About
“The embrace of the imagination has always specific political implications. To quote the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, every work of art is a step toward a “minoritarian history of the world” (Toward a Minor Literature, G. Deleuze and F. Guattari). Rah’s experimental cinema blends a heady mix of philosophical ideas, parody, and overt allegory. In her work Oreo she highlights the boundary between identity and the perception of the Self, developing her own highly individualistic visual language.”
-CineWomen Cahier, Paris, 2015
Rah is a video, digital and performance artist and a PhD candidate at the die Angewandte (University of Applied Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Rah’s work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally at spaces including: Venice Biennale (ECC Palazzo Mora), Nuit Blanche (Toronto), Museum London, Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, Massachusetts), Miami Art Basel, Nieuwe Vide (Haarlem, Netherlands), Pao Festival (Oslo, Norway), Kunst Am Spreeknie (Berlin, Germany), Kunsthaus Graz Museum (Graz, Austria), and Onassis Cultural Center (Athens, Greece). She has been the recipient of numerous awards including: Chalmers Arts Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil Des Arts et Des Lettres Du Quebec Research/Production grant for Digital Arts (2014) and Film (2015), and SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship for her MFA and a “Super SSHRC” for her PhD. She has been awarded several residencies including the Intergenerational LGBTQ Artist Residency (Toronto Island, 2019), Koumaria Residency (Greece, 2016), MUU Galleria (Helsinki, 2015), Studio Das Weisse Haus (Vienna, 2014) and the Artslant Georgia Fee Residency (Paris).
Rah is represented by Vtape, Canada’s leading artist-run distributor for video art.
KÜNSTLER-BIOGRAFIE:
Rah ist video-, netz- und performance künstler. Rah’s arbeiten wurden national und international ausgiebig ausgestellt, darunter: Venice Biennale (ECC, Palazzo Mora), Images Festival (Toronto), Museum London, Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, Massachusetts), Miami Art Basel, Nieuwe Vide (Haarlem, Niederlande), Pao Festival (Oslo, Norwegen), Kunst Am Spreeknie (Berlin, Deutschland), Kunsthaus Graz Museum (Graz, Österreich) und Onassis Cultural Center (Athen, Griechenland). Sie hat zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter: Chalmers Arts Fellowship, zahlreiche Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Conseil Des Arts et Des Lettres Du Quebec Research/Production Stipendien und ein SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship für ihren MFA und ihre doctoral. Sie erhielt mehrere Residenzen, darunter die Koumaria Residency (Griechenland, 2016), die AX Gallery (Berlin 2016), die MUU Galleria (Helsinki, 2015), das Studio Das Weisse Haus (Wien, 2014) und die Artslant Georgia Fee Residency (Paris).
Rahs Werk wird repräsentiert durch Vtape, Kanadas führendem, von Künstlern betriebenen Vertrieb für Videokunst.