Raha Raissnia was born in 1968, in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2002 MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1999 Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA
1995-99 Internship, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
1992 BFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
Solo exhibitions
2022
Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Sequence 8: one work, one or two weeks, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
2020
Remain, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2019
Galvanization, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2018
Canto, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2017
Alluvius, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
2015
Selected Works: Raha Raissnia, Ab/Anbar Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Aberration, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2014
Vioi, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2013
Series in Fugue, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Early Spring, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2010
Glean, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2009
Shorthand of Sensation, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
2008
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Stele, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
Anemophily, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
2005
Aphelion, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Epitaphios, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
2003
Court House Gallery at Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
2002
Court House Gallery at Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Group exhibitions
2022
Singing in Unison: Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale that Society Has the Capacity to Destroy, Part 4, Curated by Phong H. Bui and Cal McKeever, Ricco/Maresca New York, NY
Thingamajig, AB-ANBAR, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2021
Greater New York, MoMA, New York, NY, USA
RE:REPRESENTATION - Part II, curated by Dan Cameron, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Ensemble, Château Shatto, Los Angeles, CA, USA
List IV - Another Perspective, O Gallery, Tehran, Iran Regroup Show, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY, USA
30 ans dejà, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Regroup Show, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2020
Long Live Modern Movement, CSS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
To Jonas with love, Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Jenny Holzer, Raha Raissnia y Alex Reynolds, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2019
The Foundation of the Museum: MOCA's Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Scrapbook (or, Why Can’t We Live Together), Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Projective Drawing, curated by Brett Littman, Drawing Lab Paris, France
A Rain of Light & Death, 17Essex, New York, USA
Blackout, curated by Julian Ross, Ambika P3, London, UK
International Film Festival of Rotterdam | Deep Focus: Blackout, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
Laraaji, Raha Raissnia & Panagiotis Mavridis, Simon Trottier, OK LÀ, Stationnement Éthel, Montreal, Canada
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan Theater Main Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice: Raha Raissnia, Lecture Series, University of Washington –Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
Film-Performance with Charles Curtis, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
Film-Performance with Panagiotis Mavridis, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
2017
As World Colliding, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Sedentary Fragmentation, curated By Kimia Maleki, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
In Between: Contemporary Iranian Art (Part 1), curated by Shahram Karimi, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, USA
EXTENDED COMPOSITIONS, Art Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
ST AGNES: Three positions. Six directions. Chapter III: construction-destruction-reconstruction, organized with r/e projects, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Abraaj Group Art Prize Exhibition, curated by Omar Berrada, Art Dubai, UAE
Pattern Recognition, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
We need to talk..., Petzel Gallery, New York, USA
2016
consensus, Signal, Malmö, Sweden
Bienal de Cuenca, curated by Dan Cameron Cuenca, Ecuador
Off Screen, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Summer installation of works by gallery artists, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2015
All the World's Futures, 56th International Art Exhibition, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Venice Biennale, Italy
Frieze New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
NYFIAC, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Paris, France
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2014
A Politics of Drawing: Proposal for a Method of Transformation, curated by Philip Glahn and John O’Connor, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, USA
Art Basel, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Frieze New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
Looking Back – The 8th White Columns Annual, selected by Pati Hertling, White Columns, New York, USA
2013
Frieze New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
Encyclonospace Iranica, curated by Mohammad Salemy, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2012
Frieze New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
ARCO Madrid, Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
Book Week II: In Translation, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York,USA
accrochage, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2011
John Zorn Presents the Obsessions Collective: Works by Artists of Extreme Interest, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York
Art|Basel|Miami Beach – Art Galleries, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Next Wave Art, curated by Dan Cameron, BAM, Brooklyn, New York, USA
There are two sides to every coin, and two sides to your face, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
A Place to Which We Can Come, curated by Serra Sabuncuoglu, Saint Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, New York, USA
New York to London and Back: The Medium of Contingency, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
2010
Engaging the False Mirror, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, curated by Gilian Rappaport, St. Louis, MO, USA
The Alchemy of Things Unknown and a Visual Transformation on meditation, Khastoo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2009
Herd Thinner, curated by David Hunt, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Leave No Trace: Ridges, Troughs & Phantom Limbs, ISCP, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Don’t Perish, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
Stip/Stripe, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, USA
Practice vs. Object, organized by Margaret Liu Clinton, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2007
Late Liberties, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Form As Memory, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Holy Land: Diaspora and the Desert, curated by Joe Baker & Lara Taubman, Heard Museum of Native Cultures and Art, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Hands Up / Hands Down, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Shangri-la Annual Benefit, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, USA
Report from NYC, Susquehanna Arts Museum, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Mechanisms, curated by Duk Ju L. Kim, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Mystery History, curated by Warren Holt, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Spatial Reflections, curated by Warren Holt, Gallery 456, New York, USA
Annual Fine Art Auction Brooklyn, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, USA
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
2003
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
2002
Beyond the Gates, Art in General, New York, USA and Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA (simultaneous two-part exhibition)
Secrets, Pat Hearn, New York, USA
Urban Dreams, curated by Melina Finkelstein, The Drawing Room, Point Reyes Station, CA, USA
2001
Art is a Spirit that Never Dies, curated by Jonas Mekas, M8A Contemporary Art Gallery Den-Hag, Netherlands
Pratt MFA, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Puck Building, New York, USA
Works on Paper, curated by Melina Finkelstein, The Drawing Room, Point Reyes Station, CA, USA
2000
Paintings, curated by Matt Gonzales, Adobe Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Film & Performance / Installation
2019
Galvanoscope 4, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Performance with Panagiotis Mavridis and Dalius Naujokaitis, part of Presents for Jonas!, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Mneme II & Galvanoscope, Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of Deep Focus: Blackout, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
Raha Raissnia: Expanded Film Performances, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Essential Cinema – Live Scores to Films by Maya Deren, Marie Menken, and Raha Raissnia, Music by John Zorn, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia & Stom Sogo with musical accompaniment by Panagiotis Mavridis, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York,
Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of OK LÀ, Stationnement Éthel, Montreal, Canada
Longing, Ann Arbor Film Festival (Films in Competition), Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Freeway I, Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
Nadir 2, Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
2017
Mneme 3 and Nadir, Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of the Syros International Film Festival, Syros, Greece
Free Way (Part II), part of Dreamlands: The Color of Light, organized by Chrissie Iles, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
2016
Nadir 2, Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of Dreamlands: Expanded, organized in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of Perpetual Motion, San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mneme 3 and Nadir, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Modern Mondays, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Basement Performances, curated by John Zorn, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
2015
Holotype Editions Showcase, Ε.Δ.Ω., Athens, Greece
Mneme, part of Render Series, MoMA PS1 Printshop, Queens, New York, USA
2014
Briggan Krauss’ The Need v.3, The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA
mpld: sottosopra/Vioi 3, Raha Raissnia/Gill Arnò, part of Slide Slide Slide, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
NHK’Koyxen, Raha Raissnia/Aki Onda, Arnolfini - Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol, UK
Litany, Raha Raissnia/Panagiotis Mavridis, part of A Particular Kind of Solitude: An exhibition inspired by writings of Robert Walser, curated by Serra Sabuncuoglu, Elizabeth Street Garden, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia/Aki Onda, Outpost Artist Resources, New York, USA
Interzone, Raha Raissnia/John Zorn, The Stone, New York, USA
2013
Raha Raissnia/Aki Onda, part of Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2012
As If Someone Erased Outlines, Raha Raissnia/Aki Onda, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, USA
Slide and film projection performance with the Search & Enjoy choir conducted by Dalius Naujo, part of Surface Affect, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia/Aki Onda, part of And Up Pears L the S, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, USA
2011
Pulso Iraniano, fotografias & videos, energia de uma nova geração revelada, curated by Marc Pottier, OI Futuro- Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brick and Mortar International Video Art Festival, curated by Christoph Cox, Greenfield, MA, USA
Cosmography, Raha Raisnia/Briggan Krauss, The Kitchen, New York, USA
2010
Film Screenings and performances, curated by Jonathan Thomas, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2009
Raha Raisnia/Charles Curtis, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
2008
Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Dundee Contemporary Art Festival, Scotland, UK
2007
Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, Tonic, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, Tank film series, Collective Unconscious, New York,USA
2006
Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, Xippas Gallery, Paris, France
France Installation, Xippas Gallery, Paris, France
The Stone, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia/Charles Curtis, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Systems with Briggan Krauss, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
Raha Raissnia with Nightwatch, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2004
Systems with Briggan Krauss (performance series), Thomas Erbin Gallery, New York, USA
Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
Curation
2003
Saatchi & Saatchi, Harlem Art Project, New York, USA
Court House Gallery at Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
2002
La Miroiterie Gallerie, Paris, France
Bibliography
2019
Kotecha, Shiv, “Raha Raissnia,” Art In America, April
Wiley, Chris, “Raha Raissnia,” Frieze, No. 202, April
Turner, Matt, “Blackout: sliding out of obsolescence,” Sight & Sound, February 28
Clifford, Benjamin, “Raha Raissnia: Galvanization,” BrooklynRail.org, February 12
“10 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week,” ARTnews, January 7
2018
Berg, Tatiana, “Must-See Art Guide: Madrid,” Artnet News, February 22
2017
Hat eld, Zack, “Raha Raissnia,” Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, December
“Raha Raissnia,” Goings On About Town: Art, The New Yorker, December
Schultz, Charles, “In Conversation: Raha Raissnia with Charles Schultz,” BrooklynRail.org, December 13
2016
Ringborg, Theodor, “Consensus” Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, October
Moyles, Amber, “Interview with Raha Raissnia,” DrawingCenter.org
2015
Cruz, Milton, et al., Raha Raissnia: Selected Works, Tehran: Ab/Anbar Gallery (exhibition catalogue)
Jeppesen, Travis, “Reading Capital in Venice,” Art in America, September
Smith, Roberta, “Art for the Planet’s Sake at the Venice Biennale,” The New York Times, May 15
Roerig, Tim, “Raha Raissnia,” All the World's Futures: 56th International Art Exhibition. La Biennale di Venezia (exhibition catalogue)
2014
González Panizo, Javier, “Raha Raissnia: La imagen y su exceso,” BlogeArte.com, July 16
2013
Liotta, Jianne, “Raha Raissnia,” Artists on Artists, BOMB Magazine, Issue 136
Winter Bosco, Roberta, “El arte sin velo de las creadoras iraníes,” El Pais, April 21
2011
“Raha Raissnia, Early Spring,” Time Out New York, June 11
Barragán, Paco, “Raha Raissnia,” ArtPulse, Winter
2010
González Panizo, Javier, “Arte, imagen y tiempo expandido,” Arte10.com
Vozmediano, Elena, “La película plástica de Raha Raissnia,” El Cultural, December 10
Folguera de la Cámara, Ana, “Raha Raissnia en la Galería Marta Cervera,” Revistaclavesdearte.com, November 23
“Raha Raissnia,” Art.es, December
2009
“Shorthand of Sensation,” Paris-Art.com, April 15
2008
Eva Díaz, “Raha Raissnia,” Modern Painters, November
Ben La Rocco, “Raha Raissnia,” The Brooklyn Rail, October
Martha Schwendener, “Raha Raissnia,” The New Yorker, October 1
John Haber “Painting as Subtext,” John Haber’s News and Views, October 16
Sarah Schmerler “Afternoon Delight: LES Art Scene’s a Sunday Surprise,” New York Post, September 27
Stephanie Buhmann “Fall frontier on the Lower East Side: New dimensions of digital art and installations,” The Villager, Vol. 78, No. 17, September 24-30
2007
Adrian Dannatt, “Raha Raissnia,” Flash Art International, No. 252, Jan-FebAaron Yassin, “Painting Epitaphios and Performing Systems,” New York Arts Magazine, May-June
Teaching
2014 – present
Adjunct Professor of Drawing, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
2010 – 2014
Adjunct Professor of Drawing, City College of New York, NY
Grants and Awards
2014 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
2011 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
2001 Pratt Institute Delacroix Award for Painting Excellence
1999 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
1998 Dodd's Travel Grant, Travels to Italy, Spain, and France
Collections
The Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Colección INELCOM, Madrid, Spain
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Pejman Foundation, Tehran, Iran
Pinault Collection