Adam Rake
Faust Gallery
Adam Rake
Mixed-Media Intaglio Printmaker
In an era when artistic practice is often celebrated for how it diverges from tradition, the prints and drawings of Adam Rake remain committed to aesthetic formalism. Whether through detailed renderings of the human form or abstractions that probe the elusive realms of memory and place, Rake strives toward a permanence he knows will never come. He regards uncertainty and fleetingness as inevitable consequences of the Postmodern age, and his work is a reflection of that experience.
Rake received a BFA with Honors in Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2002, then moved to Iowa City to work at the renowned Lasansky Gallery & Studio, where he spent years as an edition printer and etcher of multiplate color intaglio prints and as assistant to Tomas Lasansky. He went on to complete an MFA in Printmaking at Indiana University in 2015, has taught printmaking and drawing at Indiana University–Bloomington and Indiana University–Kokomo, and in the summer of 2016 served as an Artist-in-Residence at the Guanlan Original Printmaking Base in Shenzhen, China. His work has been exhibited extensively across the United States and internationally.
Though most of his adult life has been spent landlocked in the Midwest, Adam grew up alongside the ocean on the shore of Southern New Jersey. When he is not traveling for his work and teaching, he keeps a home and studio in Iowa City.
Education
- 2015MFA, Printmaking — Indiana University, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, IN
- 2005Graduate coursework — University of Iowa, School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, IA
- 2002BFA with Honors, Printmaking — The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
- 2014Scored and Surfaced: Featuring Adam Rake — Renee Grae Gallery, Le Claire, IA
- 2010Adam Rake — Lasansky Gallery & Studio, Iowa City, IA
Selected Group & Juried Exhibitions
- 2015Guanlan International Print Biennial — Guanlan Print Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
- 2015Adam Rake: What Remains? — Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- 2015Vantage Points: 2015 National Print Exhibition — Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA (Honorable Mention)
- 2015DRAWN — Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- 2015Representational Art in the 21st Century — University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, HI
- 2015The Retelling Project — University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
- 2013Manhattan Graphics Center 3rd Annual Juried Printmaking Show — New York, NY
- 2013Regional Showcase: Works on Paper — Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- 2009Three-Person Show: Tomas Lasansky, Charlie Emmert Lasansky & Adam Rake — West Des Moines, IA
- 2007The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial — Boston University, Boston, MA
Public Collections
- Guanlan Print Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
- Indiana University, Printmaking Archives, Bloomington, IN
- Oberlin College, Art Library, Oberlin, OH
- Otis College of Art and Design, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
- The University of the Arts, Greenfield Library, Philadelphia, PA
- Temple University, Paley Library, Philadelphia, PA
- Cleveland Institute of Art, Gund Library, Cleveland, OH
- University of Utah, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
- Boise State University, Idaho Center for the Book, Boise, ID
Selected Honors & Awards
- 2015Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship — Indiana University
- 2015Grunwald Gallery / Friends of Art Thesis Prize — Indiana University
- 2015Honorable Mention — Vantage Points National Print Exhibition
- 2002Novelli Liberal Arts Award & Rosenwald Scholarship — The University of the Arts
- ’98–’02Presidential Merit Scholarship — The University of the Arts
A printmaker’s printmaker — rigorous, formal, and quietly searching for permanence in an impermanent age.