SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Among Friends 4, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Artists, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2023
A Changing Landscape, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
In the Studio: New York Academy of Art Faculty, Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY
Group Show, Healy Contemporaneo, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2022
Gallery Artists, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Summer X, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Pet Peeves, 5-50 Gallery, New York, NY
Tooth & Nail, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2021
I’m Not Done Playing With That, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Paper, Dieu Donne, Hesse Flatow East, Amagansett, NY
2021 Summer Exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY
Esprit de Corps, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
6 x 9, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2020
2020 Vision, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
Still, Sugarlift, High Line Nine, New York, NY
Looks Good On Paper, Garvey Simon, Art on Paper, New York, NY
2019
Movie Night, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Inside Interiors, R.E. Steele, East Hampton, NY curated by Romanov Grave
Backbone, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Drawn Together, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Among Friends, The Clemente, New York, NY
Lowbrow Dirty Funksters, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Representing I, Artisan Lofts, New York, NY
2018
In Your Honor, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL
New York State of MInd - Art America Dalian, X Gallery, Dalian, China
Xinjiang Urumqi Art Museum, Urumqi, China
Objects of Desire I & II, Bernarducci Gallery, New York, NY
China National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China
New Precisionism Part 2, Bernarducci Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond Figuration - Art America Beijing, Chengi Xi Center, Beijing,China
2017
Through the Eyes of an Artist, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
About Face, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY curated by Matthew Flowers, Andrew Russeth & Joyce Varvatos
Regard: Reciprocal Portraits, Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Right Left Brain, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Decensortized: A Safe Space, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY curated by David C. Terry
2016
My Blood Runs Yellow: A Tribute to Giallos, Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Drew Fitzpatrick & Alix Sloan
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY curated by Matthew Flowers, Ken Johnson and Helen Toomer
From the Academy, The Vendue, Charleston, SC
In Living Pink: The Art of Survival, Young Cancer Survivor Coalition, New York, NY
Mementos, 70 Columbus & Panepinto Galleries, curated by Michelle Doll & Lisa Lebofsky
2015
Between Us, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Benjamin Martins & Melanie Vote
My Favorite Things, W Hotel Hoboken & Panepinto Galleries, curated by Michelle Doll
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Ephemeral, The Spirits Among Us, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY curated by Carson Fox
Tell Them Stories II, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY curated by Tun Myaing & Marshall Jones
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY curated by Lesley Dill, Matthew Flowers and Martha Schwendener
2014
Disturbing Innocence, Flag Foundation, New York, NY curated by Eric Fischl
Tell Them Stories, Art Foundry, New York, NY
Expo Chicago 2014, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL
Creative Life, Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, OK
Group Exhibition, John P. Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Ft. Wayne, IN
A Human Extension, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Summer Group Show, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
A Family Affair: Selections from the Progressive Art Collection, FAC, Colorado Springs, CO
Undertow 3, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY curated by Alix Sloan
Nocturnes, NAC Gallery, New York, NY curated by Michael Gormley
2012
New York Academy of Art Shanghai Show, World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
In Our Back Yards, Filmnacht, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Paper!, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Awakened, AFA Gallery, New York, NY curated by Alix Sloan
Toylanders, Noyes Museum of Art, Stockton College, NJ curated by Margaret McCann
B 19, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY curated by Laurence Hegarty & Matt Freedman
Toy Stories, WAC Gallery, Westport, CT
2011
Salvaged, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY curated by Dina Brodsky & Tun Myaing
B-Side, York College Art Gallery, Jamaica, NY curated by Linnea Paskow & Melanie Vote
Space Invaders, Rose Contemporary, Portland, Maine
Cinematic Bodies, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL curated by Jamie Adams
Monkey Spoon, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY curated by Dominick Lombardi
fәˈsäd, Kleio Projects, New York, NY curated by Michael Meadors
Negro y Blanco, District & Co., Santo Domingo, DR
2010
Bandits, Pirates & Outlaws, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA
Tethered to My World, TAC, Chicago, IL curated by Phyllis Bramson
Water Bodies, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths
2009
Right to Print: Segura Publishing, NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
Gone to the Dogs, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Memoirs from Suburbia, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
My Long Island, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY
Parsons Pink Slips, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
+ 2, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
SPCTCLR VWS, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, NY, Curated by Mary Mihelic
Partisan, Artropolis, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Mary Jane Jacob, SAIC
2008
Chroma, Adelphi University Gallery, Garden City, NY
Dangerous Women, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
HEADSetera, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Indifference and Apocrypha, FUEL Collection, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Other, Peter Drake & Riyas Komu, Aicon Gallery, London, England
Normal, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Contemporary Imaginings: The Tullman Collection, Mobile Museum, Mobile, AL
Conversations, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL curated by Sharon Louden
I Love the Burbs, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005
Visitors From the East, Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Fur, Feathers & Friends, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
The Other Mainstream, The Weithorn Collection, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2004
Innocence & Insight, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Bullfight, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2003
From the Collection, Greenville County Museum, Greenville, SC
the burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
Moore, Less Lee, "Sinister Seven", Rue Morgue, Online, July 22
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2015
Klos, Matt, "The Power of Authorship", BmoreArt online, November 18
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2014
Johnson, Ken, “Disturbing Innocence”, The New York Times, December 25
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LECTURES / PANEL DISSCUSSIONS / INTERVIEWS / JURIST
Artist Talk, Ringling College of Art + Design
Subtractive Drawing Lecture, Lyme Academy of Art, Lyme, CT
Artist Talk, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Juror Velázquez Painting & Sculpture Competition
The Unvarnished Podcast: Episode 10 Peter Drake
Panelist/Curator, We are Family, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Juror AXA Art Prize
Public Art on Public Transit, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Juror AXA Art Prize
In Conversation with Artist Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch, New York Academy of Art
In Conversation with Artist Eric Fischl, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Studio Secrets, Peter Drake and Alexi Worth, Dumbo Open Studios
How to Break Into the Biz, Southampton Arts Center
Juror AXA Art Prize
In Conversation with Donald Kuspit, Art Critic, New York Academy of Art
May China 2018 International Art, Xinjiang Urumqi Art Museum, Urumqi
May China 2018 International Art, China National Academy of Painting, Beijing
Juror XL Catlin Art Prize
Figurative Diaspora, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Panelist/Juror Port Jefferson Station Public Art, Metropolitan Transit Authority
Art Grind Podcast: Ep 04 Peter Drake, The Man Who Wears Many Hats
Open Books: A New Dialogue, Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Charles E. Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Base, Galata Rum Okulu, Istanbul, Turkey
Art and New Urban Culture, China - America Initiative, NYSID, New York, NY
Piss & Vinegar, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Degraded: Decay as Metaphor Throughout Art History, Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, NY
Now and Then: Drawings Panel New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Carrara Stone Carving Artist Panel, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
In Conversation with Sarah Thornton, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Arts Fest 2015, Baton Rouge CC Liberal Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
Diving into the Beast, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Art of The Figure, NYPL, New York, NY
CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Today’s Portraits, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Tell Them Stories, Art Foundry, New York, NY
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Romanov Grave Studio Visit, New York, NY
Mosaika Art & Design, Montreal, CA
Roundtable, Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, BookSlut