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Vanessa Raw (born 28 September 1984 in Hexham) is a British artist and former professional triathlete.
Raw had a successful 11-year career as a triathlete and achieved 8 top ten positions and 3 medals across 26 World Triathlon races.
She now works full-time as an artist and lives in Ramsgate.
Raw had a successful 11-year career as a triathlete and achieved 8 top ten positions and 3 medals across 26 World Triathlon races.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NTcxOA==#. Retrieved 22 January 2011. She then achieved four medals in long distance (ironman) events before retiring in 2016 after years of struggling with injury. Notably, she has won the British Elite Duathlon Championships, Windsor Triathlon, Ironman 70.3 Italy. She obtained a Bronze medal in the 2015 ETU Middle Distance Triathlon Championships and consistently represented Great Britain as a leading contender in World Cup and World Triathlon Series races.
Some of her works, known as 'psychological landscapes', have been described as an exploration of phantoms, encompassing elements such as dreams, individuals, and locations. Her work attempts to the interplay between the present, the hidden subconscious, and the spaces that lie in between.
In September 2022, Raw's artworks depicting the nude female body were displayed at an exhibition called “Behind Closed Doors” at Berlin Art Week.
In 2023, Raw was one of the artists selected for the Artist-to-Artist initiative at the Frieze Art Fair. She was proposed by renowned artist Tracey Emin for a solo exhibition at the fair. Her paintings on display were both an exploration of issues surrounding the male vs the female gaze, sexual identity, and desire, as well as a personal journey of self-discovery.
Raw's artwork has been displayed in multiple art galleries in London and Margate, including at the Fitzrovia Gallery, the Flowers Gallery, and the Woolff Gallery.
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