Andrew Raftery Explained

Andrew Stein Raftery
Birth Date:22 May 1962
Birth Place:Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Education:Boston University (BFA)
Yale University (MFA)
Known For:Burin engraving, teaching

Andrew Stein Raftery[1] (born May 22, 1962, in Goldsboro, North Carolina)[2] is an American artist and educator, known for his paintings, burin engravings, and drawings on fictional and autobiographical narratives of contemporary American life.

Biography

In 1984, Raftery earned his B.F.A. degree in painting from Boston University, and took his first intaglio printing class with .[3] In 1988, he completed his M.F.A. degree in printmaking from Yale University. He is a professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) teaching in the printmaking and painting departments, since 1991.[4] He credits Stanley William Hayter and his proteges in Atelier 17 as an influence, and the collection of Charles Randall Dean as a guide, before its acquisition by the Library of Congress.

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] His major works in this period were the portfolios Suit Shopping (2000–2002) and Open House (2004–2008).[7]

In 2009, he was elected as an academic member of the National Academy in New York City.[8] [9] From that year until 2012, Raftery assisted in research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the wear of engraved copper plates through printing, necessary for more confident dating of historical prints; this required using a traditional hammered copper plate and lozenge-shaped burin for the first time in his career.[10]

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,[11] Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in 2003, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award in 2006, John R. Frazier Award for excellence in teaching from RISD in 2007[12] and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2008.

Collections

His work is included in the public art collections of the select following;

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speaker Poptech 2015. 2015. Poptech Conference 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150820215020/http://poptech.org/people/andrew_raftery. August 20, 2015. dead. June 21, 2017.
  2. Web site: xy Exhibitions. Spencer Museum of Art. April 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412174451/http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/xy/xy_clothes.shtml. April 12, 2015. dead.
  3. Raftery, Andrew. "Genealogies: Tracing Stanley William Hayter," Art in Print Vol. 2 No. 3 (September–October 2012), 6, 8.
  4. Web site: Fellows: Andrew Stein Raftery. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. April 5, 2015.
  5. Book: Weinberg, Jonathan. Male desire: the homoerotic in American art. H.N. Abrams. 2004. 0810958945.
  6. Web site: Publications: Catalog for Brilliant Line. April 5, 2015. RISD Museum. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411174534/http://risdmuseum.org/manual/36_catalog_for_brilliant_line. April 11, 2015. dead.
  7. News: Art at the Threshold: An Inch in Andrew Raftery's Open House. Hirch. Faye. 2016. Art in Print. July 18, 2018. 5. 5. en-US.
  8. Web site: Artists Robert Birmelin, Richard Bosman, Ann Chernow and Andrew Raftery discuss narrative prints with Jonathan Weinberg. June 5, 2013. April 5, 2015. Absolute Arts.
  9. Web site: National, Living Academicians. April 5, 2015. National Academy Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402072524/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=R. April 2, 2015. dead.
  10. News: Remaking Dürer: Investigating the Master Engravings by Masterful Engraving. Campbell. Angela. 2012. Art in Print. July 18, 2018. Raftery. Andrew. 2. 4 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Raftery, Andrew. National Academy Museum. July 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807003033/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academicians/raftery-andrew-p-g-na-2009/. August 7, 2016. dead.
  12. Web site: RISD CSI, Call for Nominations: John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching. csi.risd.edu. April 6, 2015. https://archive.today/20150406074305/http://csi.risd.edu/2013/11/21/call-for-nominations-john-r-frazier-award-for-excellence-in-teaching/. April 6, 2015. dead.
  13. Web site: Andrew Raftery, Panel 5. 2015. Printmaking in the Expanded Field (PITEF). June 17, 2016.
  14. Web site: Andrew Raftery. The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). June 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811200256/http://www.ifpda.org/content/node/14265. August 11, 2016. dead.
  15. Web site: School of Art, Printmaking. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). April 6, 2015. February 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412091706/http://art.utk.edu/printmaking/visiting_artists/visart.html. April 12, 2015. dead.
  16. Web site: Andrew Raftery: Open House. 2011. University of Vermont, Fleming Museum of Art. University of Vermont. June 17, 2016.
  17. Web site: Raftery, Andrew. National Academy Museum. April 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412131133/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academicians/raftery-andrew-p-g-na-2009/. April 12, 2015. dead.
  18. Web site: Scene Three – Objects - RISD MUSEUM. risdmuseum.org. April 6, 2015.
  19. Web site: Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the Philippson Bible. 2008. Philoctetes Center. June 17, 2016.

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