Andrew Raftery
| Andrew Raftery | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 22, 1962 Goldsboro, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Boston University, Yale University |
| Known for | Burin engraving |
Andrew Stein Raftery (born May 22, 1962 in Goldsboro, North Carolina)[1][2] is an American contemporary printmaker, painter and arts educator, known for his burin engravings featuring male narratives of current American life.
Biography
In 1984 Raftery earned his B.F.A. in painting from Boston University and in 1988 he completed his M.F.A. in printmaking from Yale University.[3]
He is currently a professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) teaching in the printmaking and painting department since 1991.[3][4]
In 2004 Raftery's work was featured in Jonathan Weinberg’s book, Male Desire: The Homoerotic in American Art.[5] Raftery helped contribute to the 2009 publishing of the RISD Museum exhibition catalog, The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650 alongside Emily J. Peters and Evelyn Lincoln (of Brown University).[6]
In 2009 he was elected as an academic member of the National Academy in New York City.[7][8]
Awards
Raftery has earned many awards including the Fritz Eichenberg Fellowship in printmaking, narrative engraving project from the Rhode Island State Council for the arts in 2001,[9] Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in 2003,[3] the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award in 2006,[3] John R. Frazier Award for excellence in teaching from RISD in 2007[10] and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2008.[3]
Collections
His work is included in the collections of the following;
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), Paris;[9]
- Cleveland Museum of Art;[11]
- Fogg Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;[9]
- Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA;
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;[11]
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN;
- New York Public Library, New York;[9]
- RISD Museum, Providence, RI;[12]
- Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS;[1]
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;[11]
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
References
- 1 2 "xy Exhibitions". Spencer Museum of Art. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ↑ "Andrew Raftery". Ryan Lee Gallery. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Fellows: Andrew Stein Raftery". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Andrew Stein Raftery" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ Weinberg, Jonathan (2004). Male desire: the homoerotic in American art. H.N. Abrams. ISBN 0810958945.
- ↑ "Publications: Catalog for Brilliant Line". RISD Museum. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Artists Robert Birmelin, Richard Bosman, Ann Chernow and Andrew Raftery discuss narrative prints with Jonathan Weinberg". Absolute Arts. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "National, Living Academicians". National Academy Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Raftery, Andrew". National Academy Museum. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ "RISD CSI, Call for Nominations: John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching". csi.risd.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- 1 2 3 "School of Art, Printmaking". University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ "Scene Three – Objects - RISD MUSEUM". risdmuseum.org. Retrieved 2015-04-06.