SABRINA RAAF
Chicago
, IL

Education

1999 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL, Art and Technology

Selected Exhibitions (* designates solo show)

2007

"Meet the New You", Des Moines Art Center , curated by Laura Burkhalter

2006

Grower + ?, Lunds Konsthall, Malmo , Sweden , curated by Lars Gustav Midboe (as part of Electrohype)

  This is Gallery, Lawrimore Project, Seattle , WA
  Are you Serious?, Wendy Cooper Gallery , curated by Lindsey L. Delahanty and Jason Lazarus, Chicago , IL
 

Watermark , Arena 1, Santa Monica , CA , Curated by Angela Diamos

  Mejan Labs, Stockholm Sweden, curated by Björn Norberg *
  rift --> ad rift, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL *
  Utopia, Kohler Arts Center , curated by Lena Vigna, Sheboygan , WI
  Out of this world…, LIMN Gallery , San Francisco , curated by Christine Duval
  National Psyche, The Lab, San Francisco, curated by Elliot Lessing
2005 Oboro Center for the Arts, curated by Valerie Lamontagne, Montreal, Canada *
  I Live Tomorrow, Espace Landowski, Paris, France, curated by Nicola Borg-Pisani & Anne Wolff
  Hybrid: Living in Paradox, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
  Roboter, Opelvillen Art Foundation, Rüsselsheim, Germany, curated by Dr. Beate Kemfert
  Artbots 2005, Dublin, Ireland, curated by Douglas Repetto, Michael John Gorman, and Marie Redmond
  Float, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
  Nova Art Fair, Test People Series, Chicago, IL
  Brides of Frankenstein, San Jose Museum of Art, California, Curated by Marcia Tanner
  Moving Parts, Museum Tinguely, curated by Peter Weibel, Heinz Stahlhut, Peter Pakesch, and Katrin Bucher, Basel, Switzerland
  Float, Indiana University Northeast, curator Neil Goodman, Gary, Indiana *
  The Art of the Artist Statement, curated by Georgia Kotretsos and Maria Paschalidou, Hellenic Museum, Chicago
2004 Moving Parts, Kunsthaus Graz, curated by Peter Weibel, Heinz Stahlhut, Peter Pakesch, and  Katrin Bucher, Austria
  Wearable Experience, ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Arts),August 14th- 22nd, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallinn (Estonia)
  Sabrina Raaf, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Indiana *
  Machinista, 2004, "Art from the Machine", Glasgow, Scotland
  Who makes self portraits in 2004?!, curated by Jason Lazarus, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Possible Worlds, curated by Dana Sperry, SoFa Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
  For the Birds, The Clarke House Museum, a Department of Cultural Affairs invitational,Curated by Edward Maldonado, Chicago, IL
2003 eShow, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, curated by Barry Blinderman
  Roving, Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL *
  Catching Up with the Sun, curated by David Coyle and Howard Fonda, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
  Art Chicago, Klein Art Works Gallery, Chicago, IL (Navy Pier)
  SOURCE, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 Here and Now, Chicago Cultural Center, Curated by James Rondeau, Greg Knight, Lanny Silverman, Chicago, IL
  Sense Data, Painted Bride Center, Philadelphia, PA
  POSTFLESH, California State University, Sacremento, CA
  Sculpture in Chicago Now, curated by Adam Brooks and Cory Postiglione, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Signal::Noise, Swanson-Read Gallery, Louisville, KY
2001 :::Interface: Exploring Possibilities::::, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Breathing Room, Recent Works by Sabrina Raaf, Moreau Gallery, Notre Dame, IL *
  Immersive Art Symposium, Block Museum, Evanston, IL
  Grounding Lines, Freeark Gallery, Riverside, IL
2000 in::FORMATION, sine::apsis experiments, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL Catalog essay:  www.uturn.org/synapsis
  Wired Women, The Gallery at the Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
1999 EMBODYdisembody, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hemicycle Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  EMBODYdisembody, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
  Breath Cultures, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

Curatorial Experience

2004 Tart, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
2003 Reticent Robots, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
  Fractured Lines, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 2002 Sound.scapes and Inter.actors, 11th Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 EMBODYdisembody, co-curated with Karen Holzberg, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C and the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1996 Bathers: Contemporary Photographic Works, Washington Center for Photography, Washington, D.C.
1995 Beyond the Looking Glass: Contemporary Women Photographers, David Adamson Gallery, Washington D.C.
1994 The Iris of Dionysus, M.O.C.A. (Museum of Contemporary Art), Washington, D.C.

Awards, Grants, and Commissions

2008 Suyama, curated by Beth Sellars
2007 Hyde Park Art Center
  McCormick Place
2005 International Art Award from Bridge Magazine
  Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation, Chicago
  Illinois Art Council Fellowship Grant (Interdisciplinary Art)
  Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College
2004 Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation, Chicago
  International Digital Art Award (IDAA)
2002 Creative Capital Grant in Emerging Fields
  Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College
2001 Illinois Art Council Fellowship Grant
  CAAP Grant, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1997 Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Grant, Ithaca, NY
1996 Cornell Council for the Arts Grant, Ithaca, NY
1995 Beatrice Brown Award, Ithaca, NY
   


 
 

Sabrina Raaf

  rift --> ad-rift 2006
  2003-5 works