Sabrina Raaf
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Sabrina Raaf is an American, Chicago-based, mechanized sculpture artist, and photographer.
Sabrina Raaf attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. receiving her Bachelors in the School of Foreign Service. After graduating in 1994, she attended Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington D.C.(absorbed by Georgetown University). At Corcoran she befriended David Adamson while attending his computer-art class, and in 1995, Raaf became gallery intern at the David Adamson Gallery. As a photographer and aspiring curator, Raaf organized a show of women photographers including herself.[1]
To pursue her master's degree, Raaf moved to Chicago, Illinois attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a focus area on Art and Technology. In 1998, Raaf along with nine other Chicago-based artists formed a group formerly known as "synApse" to further discuss the paths and issues of art and technology. Topics included the relationship between technological advancement and the human role within the world, as well as predetermined technological obsolescence and the acceleration of consumerism. They collectively considered themselves “machine-assisted artists producing artworks that are art-producing machines.” [2]
In 1999, Raaf received her MFA. She has been a guest lecturer, presenter, panelist, visiting artist, and curator. From 2001 to 2005, Raaf was a professor for the photography department at Columbia College in Chicago. From 2005 to present, she has been an associate professor in New Media Art for the School of Art and Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[2][3]
