Born 1981, Washington D.C.
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Whitney Independent Study Progam (2007-2008)
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Sculpture (2002-2003)
Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London (2001-2001)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Sean Raspet, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Société, Berlin, Germany
2019
New Molecules and Stem Cell Retinoid Screen, Empty Gallery, Hong Kong
/, San Francisco, CA (two-person show with Kota Ezawa)
2018
Structure, The Artist’s Institute, Hunter College, New York, NY
Receptor-Building Variations, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY
2016
Soylent R&D Promotional Trade Show Booth, Frieze New York Art Fair
2015
Arche Apeiron, Minibar, Stockholm, Sweden (with Eva Löfdahl)
Calculus of Negligence, Room East, New York, NY (with Marte Eknæs)
Xyzzy, Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles, CA (with Kelly Akashi)
Deformulation, Société, Berlin, Germany
2014
Residuals, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Untitled (Registration/PIN: G0009296/78GY76DM; G0009297/99ER43TB; G0009298/39ZL54SJ), New Galerie, New York, NY
New Flavors and Fragrances, New Galerie, Paris, France
2013
Entity∆: Advance Viewing (featuring 2Registration::(ÒUntz’tled (Police Incident (7[c])) 6, (((2007-2012) 2007-2011. Ó) Ó) 2012) 2012 – 2013), Appendix Project Space, Portland, OR
Société, Berlin, Germany
2012
Untitled (Sublet), Bund Deutscher Architekten, Berlin, Germany
2011
Binder, Société, Berlin, Germany
2010
As If Written In, The Kitchen, New York, NY
20/02, Max Hans Daniel, Berlin, Germany
2008
A Brief History, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
The Generations, Daniel Reich Gallery, Chelsea Hotel Space, New York, NY
The Ones We Work For, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
2007
A Modest Proposal, Daniel Reich Gallery, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Public Projects and Biennales
2019
IF THE SNAKE, Okayama Art Summit, Okayama, Japan
CURRENT:LA FOOD, Los Angeles Public Art Triennial (with Nonfood)
2018
Rhizome Seven on Seven 2018, with Francis Tseng
Rhizome Seven on Seven Beijing (10th Anniversary), with Francis Tseng
2017
Second Vienna Biennale, Artificial Tears, MAK Vienna, Austria
2016
9th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Texture Map (Normal) J01 – J04 Smoking or Bus Shelter, Jardin des Plantes, Paris (public sculpture organized by FIAC)
Group Exhibitions
2019
Cookbook, La Panacée, Montpellier, France
2018
I Was Raised on the Internet, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017
Genre-Nonconforming: The DIS Edutainment Network, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
What’s Up Doc?, curated by Pierre-Alexandre and Charles Teyssou, New Galerie, Paris, France
99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Heart of the Tin Man, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
2016
Vinny Dotolo Summer Group Show, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
War Games (curated by Benjamin Godsill), Moran Bondaroff, Detroit, MI
Not in the Berlin Biennale, Berlin Biennale 2016, Berlin, Germany
ESPERANTO, curated by CURA, Rowing Projects, London, UK
2015
1,000 Islands, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
Office Space, YBCA, San Francisco, CA
In the Flesh Part l: Subliminal Substances, Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PAVILLON DE L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU 2.0, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY
Take Me (I’m Yours), Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
…Looking down at myself from the second floor of an Italian restaurant in the Catskills…,American Medium, Brooklyn, NY
Any Human Measure, M + B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
DIDING – An Interior That Remains an Exterior?, Künstlerhaus KM–, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria
Castles Burning, Room East, New York, NY
2014
Passive Collect,Chin’s Push, Los Angeles, CA
Scars of Our Revolution,Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Caitlin Keogh, Sean Raspet, Pam Lins, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, C L E A R I N G, New York, NY
+/-, The Artist’s Institute, New York, NY
2013
Time Machine, M-ARCO Foundation, Marseille, France
Digital Infinity, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Rematerialized, New York Gallery/New Galerie, New York, NY
Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship, organized by Eva and Franco
Mattes, Carroll/Fletcher, London, UK
2012
Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship, organized by Artie Vierkant, Higher Pictures, New York, NY
Domino Effect, Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Motion, Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
In Practice: You never look at me from the place from which I see you, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Images Rendered Bare, Vacant, Recognizable, Stadium, New York, NY
Jannic Yoray, Jeanette Mundt, Sean Raspet, Gruppenausstellung 3, Société, Berlin, Germany
Synthetic Vertigo, Elaine, Basel, Switzerland
BCC#8, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Forms and Inflections, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Untitled Document, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL
Discursive Arrangements, or Stubbornly Persistent Illusions, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2010
A Relative Expanse, Curated by Maxwel G. Graham, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
The Morning News, Curated by Lumi Tan, BE-PART Contemporary Art Center, Waregem
2009
RU-486 Artisterium, Curated by Benjamin Godsill, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibition, 211 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY
Convention, Curated by Ruba Katrib, MOCA, Miami, FL
If the Dogs are Barking, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
To One Whose Love was Service with Amir Mogharabi, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
1999 – Ten Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
The Shape of Things to Come, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
A Starting Point: Intrude Art & Life 366, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China
2008
Intrude: Art & Life 366, Curated by Biljana Ciric, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China
Palm Beach Biennial, Gavlak, West Palm Beach, FL
PDF, Curated by Summer Guthry, Lumi Tan and Nicholas Weist, Various Locations
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
Poster Project, Nine Things, Frankfurt, Germany
Whitney ISP Studio Practice Exhibition, New York, NY
2007
Ilya Lipkin, Sean Raspet, Ned Vena, Organised by Arnd Seibert, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
Untitled (Perfect Lovers), BC Project Room, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Museum 52, New York, NY
2006
Frisbee – Poster Project, Miami, FL
2005
Cynisme, Atelier Ford, Geneva, Switzerland
2004
Cardboard Motherboard, Numbers Gallery, London, UK
2003
RISD Senior Thesis Exhibition, Providence, RI
The Untrained Orchestra (Collaboration with Shakeeb abu Hamdan), Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Woods Gerry Invitational Exhibition, Providence, RI
2002
Our Horrible/Fantastic Universe, Small Hall Cinema, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2001
Sno Van, Room 168, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
The Dissolution of Walls, Providence Arcade, Providence, RI
Public Collections
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Selected Bibliography
2021
Ellen Liou, Caroline. “What Does It Mean to Exhibit Nature?” Hyperallergic. September 8, 2021.
2019
Moioli, Chiara. “Conversations: Scented Trip: Sean Raspet.” Mousse Magazine. July 2019.
2018
Iadarola, Alexander. “Olfactory Suggestion: On Sean Raspet’s smell-based work.” Rhizome. August 2018.
Bartle, Lily and Radner, Elliott. “On Making Things Nobody Asked For.” The Creative Independent. May 2018.
Moffitt, Evan. “Sean Raspet, Receptor-Binding Variations.” The White Review. April 2018.
2017
Pomranz, Mike. “’Nonfood’ Wants to Sell You Green Algae Bars.” Food & Wine. October 2, 2017.
Hampton, Chris. “In Detroit, Artists Explore Riches of the 99-Cent Store.” The New York Times. June 28, 2017.
Williams, Maxwell. “Is Pond Scum the Future of Food?” LA Weekly, May 30th, 2017
Williams, Maxwell. “5 Creatives Mixing Food and Art in Delicious Ways.” Good Food. March 28, 2017.
Moss, Ceci. “Sean Raspet with Ceci Moss.” CURA, March 7, 2017.
Benenson, A.E., “More of Less.” Art in America. March 1, 2017.
2016
Sean Raspet and Ned Vena, two-person exhibition, Societe Exhibitions, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015
Cotton, Charlotte. Photography is Magic. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2015. Print.
Rina, Amelia. “Calculus of Negligence at Room East.” Daily Serving, June 18, 2015.
Hattrick, Alice. “Olfactory Fatigue.” Frieze, May 22, 2015.
Vogel, Wendy. “What’s That Smell in the Kitchen? Art’s Olfactory Turn.” Art in America, April 5, 2015.
“Sean Raspet’s Deformulation.” Sleek Magazine, March 5, 2015.
2014
Chun, Kimberley. “Review: Residuals.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 2014.
McGarry, Kevin. “The Fragrance of Coins.” Mousse Magazine, April, 2014.
2013
Sean Raspet Interview, San Francisco Arts Quarterly, Issue 13, May 2013
Raspet, Sean, thehighlights.org,
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Raspet, Sean, theivorytower.tv: “Beyond the Critical Economy: Kathryn Bigelow from Art & Language to Point Break”
2012
Sutton, Kate, Artforum.com: “Critics’ Picks New York: Images Rendered Bare,Vacant, Recognizable,” February
Taylor, B, Artinfo.com, “Give Them the Meaning They’d Rather Not Have: Stock Language in ‘Images Rendered Bare…’”’, March
2011
Amanda Parmer / “Sean Raspet” / Art Papers, May/June Issue
2010
Sean Raspet / “IMG MGMT: Untitled” / Artfagcity(Online), October 11
Britany Salsbury / Critics’ Picks: New York /Artforum(Online), May
Sean Raspet / “No” INPUT Journal, 2
2009
Lizaveta Zhahanina / Artisterium Brings the Artworld to Georgia / The Georgian Times, October 12
Brian Sholis / Conversation / Artforum, May
Sean Raspet / *: Example Contract / Art Economies beyond Pattern Recognition / ed. Biljana Ciric / Shanghai: Osage
Simon Castets / Image Bank / V Magazine(Online), February
Simon Castets / Works in Progress / V Magazine, January
2008
Walter Robinson / Miami Memories 2008 / Art Net Magazine
Alex Gartenfeld / Interview Magazine(Online), December 4
Holland Cotter / NY Coming Back / Flash Art Italy, March
Zing Magazine / Zing Recommends / Zing Magazine, March
Tova Carlin / Time Out New York, March 6 – 12
Rachel Wolff / Art Candy / New York Magazine, February
William Hanley / Reviews: Sean Raspet / Art News, June
Sean Raspet / No / Farimani, Issue 1
Nicholas Weist / Artslant, January 6
