Lisi Raskin

 ©Chris Baker

Portal 3, 2004
A 225 square foot area containing ersatz toxic spills is isolated by chain link fencing and marked with hand-made, crudely rendered warning signs. This installation presents an experimental research project in which specially developed bacteria are eliminating toxic elements in the soil.

Born 1974
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education
2003 M.F.A., Columbia University, New York, NY
1996 B. A., Fine Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Lisi Raskin has been exhibiting her work nationally for the past four years, and last year she presented her work in Lithuania as part of 24/7 at the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius. Selected exhibitions include: High Desert Test Sites 3, Joshua Tree, CA (2003); New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY (2003); Procession, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (2002); High Desert Test Site Project, Joshua Tree, CA (2002); Escape, Egizio’s Project, New York, NY (2002); Mondo Cane, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (2002); Ides of March Biannual, ABC No Rio, New York, NY (2002); Living with the Genie Conference, Low Library, Columbia University, New York, NY (2002); Space/Place, Duncan & Miller Gallery, Washington DC (2000).

Lisi Raskin has received numerous awards including an American Academy in Berlin Fellowship (2004); the Joan Sovern Sculpture Award, Columbia University (2002); Merit Fellowship, Columbia University (2001); Mortimer Hays Traveling Fellowship, Brandeis University (1998); Louis P. Rabinovich Award: Painting and Sculpture, Brandeis University (1996); Gertrude Carnowsky Award: Creative Arts, Brandeis University (1995); and the Remis Award for Summer Study, Brandeis University (1995).