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Presentation
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Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence RI 02903
Event Website
https://designscience.risd.edu
Start Date
September 2025
End Date
September 2025
Description
Anastasiia Raina is a biodesigner, researcher, and educator. She earned her MFA from the Yale School of Art and now serves as an Associate Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her work investigates the aesthetics of technologically mediated nature, inspiring new imaginaries that challenge our relationship to nature, technology, and humanity. In close collaboration with scientists, she transforms scientific research into visual language and develops novel frameworks for science communication that engage broader audiences. Anastasiia has exhibited internationally in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Seoul, presented her research and served as a visiting critic at institutions including Yale, Columbia, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Parsons, Pratt, CalArts, Otis, and MICA. Her work has been supported by grants from the Hyundai Motor Group, the Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund, the NEW INC + Science Sandbox Grant, and NSF’s STAC Collaborative Research Grant.
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Anastasiia Raina, Associate Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Anastasiia Raina
Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence RI 02903
Anastasiia Raina is a biodesigner, researcher, and educator. She earned her MFA from the Yale School of Art and now serves as an Associate Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her work investigates the aesthetics of technologically mediated nature, inspiring new imaginaries that challenge our relationship to nature, technology, and humanity. In close collaboration with scientists, she transforms scientific research into visual language and develops novel frameworks for science communication that engage broader audiences. Anastasiia has exhibited internationally in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Seoul, presented her research and served as a visiting critic at institutions including Yale, Columbia, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Parsons, Pratt, CalArts, Otis, and MICA. Her work has been supported by grants from the Hyundai Motor Group, the Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund, the NEW INC + Science Sandbox Grant, and NSF’s STAC Collaborative Research Grant.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/naturelab_designscience/designscience2025/designscience2025symposium/11