Sean Raspet

Raspet was born in Washington, D.C. in 1981,{{Cite web|url=https://rfc.museum/sh-sean-raspet|title=Rubell Museum}} and raised in Jacksonville, Florida.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Raspet's earlier work features contracts and other legal frameworks such as non-disclosure agreements, real estate subleases, and patents. His work titled * (2008) required potential viewers to sign a non-disclosure agreement that barred them from ever discussing the work in the future.{{Cite web|url=http://theartistsinstitute.org/artists/feb-may-2018/sean-raspet/|title=Sean Raspet|website=The Artists Institute|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-19}} His work, "A Composition of Matter Consisting of the Difference between Two Compositions of Matter" (2012 – 2014) was a patent application for a substance composed of the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. It included an analysis of the two products’ molecular composition and flavor chemistry.{{Cite journal|last=Moss|first=Ceci|date=May 2014|title=SEAN RASPET: "Reformulations"|url=https://jessicasilvermangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Raspet_Reformulations_2014.pdf|journal=CURA Magazine}} His work is informed by philosophy and metaphysics.{{cite web|url=http://artnews.org/gallery.php?i=1359&exi=6825|title=Artnews.org: Sean Raspet & Arnd Seibert at Daniel Reich New York|work=artnews.org}}

In 2014 Raspet produced the exhibition New Flavors and Fragrances,{{Cite web|url=http://moussemagazine.it/sean-raspet-newgalerie/|title=Sean Raspet "New Flavors and Fragrancies" at New Galerie, Paris •|date=2014-04-24|website=Mousse Magazine|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-01-12}} which consisted of liquid chemical formulations of artificial flavor and fragrance molecules, arranged and composed based on their molecular structures. Later in 2014, Raspet produced the exhibition Residuals, which included a liquid reconstruction of crude oil made from its component molecules.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Sean-Raspet-Residuals-reflects-everyday-5904321.php|title = 'Sean Raspet: Residuals' reflects everyday substances' chemistry|date = 20 November 2014}} For this exhibition, Raspet also produced a work that reconstructed the background scent of the gallery's air by analyzing its chemical signature. This was used to create a “scratch and sniff” wall paint that covered the surfaces of the gallery and released the gallery's background smell when scratched.{{Cite web|url=https://jessicasilvermangallery.com/exhibitions/solo-exhibition-6/|title=Residuals{{!}} Jessica Silverman Gallery|website=jessicasilvermangallery.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

In 2015 Raspet exhibited (-), (2012 Р2015){{Cite web|url=http://societeberlin.com/exhibitions/sean-raspet-deformulation/|title=Sean Raspet: Deformulation, exhibition, Soci̩t̩ Berlin|website=Soci̩t̩|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-19}} a molecular mirror image of Coca-Cola that the artist had produced by analyzing the chemical makeup of the product and then recomposed using the reverse chirality or enantiomeric molecules for each component of the original substance.

In 2016, Raspet exhibited a large installation at the Frieze New York Art Fair that presented viewers with large refrigerators filled with Soylent.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/soylent-frieze-new-york-2016-booth|title=Frieze New York 2016: What the Hell Is Soylent and Why Is Everyone Drinking It at Frieze?|first=Emilia|last=Petrarca}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2016/05/04/sean-raspet-brings-soylent-products-and-prototypes-to-frieze-new-york/|title=Sean Raspet Brings Soylent Products and Prototypes to Frieze New York|first=Alex|last=Greenberger|date=4 May 2016}} Raspet was formerly an employee of Soylent, where he worked as a flavorist.{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-20-best-booths-at-frieze-new-york|title=The 20 Best Booths at Frieze New York|first=Marina|last=Cashdan|date=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2016/06/this-artist-wants-to-end-the-stigma-of-artificial-food-one-molecule-at-a-time/|title=The Foods of the Future Are Being Flavored by This Artist|date=16 June 2016}}

In 2017, he founded a company called non/food, in order to develop food products based on micro-algaes.{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/la-based-company-non-food-wants-you-to-eat-algae-bars-8270379|title=Is Pond Scum the Future of Food?|first=Maxwell|last=Williams|date=30 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/articles/algae-superfood-future|title='Nonfood' Wants to Sell You Green Algae Bars}} As part of his transcisicplinary practice, Raspet exhibited some of the company's products in an exhibition at the SculptureCenter in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://artefuse.com/2018/06/02/74-million-million-million-tons-at-sculpturecenter-125554/|title=74 million million million tons at SculptureCenter|first=Arte|last=Fuse|date=2 June 2018}}

In 2018 Raspet was one of seven artists invited to headline the Rhizome Seven on Seven digital conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2018/04/02/petra-cortright-mika-tajima-sean-raspet-tapped-rhizomes-2018-seven-seven-conference/|title=Petra Cortright, Mika Tajima, Sean Raspet Tapped for Rhizome's 2018 Seven on Seven Conference|first=Alex|last=Greenberger|date=2 April 2018}} The same year, Raspet exhibited an installation of ten scent-diffusing machines at Bridget Donahue gallery in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2018/06/18/wish-spring-shows-new-york-doug-aitken-quay-quinn-wolf/|title=Wish You Were Here: Spring Shows in New York, from Doug Aitken to Quay Quinn Wolf|first=Andrew|last=Russeth|date=18 June 2018}} Also in 2018, Raspet exhibited three new fragrance molecules at The Artist's Institute in New York. The molecules were designed by Raspet and synthesized in collaboration with chemists at Hunter College. Each molecule had a distinct, new scent that had not existed previously.{{Cite web|url=http://theartistsinstitute.org/artists/feb-may-2018/sean-raspet/|title=Sean Raspet|website=The Artists Institute|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-12}}

2007

• A Modest Proposal, Daniel Reich Gallery at the Frieze Art Fair, London
• Ilya Lipkin, Sean Raspet, Ned Vena, Cohan and Leslie, New York
• Untitled (Perfect Lovers), BC Project Room, New York
• Way Things Are, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
• Inaugural Exhibition, Museum 52, New York
• "The Ones We Work For", Daniel Reich Gallery, New York

2008

• The Shape of Things to Come, Saatchi Gallery, London
• "A Brief History", Art Positions, Daniel Reich Gallery at Basel Miami Art Fair

2015

• Office Space, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts{{cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/11089874/interoffice-memo-on-the-occasion-of-office-space-the-exhibition|title=Interoffice Memo on the Occasion of 'Office Space,' the Exhibition|date=18 November 2015}}

2017

• 99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/arts/design/museum-of-contemporary-art-detroit-99-cents-or-less.html|title=In Detroit, Artists Explore the Riches of the 99-Cent Store|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 June 2017|last1=Hampton|first1=Chris}}

2018

• I was raised on the Internet, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago{{cite web|url=http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/1859-i-was-raised-on-the-internet---landmark-exhibition-debuts-at-mca-|title='I Was Raised on the Internet' - Landmark Exhibition Debuts at MCA, Chicago in 2018|website=ArtfixDaily}}
• Receptor-Binding Variations, Bridget Donahue, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.bridgetdonahue.nyc/exhibitions/sean-raspet/|title=Sean Raspet: Receptor-Binding Variations {{!}} Exhibitions {{!}} Bridget Donahue|website=www.bridgetdonahue.nyc|access-date=2019-01-12}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.seanraspet.org}}

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Category:1981 births

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Category:21st-century American artists