Statement

This work explores the generative patterns that emerge out of biological and information based systems. From atoms to entire galaxies, there’s an inherent sense of visual familiarity that appears in both the shapes and the forms of individual elements as well as the processes by which these elements combine and change over time. In the natural world, information tends to organize itself in a predictive rhythmical manner.

The combination of primal form with artificial hue creates a striking dissonance between the familiar and the ethereal. The inorganic, unexpected use of high contrast graduation within some of the most recognizable universal patterns places these images outside an identifiable context.

By synthesizing elements of the microscopic and macroscopic worlds, these paintings seek to step outside the human perspective and occupy a timeless, scaleless existence. These images represent the liminal bridge between abstract and representational, between accident and occurrence, between chaos and order.

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Jasmine Leah Raskas

Education and Training

Teaching Artist Institute, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

B.L.A. focus in Medicine. University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. 2016.

Selected Solo and Two-Person Shows

Pattern Mining, The Gallery at University City Library, St. Louis, MO. originally scheduled for April 2020. (on hold)

Chasing Chaos Continued, (with Greg Edmondson), Osage Art Center, Belle, MO. 2019.

Chasing Chaos (with Greg Edmondson), The Stone Spiral Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

PT’s Coffee at The Crossroads, Kansas City, MO. 2019.

Perceptual Defects, The Stone Spiral Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Selected Group Shows

31 Art Show, 31 Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2021.

The Exhibition XXXVI, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Skate Deck Show, 4 Hands Brewery, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Creatures II, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Life Interrupted, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Global Cultures II, Manchester Arts, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Winter Exhibition, Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Featured Artist, UnColor Wine Bar & Gallery, Hermann, MO. 2019.

Warm Soda, The Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL. 2019.

Art In Motion, Manchester Arts, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Global Cultures, Manchester Arts, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Spring Show, Confluence Kombucha, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Art For Women by Women, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO. 2018

Driven to Abstraction, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Poptropolis, the Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO. 2017.

Everything Blue, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2017.

33 April, 33 May, 33 June, The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2017.

Serendipity, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO. 2017.

Different Lens, Different Filter, Lambert St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, MO. 2017.

Collections

Clayton High School, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Kranzberg Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Il Palato, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Remember To Breath, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO. 2017.

Barnes West County Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Projects

The Grieving Project, Album Cover and Visual Representation. 2020.

Limited edition Krieg Chalk Bags, kriegusa.com. 2018.

Installations

Dance of Furious Joy, Artica, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Mississippi Epiphany, Artica, St. Louis, MO. 2018.

Selected Art Features

Gesso Magazine, St. Louis, MO. 2020. (article)

KDHX Arts Interview, St. Louis, MO. 2019. (radio)

Ladue News, St. Louis, MO. 2017. (article)

Teaching

Lead Art Facilitator, Artists First STL, St. Louis, MO. 2020 - Present.

Mindsets for Imagination Workshop Series, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Selected Awards and Grants

Award of Merit in Swords, Sorcery, and Starships, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2021.

Futures Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Emergency Relief Fund, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Honorable Mention in Warm Soda Launch Show, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Honorable Mention in Driven To Abstraction, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

Service

Artists First Young Professionals Board, St. Louis, MO. 2019 - Present.

Wall Ball Artist, Artscope, St. Louis, MO. 2019. 2020. 2021.

Art of Paws, Vivent Health, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Passion Incarnate, Non-Profit Print Line, passionincarnate.com. 2020.

Writing

Human Potential, Art Saint Louis Blog, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

A Space To Be Present, Art Saint Louis Blog, St. Louis, MO. 2020.

Freedom to Evolve, Art Saint Louis Blog, St. Louis, MO. 2019.

BIo

Jasmine is a self taught working artist with a background in science. She left medical

school to pursue art with a particular curiosity for systems. Her experience has included

calibrating lasers for molecular spectroscopy, building neuromuscular microchips, and

mapping the brain activity of monkeys with experimental implants, all of which have

inspired aspects of her creative process. Her art continues to explore the generative

patterns that emerge out of these collective systems, including those that are biological,

information based, and archetypal in nature. Her work seeks to merge the micro and the

macro perspective and create a visual language that crosses all barriers of time, space,

and culture.

She currently works in the arts at Artists First STL as a facilitator and teaching artist and

as coach working with groups and individuals to use the power of art and imagination for

personal growth. In her free time she can be found hanging out with the trees and

collecting strange documents for future inspiration.

Art by Jasmine Raskas

Art by Jasmine Raskas

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Jasmine Leah Raskas

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