Master of Arts in Photography; San Francisco State University, 1981
Bachelor of Arts in Photography; San Francisco State University, 1978
Associate of Science, Certificate in Commercial Photography; Laney Junior College, 1976
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One Person Exhibitions
Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery; Detroit, Michigan
February - March 1993
Eye Gallery; San Francisco, California
January - February 1992
Judah L. Magnes Museum; Berkeley, California
January - April 1992
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island; Hempstead, New York
October - November 1991
Paris Gibson Square Center for Contemporary Art; Great Falls, Montana
August - September 1990
Custer County Art Center; Miles City, Montana
June - July 1990
Carson County Arts Guild Gallery; Kalispell, Montana
April - May 1990
MTSU Photographic Gallery; Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, Tennessee
February - March 1990
Museum of the Rockies; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana
January - February 1990
Sun Cities Art Museum; Sun City, Arizona
May - June 1989
Judah L. Magnes Museum; Berkeley, California
February - June 1989
Churchill Arts Council; Fallon, Nevada
January 1988 - March 1989
Los Angeles Photography Center; Los Angeles, California
February - March 1988
57th Street Photographic Workshop; Sacramento, California
December 1987 - January 1988
Lowe-Levison Art Gallery; Miami Beach, Florida
October - November 1987
Johnson & Johnson; New Brunswick, New Jersey
January - February 1987
Rutgers University; 1986-1987 Women Artists Series; New Brunswick, New Jersey
September 1986
Bakersfield College; Bakersfield, California
April - May 1986
New Works Gallery; University of Illinois, Chicago
October - November 1986
Pro Arts; Oakland, California
April 1984
Matrix Gallery; Sacramento, California
May - June 1984
Traveling Exhibitions
Israelis Today: Dreams and Reality, began September 1992
Coordinated by Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California; One-person exhibition
Touring exhibition through the Nevada and Arizona State Council on the Arts. Sites in Arizona, Nevada, Montana, and New Mexico. One-person show, Spring 1988 through 1990.
Johnson & Johnson Traveling Art Exhibition Program, 1987-1988
Seven sites; One-person exhibition
Selected Group Exhibitions
El Pueblo Gallery "Day of the Dead;" Los Angeles, California
October - November 1995
El Pueblo Gallery "Picture LA;" Los Angeles, California
September - October 1995
DADA "Downtown Lives;" Los Angeles, California
December 1994
DADA "Downtown Lives;" Los Angeles, California
December 1993
Gallery IV "Focus on Traction;" Los Angeles, California
July - August 1993
Academy of Film and Photography (FAMU) "Different Perspectives;" Prague, Czechoslovakia
October - November 1991
Museum of Modern Art "Pictures of People;" San Francisco, California
March - May 1989
Palo Alto Cultural Center "Relationships - A Photographic Survey;" Palo Alto, California
July - September 1986
Los Angeles Women's Building "Women Photographers in America;" Los Angeles, California
April - May 1985
Vida Gallery "Bay Area Women Photographers 1984;" San Francisco, California
October - December 1984
Eye Gallery - Three-person show; San Francisco, California
September 1984
Publications
A Portrait of American Mothers & Daughters
Photographs by Raisa Fastman
NewSage Press, 1987
Mothers & Daughters
Aperture, 1987
Women and Work, Photographs and personal writings
NewSage Press, 1986
Women Photographers in America 1985, Exhibition catalogue
Collections
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Professional Information Personal Information
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Collection
Middle Tennessee State University Photographic Gallery
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Mishkan L'Omanut Museum, Israel
My work has been published in several national magazines, including Parenting Magazine, Harper's, and Popular Photography.
Member, Board of Directors, Downtown Arts Development Association (DADA), Los Angeles, CA
Editor, DADA newsletter
Formerly in Artist in Residence Pool, Nevada State Council on the Arts
Former member, Board of Directors, Eye Photographic Gallery, San Francisco, California
Independent Photographer since 1976
Recipient of Tel Aviv Foundation Grant for the Arts
Born in Molchzadz, USSR