NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Andrew Raftery is an artist specializing in fictional and autobiographical narratives of contemporary American life. Andrew loves prints for their ubiquitous role in our world: on wallpaper, ceramics, textiles, and other functional objects, such as bandboxes. He welcomes the challenge of using seemingly antiquated techniques such as engraving to treat contemporary subject matter. Andrew’s studio practice is research based, branching out into collaborations with museums and scholars. He is Professor of Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design and is represented by Ryan Lee Gallery in New York. His home and studio are in Providence, Rhode Island.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Andrew Raftery’s roots were in East Providence, from where his first generation Irish father came. He grew up in Washington, D.C., made his first print at the age of eleven, and attained a BFA from Boston University and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. Raftery, a professor of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has taught since 1991, is renowned for his mastery of engraving. He has won numerous awards and fellowships and exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions at many major venues in the East.
Featured in: NetWorks 2011 – 2012 Catalogue
Copperplate engraving, 18 in.
Andrew Raftery: Autobiography of a Garden on Twelve Engraved Plates
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis
Music:
Souvenirs du Jura Op. 44
composed by Napoleon Coste
performed by Andrew Raftery
Smithsonian Photographs: U.S. National Archives Artwork Courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery
Photography: Erik Gould and Ned Lochaya
Producer: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Additional resources:
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
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