Raphael Zollinger was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He received his BFA from Pratt Institute in sculpture and his masters degree from ITP, NYU.
His work has recently been exhibited at White Box Gallery in NYC, Rush Arts Gallery in NY,
Vox Populi gallery in Philadelphia, La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, Ballroom Marfa
in Texas, the Jersey City Museum in NJ, and the Pratt Sculpture Garden in Brooklyn, NY.
In 2002, he received a fellowship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
and returned as the Sculpture Associate from 2007-2009.
He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EXHIBITIONS
CITY OF DREAMS Figment Sculpture Exhibition, NYC, June-July, 2009
SEDITION White Box gallery, NYC. Oct - NOV, 2008
SURVEIL Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Oct 5 - Oct 28, 2007
ROMA d+ ITACA, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Oct 5 - 13, 2007
DISPLACEMENT ITP Spring Show, New York, NY. May 2007
THINGS FALL APART Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. April - May, 2007
IGNORATIO ELENCHI ITP winter show, New York, NY. Dec. 2006
WELCOME II Pratt Institute Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn, NY. Sept. '06 - present
PERIPHERAL VISION Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Aug. 14 - Sept. 7, 2006
OPEN STUDIO Daphne's Globe, Brooklyn, NY May 2006
YOU ARE HERE Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas. Oct. '05 - March 2006
ARTIST SPACE NYC. June 8, 2005
1 x 1 EXHIBITION Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ. Sept. - Dec. 2004
GROUNDSWELL GROUP SHOW White Columns, NYC. MAY 2004
DIGITAL CIRCCUMSTANCES The Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Sept - Dec. 2003
PORTRATURE NOW Link Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Feb. 2003
PRATT 2002, The Manhattan Center, New York, NY. 2002
JURIED FINE ARTS SHOW Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY. Honorable Mention. 2002
SCULPTURE GROUP SHOW Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2002
THESIS SHOW, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 2002
RESIDENCY
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL FOR PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, 2002.
PROJECT EYE TO EYE, Artist-In-Residence, 2005.
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Interactive Telecommunications Program, M.P.S. 2008
PRATT INSTITUTE, NY. BFA, Sculpture. 2002
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITAET, Berlin, Germany. German art and architecture. 1998
EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA. Candidate for Bachelor of Science. 1996-1998
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
RUDIN AWARD, Tisch School of the Arts, Scholarship for project development, 2008
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL fellowship award, 2002
PRATT CIRCLE AWARD, For outstanding academic achievement, 2002
FINE ARTS AWARD, For outstanding merit in sculpture, 2002
OFFICIAL NOMINEE, International Sculpture Center, NJ. Student invitational,
2002
GIULIANI SCHOLARSHIP, For continuing outstanding sculpture, 2001
ART STUDENT FUND AWARD, For continuing outstanding sculpture, 2001
BIBLIOGRAPHY
New York Times, Welcome II, Sculpture Garden, Pratt Institute. August 29, 2008
ART FORUM, web site - critics Picks. You Are Here, Ballroom Marfa, 2005.