James Drake

Born in Lubbock, Texas
Lives and works in Santa Fe, Ne\N Mexico

Education
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California, BFA
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California, MFA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
James Drake: Warn in Heaven, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California

2005
City of Tells, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exh. cat, with essay by Ellen Berkovitch and poem by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

2004
Drawings for City of Tells, Dwight Hackett projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
City of Tells, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
City of Tells with Signs Following, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

2003
James Drake: Tongue-Cut Sparrows, Williams Center Art Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
The Humingbird's Equation, EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas

2002
Zona Mariscal, Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
The Trophy Room and Other Interiors, Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas

2001
Tongue-Cut Sparrows, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Valley of the World, University of Buffalo Art GalIery, Buffalo, New York

2000
Que Linda La Brisa, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas Tongue-Cut Sparrows/A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California

1999
Conversation Inside-Outside, Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography, Sydney, Australia
A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

1998
James Drake, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Tongue-Cut Sparrows/A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space and Art Management, New York, New York

1997
Tongue-Cut Sparrows, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California

1996
Tongue-Cut Sparrows, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas

1994
The Sky Was Swirling Like a Snake, EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas. Exh. cat. with essay by Marilyn Zeitlin

1992
Drawings, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1991
Heart of Gold, Shea/Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1990
Place and Passage, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC

1989
Juarez/El Paso, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California
James Drake: The Border/La Frontera, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
New Lithographs, Tamarind Institute of Lithography, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1988 James Drake: Border Incident, Alternative Museum, New York, New York
James Drake: Border/La Frontera, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas 1983 James Drake: Sculpture, Brown-Lupton Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

1982
Sculpture, Galveston Arts Center on the Strand, Galveston, Texas

1981
New Visions, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas. Traveled to Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, Texas; Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas; EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas.
Exh. cat. with essay by David Turner

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004
Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
179th Annual, National Academy Museum, New York, New York

2003
The Ultimate Collection, La Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy
Game Over, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany

2002
Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990's, Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2001
Zona Mariscal, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

2000
Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York. Exh. cat. with lead essay by Maxwell Anderson
New York Classicism Now, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York. Exh. cat.
Tamarind: 40 Years, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Natural Deceits, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas

1999
Crossing Zones, De Paul University Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
23rd International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contemporary Narrative American Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut
Texas Draws, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

1998
Photoimage: Printmaking 60's to 90's, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Storylines, University of Colorado Art Gallery, Sibell- Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, Colorado
1998 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

1997
Edge of Chaos, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, New York

1996
Conceal/Reveal, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exh. cat. with essay by Bruce Ferguson
Continuity and Contradiction, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Limited Edition Artists Books, Since 1990, Brooke Alexander, New York, New York

1995
Prints, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Made in Texas, Parchman StremmeI GaUery, San Antonio, Texas

1994
Poison Amor: James Drake and Terry Allen, A Collaboration, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, Exh. cat. with essay bv Rosetta Brooks
Private Identity and Public Conscience, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

1993 Shot in El Paso, EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas
Ida Applebroog and James Drake, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California Dark Suburban Fantasies, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California
Like a Body Without a Shadow, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC Exh. cat. with essay by Christopher French

1992
Who Discovered Whom?, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
The Passionate Eye, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas

1991
The Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Graphica Creative 90: The Sixth International Print Triennial, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland

1990
Center for Contemporary Arts Invitational, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gender/Gender, Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York, New York
Texas Figurative Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

1989
A Century of Sculpture in Texas, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Exh. cat. with essays by Becky Duval Reese and Patricia Hendricks
Traveling III: Myths and Motorcycles, Althea Viafora Gallery, New York, New York Awards in the Visual Arts, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

1988
The Wall As Ground, Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, EI Paso, Texas
Texas Narrations, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
The Mid-America Biennial, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

1987
Contemporary Texas Figurative Drawing, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas

1986
Personal Environments, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exh. cat. with essay by David Turner
Western States Biennial, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York

1983
Southern Fictions, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

1982
Fabric/Fiber, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

1980
Southwest Sculpture, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
1979
Made in Texas, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1976
Art Exhibition Peace, Slovenj Gradec,Yugoslavia

1975
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Historical Preservation Authority to Commemorate the Civil Rights Marches of 1963, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Pascagoula County Library, Pascagoula, Mississippi
EI Paso County Courthouse, EI Paso, Texas

AWARDS

2001 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2001 Nancy Graves Award for Visual Arts
1989 Awards in the Visual Arts, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Travel Fellowship, France
1988 Mid-America Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas
Federal Reserve Bank, Washington DC
The John D. and Catharine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Museo de Arte Y Historia, Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
New York Public Library, New York, New York
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (since 1985)

2005
lndyke, Dottie. "Paper & Pencil, Drawings Have Authentic Touch of the Artist's Own Hand," Albuquerque Journal, January 28
Madoff, Steven Henry. "Party of 36 (Plus 1 Serpent)," The New York Times, February 6

2004
Ehie, Teresa H. The Hummingbird's Equation, Catalogue, EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas
Fischer, Zane. "Age? Beauty? Both? Not So Old Masters," Santa Fe Reporter, March 21
Johnson, Patricia C. "Artists Drawing Distinctions After All of These Years," Houston Chronicle, December 17
Mayo, Marti. Essay. "A Dedicated Residence for the New and the Now," Perspectives @ 25, A Quarter Century of New Art ill Houston, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas

2002
Johnson, Ken. "James Drake: The Hummingbird's Equation," The New York Times, February 15

2001
Harris-Fernandez, Al. Essay. "From the Valley of the World," James Drake: Artificial Life in the Valley of the World, Catalogue, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2000
Anderson, Maxwell L., Forward. Whitney Biennial 2000, Catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Basualdo, Carlos, Caniglia, Julie, and Siegel, Katy. "Whitney Biennial: The Curators Speak," Artforum, March
Goodrich, John. "Savvy Industriousness and the Lions of Good Energy," Review Magazine, April
Johnson, Ken. "New York Classicism Now," The New York Times, September 8
Plante, Michael. "Report from New Orleans," Art in America, March
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. "In the Desert of Your Heart," Artlies, Summer Issue
Weil, Rex. "New York Reviews, James Drake," ArtNews, September

1998
Brooks, Rosetta. "James Drake, Artpace," Artforum, November
Cotter, Holland. "A Tour Through Chelsea, the New Center of Gravity," The New York Times, May 15
Kotik, Charlotta. "1998 New Orleans Triennial: Nothing Endures... But Art," Arts Quarterly

1997
Ferguson, Bruce. "Global Art, James Drake," Flash Art, March/April
Ferguson, Bruce. Essay. "Conceal/Reveal," Conceal/Reveal, Catalogue, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1994
Johnson, Patricia. "Dark Wit," Houston Chronicle, August 31
Zeitlin, Marilyn A. Essay. "The Sky Was Swirling Like a Snake," Catalogue, EI Paso Museum of Art, EI Paso, Texas

1993
Ross, Jeanette. "Lone Star Reveries," Artweek, January
Whitehouse, Anne. "Memorial to an Uncivil Era," The Los Angeles Times, April 11

1992
Harrison, Helen A. "An Ardent Critique about Colonization," The New York Times, March 21 Hickey, Dave. Essay. New Texas Art, Catalogue, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington & Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Kimmelman, Michael. "Sculpture, Sculpture Everywhere, Silhouettes of the Southwest," The New York Times, July 31

1990
Joselit, David. "Living on the Border," Art in America, December
Richard, Paul. "James Drake, On the Border," The Washington Post, October 9

1989
Henry, Gerrit. "James Drake," Art in America, April

1988
Torreano,John and Zeitlin, Marilyn. Essays. The Border/La Frontera, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas
1987
Beck, Ferrell. "The Function of Particular Memory," Artweek, May
Brenson, Michael. "How the Myths and Violence of the West Inspire its Artists," The New York Times, June 15
Gregory, Joe. "James Drake, Enclosers of Selfhood," Artspace, Summer Issue
Kotik, Charlotta. Essay. Third Western States Biennial, Catalogue, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York

1985
Bell, David. "Southwest '85," Art in America, September
Vander Lee, Jana. "Lone Star Sculptors," International Sculpture, June/July

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