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)
