EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, Film Division, M.F.A.
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Art History
AWARDS
2010 Recipient Fantasy Fountain Foundation Grant – Americans and Cezanne
2009 Recipient Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Art Grant for six months work in Spain
2006 Vytlacil Merit Scholarship, Art Students League New York
2002 Elected to Board of Directors, New York Women in Film and Television
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Risa Korris FruitScapes" at Citibank by the Francis Naumann Gallery 40 west 57St NYC.
2011 "FruitScapes" by Risa Korris solo exhibit the Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury CT.
2010 Grant Winners Exhibition, Xavier Gonzalez Award-Art Students ‘League, New York City
2009 Dance on Canvas; the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
2009 Pilobolus Dancers - Coda Gallery Collection, Palm Desert, CA.2008
2008 Columbia University Center Outreach Program Exhibit, New York City
2007 Vytlacil Merit Scholarship Winners Exhibition, Art Students League, New York City
2007 “Frozen Moments” Creative Technologies, Inc. On-Site Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Diverse Visions; Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT.
2001 Staff Exhibit; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
2004 Lar Lubovitch, In Flight; Institute for Creative Technologies, U.S.C, Los Angeles
2000 Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery Kent, CT.
1999 Litchfield Harvest - Randall Tuttle Gallery – Woodbury, CT.Nightscape III” three years
1997 Staff Exhibit; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1997 Staff Exhibit; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1997 Paris-New York- Kent Gallery – Kent, CT.
1996 Paris-New York- Kent Gallery – Kent, CT
1996 Harris & Co. Entertainment Executive Offices
1995 Holiday Exhibit; The Washington Art Association – Washington, CT.
1994 Full Spectrum; Roy G. Biv Gallery, Palm Springs CA.
1994 Dance Views - Barnsdall Park Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
1993 Risa Korris Sun Paintings - The Muse, West Los Angeles, CA.
1991 Risa Korris Gold Coast; MCA Universal, Los Angeles, Executive offices
1989 Risa Korris and The Narrative - Bryant Library, Roslyn New York
1989 CBS Entertainment Office of the President, Los Angeles
1988 Group Show Long Island University Southampton Campus
1987 Water Views - Bologna Landi Gallery, East Hampton, LI
1984 Risa Korris paintings: Fifth Avenue Windows, Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC
PHOTOGRAPHY
2010 “Danza” Los Compañías de España, A photographic Essay on Spanish Dance
2008 “African Art: Art at Play”, Museum of African Art at the United Nations Gallery, NY catalog and invitation
2008 “Man Ray, Picabia, Duchamp” Tate Modern London, Gift Shop Catalog
2007 MAD: Museum of Art and Design NYC - collection archives
2006 “The Imagery of Chess Revisited” Noguchi Museum Long Island, catalog
2005 “Asian Games; The Art of Contest” Asia Society, New York - catalog and website
2004 “Asian Games; The Art of Contest” Freer Sackler Gallery Washington D.C.
2000-2004 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Videographer and still photographer for exhibitions and in house productions.
2003 “The Art of Chess” Summerset House, London- catalog and website
2000-2004 Central Park Conservancy NY – Park Scenic photographer and Events for catalogs, annual reports, website.
2002-2004 Hamptons International Film Festival, New York, official photographer
2002 “European and Russian Chess Featured Exhibit” The Philadelphia Museum of Art, catalog and website