin, Germany

2005

• Intimacies • Jersey City Museum, NJ

2004

• Claustrophobia • Galerie Sphn, Berlin, Germany

2003

• Opened Rooms and Other Vessels • Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 to 2020

• SPACE: TIME AND PLACE • Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

2018

• COLOR AND PATTERN - Venables / Cain / Sall • Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN

2017

• Inaugural Exhibition • Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN

2014

• Phenomena ~ The Material Image • The Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS

2012

• I am not Interested in Reality • Ausstellung anläßlich des Europäischen Monats der Fotografie, WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin
• Kunstverein Ulm - 1887 bis heute • Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
• GOD + Co. • Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2011

• Breitseite - Im Fokus: Raum • villaMERKEL|BAHNWÄRTERhaus, Esslingen, Germany
• Things Are Queer: Highlights of the UniCredit Collection, MARTA Herford Museum, Germany
• Herein!, ART FOYER of the DZ-Bank (Art Collection), Frankfurt, Germany

2010

• The Adventure of Reality • Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute • The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
• Realism - The Adventure of Reality • Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
• Realism - The Adventure of Reality • Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
• Blütezeit: Malerei, Fotografie und Skulptur • Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Germany

2009

• The Inner Eye: Interiors of Contemporary Art • Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
• Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York • The Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT
• One Step Beyond Reality, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany
• Times of Prosperity • Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2008

• The Brand New Deal • Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
• Real: Selections from the DZ Bank Art Collection • Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
• Photos and Phantasy: Selections from The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation • Carnegie Art Museum, CA

2007

• R.A.I.R. Works 40 • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Roswell Artist-In-Residence Program 40th Anniversary • RMAC, New Mexico
• The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion – Selections From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
• Frozen Moments • Galerie Christa Burger, Munich, Germany

2006

• Photos and Phantasy • The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles

2004

• Field of Depth: Landscapes as Metaphor in Emerging Photography • latincollector, NY

2003

• 0730too: Contemporary Art in Jersey City • Hosted by ProArts and The Jersey City Museum
• Spirit In The House (with Hiroshi Tachibana) • The Interfaith Center of New York
• Is/Was • Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Germany

• Sammlung Knauthe, Berlin
• Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden
• DZ-Bank Sammlung, Frankfurt a.M.
• Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M
• British American Tobacco Collection
• HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit Bank), Munich
• Kunsthalle in Emden

Switzerland

• UBS

United States

• Tweed Museum of Art / University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota
• Nelson-Atkins Museum / Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
• Jersey City Museum, New Jersey
• Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, New Mexico
• Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, Ohio
• Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles

AWARDS AND HONORS

2012

Kansas City Art Institute Distinguished Alumna + Visiting Artist

2010

British American Tobacco Exhibition and Catalog Award, Germany

2009

• Radius: Emerging Artists From Connecticut + Southeastern New York
• Juried Exhibition sponsored by The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art + The Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT

2006-2007

• Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, New Mexico, USA

2004-2005

• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC/Workspace 120 Broadway, New York

2004

• Galerie Herrmann + Wagner Artist-in-Residence Program, Berlin, Germany
• Andrew Rhodes Fund for Young Artists, Awarded by the Visual Arts Foundation

MONOGRAPHS / SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGS

2010

• "Raïssa Venables, BAT CampusGalerie Exhibition", British American Tobacco, Germany. Essay by Ulf Erdmann Ziegler.

2006

• "Raïssa Venables", Hatje Cantz Verlag. Essays by Matthias Harder and Monika Machnicki. Interview by Lori Waxman.

OTHER BOOKS / GROUP PUBLICATIONS

2012

• “Corporate Collections”, Conzen, F. and Salié, O. DAAB Publishing, p 109.

2011

“Things Are Queer: Highlights of Art Collection UniCredit”, MARTA Herford Kerber Verlag, p 138-139.

2010

• "Realismus, Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit", Essays by Christiane Lange and Nihls Ohlsen. Hirmer Verlag, p 77 & 88.

2008

• "The Belnord: One Building, Two Hundred and Thirteen Homes", Julian Calder Publishing, p 50-51.
• "Real: Photographs from the Collection of the DZ Bank", Hatje Cantz Verlag, Cover, p 112-113

SELECTED REVIEWS, ARTICLES + PUBLICATIONS

2021

Photo of the Week #122 Laurence Miller Gallery

2020

Photo of the Week #108 Laurence Miller Gallery

2015

The Kansas City Star - Dana Self - "First rate ‘Phenomena’ group show at Epsten Gallery offers varied world views" Jan 2, 2015.

2014

Du Magazin - Peter Gross - "Die Grenzerfahrung" Issue 848, July / August 2014, p 38 - 47.

EXBERLINER Magazine - Friday Mickl - "Raïssa Venables - Clearing Space" Issue 127, May 2014, p 46.

Berliner Zeitung - Ingeborg Ruthe - "Menschenleere Seelenräume" May 15, Kulturkalender p 7.

ELLE (Deutsche) - "Kultur & Menschen: Nicht verpassen" June 2014, p 74.

New England Review, Volume 35, Number 1, Cover.

WAIT A MO - Tanja Nedwig - "Raissa Venables: Clearing Space" May 10, www.waitamo.de

Die Welt - "Weiß gegen die Banalität" May 8 Print + May 10 Online.

Bilder Reisen - "Ausstellung: Raïssa Venables: Clearing Space (Berlin)" May 10, Online.

Be IN Berlin, May 2014 p 59.

NAU NUA Art Magazine - Juan Carlos Romero - "Aerating the Space." April, Online Edition.

Brennpunkt: Magazin für Fotograpfie - "Raissa Venables: Clearing Space" Feb 2014, p 12.

2013

Le Journal de la Photographie - "Weekend Portfolios: W.M Hunt's Selection 02.02.2013" Feb 2, 2013, Online.

2012

Elizabeth Avedon Blog - "RAISSA VENABLES: I'm Not Interested In Reality" Nov 4, 2012.

Popular Photography - Debbie Grossman - "Masters of Art: Three Pros Show How It's Done" March, p 58 – 59.

2011

Foto Magazine Edition - Manfred Zollner - "Raïssa Venables: Taumeltanz der Perspektive" Summer, p 46 – 49.

Festspiel Nachrichten - Ute Eschenbacher - "Tempel der Sinne - Raissa Venables: "Was ewig ist, ist nicht von dieser Welt" August, p 20-22.

2010

• art - Das Kunstmagazin - Fenna Lübsen / Nadine Hartmann “Gib mir fünf! Tipps der Woche.” Oct 28.
• Der Tagesspiegel - Simone Reber. “Beim Zahnarzt.” Nov 27.
• Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten - “Gewölbe-Foto kommt nach Dresden” Oct 29.
• Nordbayerischer Kurier - Heike Schwandt “Spiel mit der optischen Logik” Oct 23/24, p 11.
• Kansas City Star - Dana Self "Depth of Field" Aug 15, p F3.
• Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Willibald Sauerländer. "Wir wollen es Abenteuer nennen" June 14.
• Nordbayerischer Kurier - Christina Knorz. "Faszinierende Raumkörper" Mar 11, p 22.

2009

• ARTnews - Kathryn M. Davis - “Raissa Venables, Klaudia Marr, Santa Fe” Nov, p 121-122.
• Pasatiempo of The New Mexican - Paul Weideman - “Elevating Spaces ” Jul 31 - Aug 6, p 32-33.
• Santa Fean - Sardy Marin - “Raissa Venables” June/July, p 51-52.
• American Art Collector - “The Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Sante Fe” May, p 75.
• The: Sante Fe’s Monthly Art Magazine - Guy Cross - “Person of Interest: Raïssa Venables” Feb/Mar.
• Frankfurter Rundschau - “Im Sog Des Fluchtpunkts" Jan 17-18.
• Die Welt – Welt Online - A. Hilgenstock - “Kurz-Kritiken" January 9.
• Weltkunst - "Erhabene Orte." January, p 68.

2008

• Taz - "Erhabene Orte" Dec 12, p 25.
• Berliner Zeitung - "Kunst: Raïssa Venables" Dec 5.
• PCTV - GG Kopilak. “Pleasantville Connects to the Visual Arts: Raïssa Venables” Oct 18-24.
• Süddeutschen Zeitung - SZ Galerie-Tipp, Jun 9.
• Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung, Jun 13, p 60.

2007

• "Raïssa Venables, Vom Sturz Der Perspektiven" Punkt. Kunst Im Nordwesten. Dec 30, p 23.
• Klause, D. “Stürzende Perspektiven.” Schon, #13 Winter, P 12.
• Kern, T. “Extreme Perspektiven & Schräge Farben." Niedergrafschaft/Obergrafschaft, Oct 29, p 18.
• "Kunst + Kunstverein in Neuenhaus – Abwechslung and Fügung" (CBW) Vechte Kurier, p 10-11.
• Brillman, R. “Rooms With More Than A View.” Local IQ, Jul 2– Aug 8, p 22.
• “Wir Sind Alle Ein Bisschen Verloren” Weltkunst, No. 6, June, p 30-32.
• The: Sante Fe’s Monthly Art Magazine, Jun, p 5.
• Peschke, M. "Raissa Venables." Photonews, No 5, May, p 18.
• Kollros, P. "Es Schwankt Der Boden." Südwestpresse, Mar 20.
• "Wie Reale Räume Unwirklich Erscheinen" (PKO), Südwestpresse, Mar 18.
• Otto. “Wie In Einem Filmtraum.” Neue Ulmer Zeitung, Mar 21, p 33.
• Zollner, Manfred. “The Posessed Space.” Phototechnik International, Jan/Feb, p 44-49.
• Peschke, M. “Unbehagen Im Raum.” Fotoforum, Mar, p 2-3.
• Borowski, J. “Gut Geknipst.” Financial Times Deutschland, Feb 17, p 3.

2006

• “Aktuell Kunst,” Fachzeitschrift Für Zeitgenössische Bildende Kunst, Aug/Oct, p 50.
• Weickenmeier, A. "In Der Farbe Liegt Der Trost." Literaturen, Jul/Aug, P. 90-91.
• VOGUE (Deutsch), June, p 112.
• "Wahnhafte Welten." ELLE (Deutsch), Apr, p 318.
• "Raissa Venables." Wirtschaftswoche, Mar 20, p 167.
• “Fremde Welten.” Qvest, No 19, Mar/Apr, p 33.
• “Das Unheimlich Im Alltag.” Berliner Morgenpost, Mar 9, p 23.
• Online: www.Kunstaspekte.De Termine: Mar 3.
• Online: www.Berlinatnight.De Unter: Kunst: Mar 3.
• TV Production: SWR III, Kulturcafe, Mar 28.

2005

• Gordon, A. “On the Town.” The New York Sun, Apr 25. p 24.

2004

• Genochio, B. “Three Facets of a Jersey City Jewel.” The New York Times, Feb 6, p 9.
• Stein, C. “Opened Rooms And Other Vessels.” Photography-Now, Apr 2.
• Meixner, C. “Der Bewegte Raum.” Berliner Morgenpost, May 15.
• “Unheimliche Räume.” Berliner Morgenpost, Apr 22, p 23.
• “Raumportraits.” Berliner Zeitung, No. 94, Apr 22, p 9.
• “Raumportraits,” Taz Berlin, Apr 28, p 28.
• “Schönes Spiel Mit Bösen Ängsten.” – Ausstellung Des Monats, Prinz Magazin, Apr 22, p 134.
• “Surreal.” – Vernissagen, Tagesspiegel, Ticket, Apr 22-28 , p 11.
• Harley, Lilas. “The Walls Talk – Interview.” EXBERLINER Magazine, June, p 32.

2003

• Kirsh, Elisabeth. “Arts Shows: Joseph Nease Gallery 5-Year Retrospective” The Kansas City Star
• Grimes, Eric. “Space Composed From The Mind’s Eye.” Kansas City Review, Summer, p 103.
• Trafton, Robin. “Interior Reality.” The Kansas City Star, May 16, p 29-30.

LECTURES

• Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
• Jersey City Museum, NJ
• Kansas City Art Institute Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series, Kansas City, MO
• Park West Camera Club, New York, NY
• Parsons MFA Program, New York, NY
• Photography and Imaging, New York, NY
• Pratt College, Brooklyn, NY
• Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY
• Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT
• Roswell Museum of Contemporary Art, NM
• School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO