Born
1972 in Kailua, Hawaii
Artists
A visual poet of light and shadow, Christy Lee Rogers harnesses the untamable force of water to create ethereal worlds, where human figures are suspended in a ballet of fluid motion and raw emotion. Rogers employs her original technique to a symphony of bodies submerged in water lighted at night, and creates effects using only the refraction of light. Through a complex 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 human condition. With a soul steeped in Baroque grandeur and a heart attuned to the angelic in classical art and mythology, Rogers transforms the depths of her underwater worlds into something supernatural—an exploration of both physicality and spirit, timelessness and transformation; with endless scenes of angels and muses adrift between worlds.
Commissioned by James Cameron and Disney, Rogers was chosen to capture the stars of Avatar: The Way of Water—Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Winslet—for a special project supporting The Nature Conservancy and ocean conservation; and inspired by the vast, mysterious beauty of the oceans and the world of Pandora.
Rogers’ artistry has captivated some of the world’s most visionary creators, earning her other notable commissions that bridge the realms of film, technology, and fashion. She collaborated with Apple for its Shot on iPhone campaign, showcasing her contemporary underwater photography on a global platform that fused fine art and technology. Her talents were also recognized in the world of fashion and design, where she was chosen to create the cover of the famous photography annual, Lavazza 2021 The New Humanity calendar, a celebration of human resilience, connection, and our shared future.
Her work has often been compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio and Rubens, with dramatic chiaroscuro light; yet it pulses with its own celestial rhythm—where darkness surrenders to the soft radiance of light, and each image feels like a snapshot from a dream. Rogers’ passion for blending light, movement, and emotion has earned her numerous accolades, including the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of the Year in 2019. She is also a two-time finalist for the Contemporary Talents Award from the Fondation François Schneider in France. Her influence has extended into music as well, where her image Harmony was featured on the album cover for Wang Chung’s Orchesography, fusing her dreamlike visuals with the rhythm of sound. And her Odyssey images were selected for the 2013–2014 performance season of the Angers-Nantes Opera in France. One of Rogers’ most celebrated works, Reckless Unbound, now resides at Longleat House in the UK – the stately home, which is the seat of the Marquess of Bath and also home to Renaissance gems of the Italian masters, like Titan’s “Rest on the Flight into Egypt.”
Rogers’ underwater artworks have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the globe, from Paris to Shanghai, and have graced the covers of prominent publications. Her work has garnered critical acclaim for its otherworldly beauty and emotional depth, offering a meditative reflection on the nature of life itself.
2020 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 137 x 91 cm / H 183 x 122 cm / H 221 x 147 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2018 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 137 cm / H 122 x 183 cm / H 147 x 221 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2018 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 122 cm / H 122 x 163 cm / H 147.3 x 196.5 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 5 2009 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.4 x 66.7 cm / H 122 x 89 / H 152.4 x 111 cm / H 203.2 x 142.2 cm Ed of 4 / Ed of 6 / Ed of 2 / Ed of 2 2023-2024 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 63.5 x 51 cm / H 114 x 91 cm / H 152 x 122 cm / H 184 x 147 cm Ed of 50 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2020 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 143 x 91.5 cm / H 191 x 122 cm / H 230 x 147.4 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2020 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 172.7 cm / H 114.5 x 216 cm / H 147.3 x 278 cm Ed of 5 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 5 2020 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 97 cm / H 122 x 129.5 cm / H 147 x 156 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2018 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 122 cm / H 122 x 163 cm / H 149 x 196.5 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 5 2018 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91 x 205.8 cm / H 122 x 274.4 cm / H 147 x 331.5 cm Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 8 2020 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 91.5 cm / H 122 x 122 cm / H 147 x 147 cm Ed of 5 / Ed of 8 / Ed of 5 2017 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, face-mounting H 91.5 x 63 cm / H 122 x 84 cm / H 147 x 102 cm / H 215 x 147 cm Ed of 5 / Ed of 3 / Ed of 5 / Ed of 3 1972 in Kailua, Hawaii 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Collection, Los Angeles, USA
A Dream Blossomed Right in Front of My Eyes
A Dream Blossomed Right in Front of My Eyes
A Dream Dreamed in the Presence of Reason
A Dream Dreamed in the Presence of Reason
Alive
Alive
Argentina
Argentina
Candy
Candy
Destiny
Destiny
Disposition of Lightness
Disposition of Lightness
Dreaming
Dreaming
Dreamland
Dreamland
Evolution
Evolution
Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature
Forgot Me Not
Forgot Me Not
Born
Solo Exhibitions
ART LABOR Gallery, Photofairs Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The Muses, The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, USA
Standard Vision, “Luminescence”, Outside Digital Screen Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
Deep Silence, ICI Venice & Ten Arts, Venice, Italy
Guardian of Water, Island of Art, Pater Noster, UpOnWalls, Sommaren, Sweden (2 person exhibition)
Deep Silence, National Museum of Photography in Brescia, Festival of Photographic Culture, Brescia, Italy
Marco Polo Airport, Ten Arts Paris, Venice, Italy
The Underwater Photography of Christy Lee Rogers, Method & Concept, Naples, Florida
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)
Installation, Centre Pastoral Saint-Merry, Ten Arts Paris, Paris, France
Christy Lee Rogers – Baroque Water Worlds, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota, US
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
Hybrids, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Muses, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
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
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
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
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)
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
Reckless Unbound, A Gallery at Aesthesia Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Siren, PhotoNola Photography Festival, Canary Gallery/House of Lounge, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Siren, South Street Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Siren, A & I Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
Siren, A & I Gallery, Hollywood, California, USA
Siren, Spring Arts Galleries, Los Angeles, California, USAGroup Exhibitions
Twelfth Anniversary Exhibit, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, USA
Ten Arts, “Fête de la Tulipe” Festival les Barock’Euses – Morges, Switzerland
Heart of the Matter, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, , USA
An Unconventional Lens, Method & Concept, Naples, USA
Twenty Fifth Anniversary Exhibit, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, USA
Art & Science of Water, Pater Noster Island, UpOnWalls, Sommaren, USA
In The Flow, Mirror Space, Shaoxin, China
Eleventh Anniversary Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, USA
The ACL | ROW Sculpture Garden, Method and Concept, Naples, Florida
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
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
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
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
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
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, China
The Woman’s Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The East Cut Art Fair, Slate Contemporary, San Francisco, California, USA
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Give it Your Best Shot, Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Group Show, Soho Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaImportant Collections
James Cameron (Director of Avatar), USA
Lana Wachowski, Karin Winslow (Writer/ Film Director- The Matrix, Cloud Atlas), USA
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minnesota, USA
Longleat House, Seat of Marquesses of Bath, Viscount Weymouth, Wiltshire, UK
Mondrian Hotel, Hong Kong
Grand Théâtre d’Angers Opera House, Angers, France
Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, USA
Valmont (Didier Guillon), Shanghai, China
LaLaurie Haunted Mansion, French Quarter, New Orleans, USA
Joie de Vivre, Troubadour Hotel, New Orleans, USA
Solange Azagury-Partridge, Mayfair London, UK
The Art Collector, London, UK
Shift Collection, USA
Chuck Knoblauch (Major League Baseball Player), USA
Bordelle, London, UK
Simon Crane (Film Director), Los Angeles, USA
Chris Law and Family (Warner Brothers), USA
Charlie Carver Martensen (Actor), Hollywood, USA
Carl Falck (Architect, Art Dealer), UK
Graham Duff (TV Writer), UK
Conchita M. Scott (Opera Stylist), UK
Foreign Cinema, San Francisco, USA
Axel Brog (Architect), Switzerland
Helen Docker (Designer), Norway
Yvette Freeman (Actress), Hollywood, USA
Meredith Pardue (Artist), USA
Teubener Properties, Dallas, USA
Johnny Tokatlian, Palm Group Enterprise, Cannes, France
Bettina Caduff-Padrutt, Switzerland
Celine Dewavrin, Neuilly, Paris, France
Benoit Theunissen, Brussels, Belgium