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 — Milan, Italy
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Berlin

Education

2011 — BA Honors, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Solo Exhibitions and Performances

Solo Exhibitions / Performances
2026 — Transfiguration: Rachel Libeskind and the Tiffany Window, Akron Art Museum, Ohio
2025 — What is a Flag?, wildpalms, Düsseldorf
2025 — What is a Flag?, ArtVilnius with wildpalms, Vilnius
2025 — It’s Just a Matter of Attitude, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2025 — Golden Record, Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania
2024 — Golden Record, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Alabama
2024 — The Omer Count: Tikkun Leil Shavuot, HAU 3, Berlin
2024 — Dialectics of Departure II (performance), HAU 2, Berlin
2024 — Good Morning Beautiful, Signs and Symbols, New York
2022 — Transparent Things, Signs and Symbols, New York
2022 — Strike, wildpalms, Düsseldorf
2021 — Read the Book (performance), Salon am Moritzplatz, LABA Berlin, Berlin
2021 — What’s She Saying? (online exhibition), Signs and Symbols, New York
2021 — End of Icons, New Release Gallery, New York
2020 — You Don’t Look Historical. You Look Hysterical, 14A, Hamburg
2020 — Athenian Salt, Signs and Symbols, New York
2020 — What Happens in the Kitchen (online exhibition), Signs and Symbols, New York
2019 — Dry Docking (with Jonah Bokaer), Hudson Eye Festival, Hudson, New York
2019 — Sensation—Sensitivity—Creativity—Productivity—Communication (two-person exhibition with Carmen Winant), Signs and Symbols, New York
2018 — Double Helix (with Jonah Bokaer), Mana Contemporary, Miami
2018 — War (&) Etiquette, 14A, Hamburg
2018 — They Only Give You Power If You Give Them Death (performance), Fortnight Institute, New York
2018 — The Traveling Bag, Bombay Beach Biennale, Salton Sea, California
2018 — All About My Self, The Department Store, Brixton, London
2017 — The Death of the Father, Khorasheh + Grunert, New York
2017 — All the World from A–Z, New Release Gallery, New York
2016 — The Circumcision of Christ and Modern Oblivion, Contini Gallery, London
2016 — Holy Trash, Center for Jewish History, New York
2015 — American Gothic, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York
2015 — Inaugural Young Artists Festival, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2015 — The Rachel Libeskind Society, Hansel & Gretel & Pocket Utopia, New York
2015 — La Voix Humaine: An Opera, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami
2014 — The Traveling Bag, Festival di Spoleto, Spoleto, Italy
2012 — NACHT/MACHT, Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 — Abstract Now, curated by Noa Wynn, Ezra Gallery, Hamptons, New York
2025 — Tutto Ciò Che Luccica, Contini Art Gallery, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
2024 — Bellyache, Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, India
2022 — Invisible Thread, Baker Museum, Naples, Florida
2021 — That Was Then, This Is Now, Signs and Symbols, New York
2021 — LABA Berlin: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, Berlin
2021 — Everything Has Its Place, curated by Dr. Kathy Battista, Sevil Dolmacı Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 — Praxis of Change, Firetti Contemporary, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2021 — Artists & Allies IV (online), Signs and Symbols, New York
2021 — BID21 Biennale Internazionale Donna, curated by Gabriela von Habsburg, Trieste, Italy
2021 — NADA House 2021, New Art Dealers Alliance, Governors Island, New York
2020 — Artists & Allies III (online), Signs and Symbols, New York
2020 — Critical Zones, curated by Bruno Latour, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
2020 — The Decameron: Day 8 (online exhibition), New Release Gallery, New York
2020 — The Drowned, curated by Aaron Levi Garvey, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, Alabama
2018 — Artists & Allies, Signs and Symbols, New York
2017 — Occupy Mana, Mana Contemporary, Newark, New Jersey
2017 — Group Portrait, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, New York
2017 — Cosmic Collisions, Merz Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland, UK
2017 — Baño de Oro, Chloro Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 — Besides Colonialism, José de la Fuente Gallery, Santander, Spain
2017 — UNTITLED Art Fair Miami Beach, wildpalms, Miami Beach
2016 — Minerva Presents, Cuevas Tilleard Gallery, New York
2016 — Book Books, Berliner Imbiss, wildpalms, Düsseldorf
2016 — Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York
2015 — Site 109 Gallery, New York
2015 — Presenting wildpalms, wildpalms, Düsseldorf
2015 — Conceived Without Sin, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2015 — Jewel Box Revue, Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden, New York
2015 — Winter Tales, Alludo Room, Kitzbühel, Austria
2014 — Artecho, SunWest Studios, New York
2014 — Traces, Brooklyn, New York
2014 — Enter, National Lithuanian Arts Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 — New Patron Presents: An Exhibition, 355 Bowery, New York
2013 — Labo Expo, Milan, Italy
2013 — Decenter Armory, New York
2013 — 15 Warren, New York
2013 — The Jewel Box Revue, Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden, New York
2013 — RE:SANDY, New York
2012 — Salon Zürcher, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
2012 — 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, New York
2021 — LABA Berlin Fellowship, LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, Jewish Center Fraenkelufer Synagogue, Berlin
2021 — Erie Arts & Culture × Long Roads Project, Erie, Pennsylvania
2019 — Long Road Projects, Jacksonville, Florida
2018 — The Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York
2018 — Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii
2015 — The Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2014 — The Art Students League of New York, New York
2014 — 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2013 — The Artist Pension Trust, New York
2013 — The Berlin Collective, Berlin, Germany
2012 — The Watermill Center, Water Mill, 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
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

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

2019 — Dayal, Mira, “Critics’ Picks: Rachel Libeskind and Carmen Winant,” Artforum, July 10

2019 — “Carmen Winant & Rachel Libeskind,” OK Magazine, July 2019 issue

2019 — “Rachel Libeskind and Carmen Winant: Puzzles of the Self,” Lomography, July 29

2019 — Cascone, Sarah, “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet, June 24

2019 — 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

2018 — 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

2017 — Steiner, Juliana, “Artist Rachel Libeskind’s new performance examines the legacy of Stalin,” Art Report, November 23

2017 — Hermsmeier, Lukas, “Die Kunstgläubige,” Der Tagesspiegel, February 6

2017 — Pogrund, Gabriel, “Relative Values: The World Trade Center architect Daniel Libeskind and his daughter, Rachel,” The Times UK, January 8

2017 — 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

2016 — Mazzochi, Sherry, “Holy Hoard,” Manhattan Times, September 28

2016 — Gotthardt, Alexxa, “15 Artists in NY Summer Group Shows Who Deserve Solo Shows,” Artsy, July 25

2016 — Nunes, Andrew, “America’s Turbulent History Gets Reimagined for a Browser-Based Exhibition,” The Creators Project, July 11

2016 — 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

2015 — Kinsella, Eileen, “Patti Smith’s Play is Staged by Art World’s Next Generation at Historic Chelsea Hotel,” Artnet News, June 13

2015 — Barone, Joshua and Ryzik, Melena, “Spare Times for June 12–18: Young Artists at the Chelsea,” June 11

2015 — Laster, Paul, “10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 12,” Observer, June 8

2015 — Lehrer, Adam, “Multi-Media Artists Rachel Libeskind Reveals the Art of Packing in ‘The Traveling Bag,’” Forbes, June 10

2015 — 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 Bynes,” Refinery29, April 18

2012 — Logan Bikoff, Mary, “Artist Rachel Libeskind Shocks and Awes,” Paper Magazine, October 18

Selected Work

Current

Rachel Libeskind: Hilliard Art Museum - Rachel Libeskind at Hilliard Art Museum, "If There Be Nothing New, But That Which Is" Rachel explores how we process everyday moments in an age of visual overload.