Born Wisconsin, USA 1969
Currently Lives in Brooklyn, New York

Upcoming

 

2010

The Arctic Circle 2010 - Svalbard, Norway (residency)

SandnesAnniversary: StarGaze in Sandnes - KinoKino - Sandnes, Norway (group show)

PAM at Mediations Biennale "Erased Walls" Berlin, Germany ( curation)

PAM at the Guggenheim Museum "YouTube Play" New York, NY (affiliate)

 

2011

The Arctic Circle exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Rijeka, Croatia (group)

Solo Exhibitions: 

 

2010

0910 Light Shots - Chelsea Art Museum. Project Room for New Media - NY, NY 

Arctic Lights - Dorfman Projects - NY,NY 

 

 

2008

Sunken City - Marc de Puechredon Gallery - Basel, Switzerland

Sunken City Episode II - Emily Harvey Foundation - New York, NY

2007
Sunken City Preludes - presented by PowerHouse projects - Brooklyn, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

2010

I Play - curated by Leah Stuhltrager. Concent art. Berlin, Germany. 

The New New - EastWest Gallery Berlin Germany

2009

Shooting Stair - Presented by Dorfman Porjects, L.I., NY

[PAM] Cyland Festival -Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia 

A-List Canibal Cage Match - with Artist’s Meeting. Post Master Gallery - New York, NY

Triptych Party - with Artist’s Meeting. Post Master Gallery - New York, NY

Shrink Wrap - Curated by Liza Phillips - Narrowsburg, NY 

Old school show - Jack the Pelican Presents - Brooklyn, NY

Soap Box Opera - Artists Meeting -OTO - Brooklyn, NY 

 

2008
Drift - National Center for Contemporary Art - Moscow, Russia
ScopeLondon - special [PAM] screening - London, UK
YouTube slam - with Artist’s Meeting. Postmasters Gallery - New York, NY
Perpetual Art Machine - Utsikten Kunstsenter - Kvindesdal, Norway
Conflux Festival - with Artist’s Meeting - New York, NY
Perpetual Art  Machine - Wake Forest, NC
Festival Seconde Nature - with Perpetual Art Machine - Aix-en-Provence, France
The Art of Displacement - curated by Elizabeth Grady and Julie McKim - Brooklyn, NY
The Dark Fair - Swiss Institute - New York, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Featured project. ScopeNY - New York, NY
 
2007
Photo Miami - Marc de Puechredon Gallery - Miami, Florida
Istambul Art Fair - Marc de Puechredon Gallery - Istambul, Turkey
Sunken City Preludes - Presented by PowerHouse projects - Brooklyn, New York
Artist’s Meeting: Gumbo Dumbo - Dumbo art Festival - Brooklyn, New York
Video Art in The Age of the Internet - Curated by N.Colosi. Chelsea Art Museum - New York, NY 
Video As Urban Condition - Museum of Modern Art Linz Curated by A. Auerbach - Linz, Austria
Video-Salon 2 - 10m2 gallery - Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovinia.
10 plus 10 - Marc de Puechredon Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
Between the Stone and the Flower - Circa Art Fair, Curated by Lee Wells - SanJuan, Puerto Rico.
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 - National Museum -  Wroclaw Poland
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Media Plaza artDC, Curated by R. Douzoglou - Washington DC.
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Coachella - California
Emergency Room - by Thierry Geoffroy at PS1/MOMA - New York, NY 
LIVE - Scope art Fair - NewYork, USA
LIVE - Supreme Trading Curated by Elizabeth Grady - New York, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Featured project. ScopeNY - New York, NY 
 
2006
[PAM] A Sampler - Art Basel Video Lounge - Miami, Florida
PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Featured project Scope Miami - Miami, Florida
Scanners: The 4th Screen - Postmaster’s Gallery - Lincoln Center New York, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Featured project. Scope London - London,UK
Split Film Festival - Split,Croatia
LeName Festival - Lille, France
DiGit festival - Woodstock - New York, NY
Curator’s Choice - Curated by Lee Wells. Scope Hamptons - East Hampton, NY
Cinemascope - Future Perfect” Curated by Lee Wells. Scope Hamptons - East Hampton, NY
Coup - Curated by Lee Wells and Allen Hasty.  Weiss Pollock Gallery - New York, NY
Video Salon - Galerija10m2 - Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovinia
[PAM] Perpertual Art Machine Featured project Scope-New York, NY

2005

The Momentary Seduction of Now - Cinema-Scope curated by Lee Wells. Scope - Miami, FloridaPool Video - Pool Art Fair - Miami, Florida

Tomorrow was the day before - Cinema-Scope curated by Lee Wells.Scope - London, UK

Two Continents and Beyond - curated by Renee Vara. Invitational 9th Istanbul Biennale - Istanbul, Turkey

Micro-scope - Scope-Hamptons - East Hamptons, NY
Waterways - curated by Rene Vara.  Independants  51st Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy

2004           
Yellow pages et autres projets du Team 404 - MAMCO - Geneva, Switzerland
Soundscapes - Museo di Photographia Contemporanea - Milan, Italy
Generations - 04 A.I.R. Gallery - NewYork, NY

2003
Christoph Gossweiler, Maler und Sammler - Kunstmuseum - Olten, Switzerland
Yellow Pages - Turm Gallery - Helmstedt, Germany
Yellow Pages - Kunsthalle Palazzo - Liestal, Switzerland
Transits in E - Theatro Kismet - Bari, Italy
Sintesi Festival - Museo Routa degli Espositi - Napoli, Italy
Far Festival - ZO Centro di Cultura Contemporanea  - Catania, Italy  
Antus - Palermo, Italy
Agatha - Bracaleone - Roma, Italy
ElletroWAVE -  Arezzo, Italy 
Distortionia - Bologna, Italy
Shit design - Salone del Mobile - Milan, Italy
 
Collaborative Projects:
2007-2008
Artist’s Meeting - New York, NY
2006-Present
[Pam] Perpetual Art Machine - New York, NY
2002-2004   
Sanctum with Brian Eno and Alex Haas - New York, NY
2002-2004   
Transits in E - with Dino Lupelli. - Italy
2001-2003   
The Times Square Arts Center with Aaron Beall - New York, NY
1997-2000   
Fringe Alfresco and The New York International Fringe Festival - New York, NY

Selected Bibliography/Interviews:
Astrid Persans - PowerHouse Presents. Interview with Raphaele Shirley. PowerHouse Website - September 2008
Althea Viafora Kress - Vernissage TV. Interview with Raphaele Shirley.  VTV website - February 2007
Michael Rush - Rush Interactive. Radio PS1 [PAM] interview - December 2006
Constance Wyndham - Front Page review of [PAM] Perpetual Art Machine,  Art in America - May 2006
Adrian Dannatt - Small fairs attract major collectors. The Art Newspaper - No.168 - April 2006
Walter Robinson - Weekend Update - review of [PAM] - ARTNET - February 2006
Michael Wang - Fair Game - review of [PAM] Perpetual Art Machine - Art Forum - February 2006
Margery Cote - Armory Show Report:  Ancillary Fairs - review of [PAM] - ArtInfo - February 2006

Heinrich Schmidt - Vernissage TV.  Basel - Lee Wells on Cinemascope - review of [PAM] - Feb. 2006  

Team 404 - Yellow Pages - Ecart Publications - 2004

James Traub -The Devil’s Playground - chapter about Show World Art Club - Random House 2004
La Repubblica - review of Transits in E - December 5, 2003
Corrieire del Mezzogiorno - review of Transits in E - December 6, 2003
Quotidiano di Bari - review of Transits in E - December 6, 2003
Dino Lupelli - Aerosol Clubbing - review of Show World Art Club - Label Magazine #6 Summer 2002
Peter Marks - Wild, Woolly, Maybe Wondrous - review of Fringe AlFresco & NY International Fringe Festival - NYTimes,  August 21, 1998

Shared Awards:
Best New Project for 2000 - New York Magazine - for the New York International Fringe Festival
Best Outdoor Sculpture - ILDA 2001 Awards - for Nam June Paik Laser Water Screen

Lectures:
The Artist’s Cut. School of  Visual Arts. New York, NY. November 1, 2008
Curating Time-Based Art: The Fourth Dimension. White Box/ DIVA Art Fair - March 30, 2008
DIY Panel: (Do It Yourself) Feminisms: from Pioneer to Punk to Post Digital. Tribeca Performing Arts Center.  A.I.R. Gallery. New York, NY. March 29, 2007
Video in the Age of the Internet. Chelsea Art Museum - New York, NY. September 7, 2007
Video Art and New Media.  ArtDC - Washigton DC.  April 24, 2007
Video art and the web. Diva Art Fair - New York, NY. February 24, 2007
On the development of Multi Media Scuptures. Villa Arson - Nice, France. October 18, 2006
[PAM] Presentation. Split Film Festival - Split Croatia. September 22, 2006 
L’Arte Fuori al Museo. Universita delle Tuscsia - Viterbo, Italy. March 29, 2006
On the logistics of Public Art installations. Domus Academy - Milan, Italy. February 23, 2003
Creating sustainable structures in the public realm. Pratt University - New York, NY. July 15, 1998