RACHEL LIBESKIND

She explores socio-political topics relevant to our contemporary society, but at the same time analysing their historical roots and developments – whether it be e.g. fundamental religious topics or the role of the female figure within different societal structures.

With a critical eye and courage, she gets the bottom of these topics and expresses this in a very poetic manner through verious artistic media, such as collage, tapestry, sculpture, books and performance.

www.rachellibeskind.com

Born 1989 in Milan, Italy Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York & Berlin

EDUCATION

2011, Harvard University, BA Honors

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2024 Forthcoming solo exhibition, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Alabama

2022 Transparent Things, signs and symbols, New York, New York Strike, wildpalms, Düsseldorf, DE

2021 Read the Book (performance), Salon am Moritzplatz, LABA Berlin: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, Berlin, Germany What’s She Saying? (online), signs and symbols, New York, New York End of Icons, New Release, New York, New York

2020 You don’t look historical. You Look Hysterical, 14A, Hamburg, Germany Athenian Salt, signs and symbols, New York, New York What Happens in the Kitchen (online exhibition), signs and symbols, New York, New York

2019 Dry Docking, with Jonah Bokaer, as part of The Hudson Eye curated by Aaron Levi Garvey, organized by Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation, Hudson, New York sensation—sensitivity—creativity—productivity—communication (two-person exhibition with Carmen Winant), signs and symbols, New York, New York

2018 Double Helix, with Jonah Bokaer, Mana Contemporary, Miami, Florida War (&) Etiquette, 14A, Hamburg, Germany They Only Give You Power If You Give Them Death (performance), Fortnight Institute, New York, New York The Traveling Bag, Bombay Beach Biennale, Salton Sea, California All About My Self, The Department Store Brixton, London, UK

2017 The Death of the Father, Khorasheh + Grunert, New York, New York All the World from A-Z, New Release Gallery, New York, New York

2016 The Circumcision of Christ and Modern Oblivion, Contini Gallery, London, UK Holy Trash, Center for Jewish History, New York, New York

2015 American Gothic, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York Inaugural Young Artists Festival, Chelsea Hotel, New York, New York The Rachel Libeskind Society, Hansel & Gretel & Pocket Utopia, New York, New York LA VOIX HUMAINE: An Opera, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, Florida

2014 The Traveling Bag, Festival di Spoleto, Spoleto, Italy 2012 NACHT/MACHT, Watermill Center, Long Island, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHBITIONS

2022 Invisible Thread, Baker Museum, Naples, Florida
2021 That was then, this is now, signs and symbols, New York, New York LABA Berlin 2021, LABA Berlin: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, Berlin, Germany Everything Has Its Place, curated by Dr. Kathy Battista, Sevil Dolmacı Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Praxis of Change, Firetti Contemporary, Dubai, United Arab Emirates artists & allies IV (online), signs and symbols, New York, New York BID21 Biennale Internazionale Donna, curated by Gabriela von Habsburg, Trieste, Italy NADA House 2021, New Art Dealers Alliance, Governors Island, New York, New York
2020 artists & allies III (online), signs and symbols, New York, New York CRITICAL ZONES, curated by Bruno Latour, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany The Decameron: Day 8 (online exhibition), New Release Gallery, New York, New York The Drowned, curated by Aaron Levi Garvey, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, Alabama
2018 artist and allies, signs and symbols, New York, New York
2017 Occupy Mana, Mana Contemporary, Newark, New Jersey Group Portrait, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, New York Cosmic Collisions, Merz Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland, UK Baño de Oro, Chloro Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico Besides Colonialism, Jose de La Fuente Gallery, Santander, Spain UNTITLED Art Fair Miami Beach, wildpalms, Miami Beach
2016 Minerva Presents, Cuevas Tilleard Gallery, New York, New York Book books, Berliner Imbiss, wildpalms, Dusseldorf, Germany Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, New York
2015 Site 109 Gallery, New York, New York presenting wildpalms, wildpalms, Düsseldorf, Germany Conceived without Sin, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, New York Jewel Box Revue, Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden, New York, New York Winter Tales, Alludo Room, Kitzbuhel, Austria
2014 Artecho, SunWest Studios, New York, New York Traces: A group exhibition, Brooklyn, New York Enter, National Lithuanian Arts Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania New Patron Presents: An Exhibition, 355 Bowery, New York, New York.
2013 Labo Expo, Milan, Italy Decenter Armory, New York, New York 15 WARREN: a group show downtown, 15 Warren Street, New York, New York The Jewel Box Revue, Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden, New York, New York RE:SANDY, A Benefit Auction, New York, New York
2012 Salon Zurcher, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, France TWO-D, GRASSGRASS, London, UK
2011 “O, Pioneers!”, Carpenter Center at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Guest Curator / Digital Residency, NYPL Picture Collection, Instagram takeover @nyplpicturecollection
2021 LABA Berlin Fellowship, LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture hosted by Jewish Center Fraenkelufer Synagogue, Berlin, Germany Erie Arts & Culture x Long Roads Project, Erie, Pennsylvania
2019 Long Road Projects, Jacksonville, Florida
2018 The Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii
2015 The Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2014 The Art Student’s League of New York, New York 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2013 The Artist Pension Trust, New York, New York The Berlin Collective, Berlin, Germany
2012 The Watermill Center, Watermill, New York

PRESS, BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

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ARTIST BOOKS

2018 They Only Give You Power If You Give Them Death (self-published performance zine)

2017 Kinder Kalender All the World from A-Z (2017)

2016 Circumcision of Christ and Modern Oblivion (exhibition catalog published by Contini Gallery) 2012 The Wild West (exhibition catalog published by Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden)

PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGS

2023 Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art, Phaidon Press

2021 Critical Zones The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth, edited by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel, co-published by MIT Press and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS

2021 Smith, Roberta, ”On Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere,“ The New York Times, May 6

2020 Kastner, Jeffrey, “Rachel Libeskind at signs and symbols,” Artforum, September 2020 Tai, Chloe, ”Exhibition Review: Athenian Salt at signs and symbols,” Musee Magazine, September 24 2019 Kourlas, Gia, “5 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend,” The New York Times, August 22 Dayal, Mira, “Critics’ Picks: Rachel Libeskind and Carmen Winant,” Artforum, July 10 “Carmen Winant & Rachel Libeskind,” OK Magazine, July 2019 issue “Rachel Libeskind and Carmen Winant: Puzzles of the Self,” Lomography, July 29 Cascone, Sarah, “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet, June 24 Hutton, Belle, “Collages Exploring What Womanhood Means Today” Another Magazine, June 4

2018 Indrisek, Scott, “17 Artists Share the Music that Inspires Them,” Artsy, June 27 Tang, Nancy, “Look at Rachel Libeskind,” Office Magazine, January 19 2017 Cascone, Sarah, “Editor’s Picks: 18 Things to See in New York This Week,” Artnet News, November 27 Steiner, Juliana, “Artist Rachel Libeskind’s new performance examines the legacy of Stalin,” Art Report, November 23 Hermsmeier, Lukas, “Die Kunstgläubige,” Der Tagesspiel, February 6 Pogrund, Gabriel, “Relative Values: The World Trade Center architect Daniel Libeskind and his daughter, Rachel,” The Times UK, January 8 Gabisonia, Nino, “Rachel Libeskind: A Rebel Heart,” Metal Magazine, January 2 2016 Oliver, Charlotte, “Making Art from an Intimate Ritual,” The Jewish Chronicle, October 16 Mazzochi, Sherry, “Holy Hoard,” Manhattan Times, September 28 Gotthardt, Alexxa, “15 Artists in NY Summer Group Shows Who Deserve Solo Shows,”Artsy, July 25 Nunes, Andrew, “America’s Turbulent History Gets Reimagined for a Browser-Based Exhibition,” The Creators Project, July 11 Messinger, Sarah, “Funny While Female: Four Artists on Gender, Humor, and Performance,” The Creators Project, January 11 2015 Tell, Caroline, “Rachel Libeskind: A Performance Artist Blossoms,” The New York Times, October 9 Kinsella, Eileen, “Patti Smith’s Play is Staged by Art World’s Next Generation at Historic Chelsea Hotel,” Artnet News, June 13 Barone, Joshua and Ryzik, Melena, Spare Times for June 12-18: Young Artists at the Chelsea,” June 11 Laster, Paul, “10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 12,” Observer, June 8 Lehrer, Adam, “Multi-Media Artists Rachel Libeskind Reveals the Art of Packing in ‘The Traveling Bag,’” Forbes, June 10 Saunders, Hilary, “Communication Breakdown: La Voix Humaine at Bas Fisher International,” Miami New Times, February 17

2013 Greenberg, Annie Georgia, “Today: Get to Know This On-The-Rise Artist Who’s Inspired by Amanda Bines,” Refinery29, April 18 2012 Logan Bikoff, Mary, “Artist Rachel Libeskind Shocks and Awes,“ Paper Magazine, October 18 De Rosa, Wanda, “The Circumcision of Christ and Modern Oblivion by Rachel Libeskind,“ the Protagonist Magazine, October 10