Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Christy Lee Rogers is an International visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii, now living in Nashville, Tennessee. In April 2019 she won the world's largest photo competition, the SONY WORLD PHOTO AWARDS, as "Photographer of the Year" held in London, England at Somerset House.
Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography and the uniquely personal style in which she shoots has led to her work being compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio. Boisterous in color and complexity, Rogers applies her her original and clever technique to a barrage of bodies submerged in water during the night, and creates her effects using the refraction of light. Through a fragile process of experimentation, she builds elaborate scenes of coalesced colors and entangled bodies that exalt the human character as one of vigor and warmth, while also capturing the beauty and vulnerability of the tragic experience that is the human condition.
Rogers’ works have been exhibited globally from Paris, London, Italy, Mexico City to Shanghai, Sao Paulo, South Africa, Los Angeles and more, and are held in private and public collections throughout the world.
She has been featured in International Magazines, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar Art China, Elle Decoration, Global Times, The Independent, Casa Vogue, Photo Technique, Photo Korea and others.
She is a two time finalist for the Contemporary Talents Award from the Fondation François Schneider in France, and has been commissioned by Apple to create underwater images with the iPhone 11Pro, as well as being featured in one of their behind-the-scenes process films. Rogers’ "Reckless Unbound" is currently housed at the stately home Longleat House in the UK, which is the seat of the Marquesses of Bath and also home to Renaissance gems of the Italian masters, like Titian’s "Rest on the Flight into Egypt." Rogers' art has been featured on several album covers, and her images were selected for the 2013–2014 performance season of the Angers-Nantes Opera in France.
1972 in Kailua, Hawaii
2023
Deep Silence, ICI Venice & Ten Arts, Venice, Italy
Guardian of Water, Island of Art, Pater Noster, UpOnWalls, Sommaren, Sweden (2 person show)
Deep Silence, National Museum of Photography in Brescia, Festival of Photographic Culture, Brescia, Italy
2022
Marco Polo Airport, Ten Arts Paris, Venice, Italy
The Underwater Photography of Christy Lee Rogers, Method & Concept, Naples, Florida
2021
Human, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Breaths, Centre Pastoral Saint-Merry, Ten Arts, Paris, France
Tidepools, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA (2 person show)
2020
Installation, Centre Pastoral Saint-Merry, Ten Arts Paris, Paris, France
Christy Lee Rogers - Baroque Water Worlds, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota, US
2019
Harmony, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Weightless, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Muses and More, Ten Arts, Paris, France
Changing Tides (two person show), Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
2018
Hybrids, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Muses, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017
Into the Deep, ICI Venice – International Cultural Institute, Ten Arts Paris, Venice, Italy
Hybrids, Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Personal Structures: Open Borders, Palazzo Bembo Collateral Exhibition during 57th Venice Art Biennale, Ten Arts & European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy
2016
A Quarter of a Million Miles, Miller Gallery, Foto Focus, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Within the Invisible Space, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA
Imminent Ascent, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Celestial Bodies, Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015
Celestial Bodies, LTB Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, USA
Eternal Aquatic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Ten Arts Paris, Galerie d'Art du Lycée, Saumur, France
2014
Élan, Graphite Galleries, 9th Annual PhotoNola Photography Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Odyssey Stories, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA (two-person show)
Le lyrisme des abysses - Retrospective Show, Angers Nantes Opéra House, Grand Théâtre d‘Angers, Ten Arts, Angers, France
Élan,The Outsiders Gallery, Lazarides, London, UK
BoundUnbound, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA (two-person show)
2013
Of Smoke and Gold, Galeria de Arte AFK, Lisbon, Portugal
Reckless Unbound, Angers Nantes Opéra House, Théâtre Graslin, Ten Arts, Nantes, France
Reckless Unbound, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
2012
Reckless Unbound, A Gallery at Aesthesia Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
2011
Odyssey, 6th Annual PhotoNola Photography Festival, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Odyssey, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
An Underwater Odyssey,Honolulu Museum of Arts - Academy Arts Center at Linekona, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Odyssey, Barclay's Club Monaco, Monaco
2010
Siren, PhotoNola Photography Festival, Canary Gallery/House of Lounge, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Siren, South Street Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2009
Siren, A & I Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
Siren, A & I Gallery, Hollywood, California, USA
Siren, Spring Arts Galleries, Los Angeles, California, USA
2024
The ACL | ROW Sculpture Garden, Method and Concept, Naples, Florida
2023
Marine Culture Photography Exhibition: Towards the Sea, Xiapu, Fujian Province, China
Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Artbox Zurich, Swiss Art Expo, Ten Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Human, ART LABOR Gallery booth, Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
Tenth Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
History & Romance, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2022
Works from BBC Series Extraordinary Portraits, Turner Contemporary, UK
Natural Abstraction, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa
Art Night Venezia, Ten Arts & ICI Venice, Venice, Italy
Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, Photo London, London, UK
Slate Contemporary, Art Market San Francisco, San francisco, CA
Christie's, Terrence Higgins Trust Auction, London, UK
Opening Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ninth Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2021
Crossing Boundaries, Slate Contemporary and SBHG Gallery at Cornerstone, Sonoma, CA
Lite if Up, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Little Things, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Ideale (Human and Muses Collections), Palazzo Schifanoia Art Museum, Riaperture Photo Festival, Ferrara, Italy ( in collaboration with World Water Day Photo Awards)
Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow
Index, A Gallery UK, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai
Sothebys Austria, Fund-Art and Challery, benefit Auction for CS Hospiz am Rennweg, Vienna, Austria
Anniversary Group Exhibition – Resilience, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2020
Dreamers, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA
Malta International Photo Awards 19/20
World Water Day Photo Contest, Galleria Telemaco Signorini, Portoferraio, Elba Island, Italy
MIT Public Art Collection, Video Installation Exhibit, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Christie's, Terrence Higgins Trust Auction, London, UK
Anniversary Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Girls, Girls, Girls Auction, The Little Black Gallery, Paddle 8, London, England
2019
Linz Townhall, Trierenberg Super Circuit Awards, Linz, Austria
20th Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA
Espace Photographique de Sauroy, Sony World Photography Awards, Paris, France
Gala of Photography and Design Center Linz, Trierenberg Super Circuit Awards, Linz, Austria
Jerome Indie Film and Music Festival, "Forbidden Films"
Museum of the Silo Villacanas, 12th Intl. Exhibition of Contemporary Art "ENTRESILOS", Villacañas, Spain
Dorsett, Sony World Photography Awards, Shanghai, China
SP Arte Foto, Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Art Labor Gallery, Harmony Arts Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Dorsett, Sony World Photography Awards, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Dorsett, Sony World Photography Awards, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dorsett, Sony World Photography Awards, Singapore, Southeast Asia
Liberty National, Make a Difference Leadership Foundation - Charity Auction, New Jersy
Slate Contemporary, Hyatt Place, “Splash”, Pasadena, CA
Dorsett, Sony World Photography Awards, Shepherds Bush, London, UK
Somerset House, Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, London, UK
Here & Now, Anniversary Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Frozen in all Colours, Galerie TON | Hedendaagse Kunst, The Netherlands
2018
Saatchi Gallery, Permanent Digital Project, London, UK
Shine On, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston Texas
Photo Shanghai, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
GRCC Collins Art Gallery, Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Zona Maco Foto Art Fair, LTB Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
SP Arte Foto, Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Endless Summer, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
SP Arte Contemporary, Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Anniversary Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, London, UK
Group Show, Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Paint the Web Pink, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
The Woman's Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The East Cut Art Fair, Slate Contemporary, San Francisco, California, USA
2017
Movement and Purpose, Graphite Galleries, 12th Annual PhotoNOLA Festival, New Orleans, LA, USA
Art Interest, A Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Book Launch, Linveco Cultural Foundation, B Beyond, London, United Kingdom
Grand Opening, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Summer Collective, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Gardens of Abstraction, Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
Different, P | Art Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain
Anniversary Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
2016
Zona Maco Foto Art Fair, LTB Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, USA
Docks Art Fair, Ten Arts, Lyon, France
Children's Art Charity Show, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Echo Art Fair, Miller Gallery, Buffalo, NYC, USA
E-Arte Group Show, Gabriel Wickbold Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Staging and Revelation IV, Art Gallery AFK, Lisbon, Portugal
Shanghai Yacht Fair, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Momentum, Laura Rathe Fine Art. Dallas, Texas, USA
2015
Zona Maco Foto Art Fair, LTB Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Double Vision, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Ovation, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photo Shanghai, Art Labor Gallery, Shanghai, China
Group Show, LTB Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Espace Christiane Peugeot “Spring Exhibition”, Ten Arts, Paris, France
2014
HK Photographs, Affordable Art Fair, New York, New York
Artightenment Art and Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee
Houston Fine Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Summer Exhibition, Castle Fine Art, London, UK
Pavillon S. Rothschild, Ten Arts in collaboration with Art Traffik, Paris, France
Photography Show, The Miller Gallery, Obscura, Cincinnati, Ohio
Marais Exhibit, Ten Arts, Paris, France
Grand Opening Show, LTB Art, Mexico City, Mexico
Dallas Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Atmosphere, The Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Art 14 London Art Fair, The Outsiders, London, UK
Staging and Revelation II, Galeria de Arte AFK, Lisbon, Portugal
Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2013
Fotofever Art Fair, Carrousel Du Louve, Ten Arts, Eliane Nagata, Paris, France
Fotofever Art Fair,Tours and Taxis, Ten Arts, Eliane Nagata, Brussels, Belgium
Staging and Revelation, Art Gallery AFK, Lisbon, Portugal
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas
“At Home with the Ludskis” at the Rio Cinema, Houseofodwyer, London, UK
Camera Club “Myths” for MOPLA, Santa Monica Art Studios, Los Angeles, California
Motion to Light, Snap! Orlando Photography Festival, Orlando, Florida
Dallas Grand Opening, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Art 13 London Art Fair, The Art Collector, London, UK
Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Grand Opening,The Christopher Hill Gallery, Sonoma Valley, California
2012
Natives: A Group Art Show, The Acting Center, Los Angeles, California
Phillips & Rogers - Spring into Summer, Samuel Lynne Galleries, Dallas, Texas (2 person show)
FotoFest 2012, Fourteenth International Biennial of Photography, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2012: The Fourth Annual Statewide Survey Exhibition, South Street Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Exchange Los Angeles, Bluecanvas Magazine Issue 11 Launch Event, Downtown Artwalk, Los Angeles, California
2011
Bluecanvas Event - Downtown Artwalk, Exchange Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Jammin’ on Julia 2011, New Orleans Arts District | Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Third Annual Statewide Survey Exhibition of Contemporary Photography in Hawaii, South Street Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Mardi Gras, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Movement, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Premier Vernissage, Barclay‘s Club Monaco, Monaco, Europe
An International Photographic Survey, Crussell Fine Arts, Orange County, CA
2010
Slideluck Potshow New Orleans II, PhotoNola Photography Festival,New Orleans, Louisiana
10th Annual Arts Festival, Artists for a Better World, Los Angeles, California
10 Year Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Contemporary Art in Hawaii, South Street Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
FotoFest 2010, Thirteenth International Biennial of Photography, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2009
Christmas Show, Gallery Iolani, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Siren, Sherman Gallery, Marina Del Rey, California
Siren, Spring Arts Galleries, Downtown Art Walk, Los Angeles, California
Siren, Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, California
Art48LA, H1 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Fire & Light, Sandstone Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2007
Give it Your Best Shot, Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Group Show, Soho Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Longleat House, Seat of Marquesses of Bath, Viscount Weymouth, Wiltshire (UK)
Grand Théâtre d'Angers Opera House, (Angers, France)
Valmont (Didier Guillon) (Shanghai, China)
LaLaurie Haunted Mansion, French Quarter, (New Orleans, US)
Joie de Vivre, Troubadour Hotel, (New Orleans, US)
Solange Azagury-Partridge, (Mayfair London, UK)
The Art Collector, (London, UK)
Shift Collection (US)
Chuck Knoblauch (Major League Baseball Player)
Bordelle (London, UK)
Simon Crane (Film Director, Los Angeles)
Chris Law and Family (Warner Brothers)
Charlie Carver Martensen (Actor, Hollywood)
Carl Falck (Architect, Art Dealer, UK)
Graham Duff (TV Writer, UK)
Conchita M. Scott (Opera Stylist, UK)
Foreign Cinema (San Francisco)
Axel Brog (Architect, Switzerland)
Helen Docker (Designer, Norway)
Yvette Freeman (Actress, Hollywood)
Meredith Pardue (Artist, US)
Teubener Properties (Dallas, US)
Johnny Tokatlian, Palm Group Enterprise (Cannes, France)
Bettina Caduff-Padrutt (Switzerland)
Celine Dewavrin, (Neuilly, Paris, France)
Benoit Theunissen (Brussels, Belgium)
