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ADAM RAKE

adamrake@hotmail.com

  1001 Kirkwood Ave #2E 
  Iowa City, IA 52240
 
 
614-595-2684 

Born:  August 21, 1980

B.F.A. with honors, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2002        

           

           Adam Rake grew up at the south New Jersey shore and spent his college years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has lived and worked in Iowa City, IA since June of 2004.  In June of 2005 he began working as the assistant and printer for Tomas Lasansky at the Lasansky Gallery and Studio and continues this presently.  Currently Adam works out of his downtown Iowa City Studio, exhibiting his prints and drawings at the Lasansky Gallery and Studio and the Iowa City downtown Java House, and has begun submitting his work to various juried exhibitions.           

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 

2007    Glen Town Center Showcase, Des Moines, IA

2006    The Printed Image:  Midwest Biennial Graphics Competition

2006    Java House, Iowa City, IA

2005    Lasansky Gallery and Studio Winter Show, Iowa City, IA

2002    Senior Printmaking Theses Exhibition, Dupree Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.                        

2000    Works on Paper, juried show, Perkins Art Center, Moorestown, NJ.

 

COLLECTIONS:

    Paley Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

              Gund Library, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

              Marriot Library, University of Utah, Utah.

              Idaho Center for the Book, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

              Greenfield Library, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

PURCHASE AWARDS:

2001               Greenfield Library Book Purchase Award, The University of the Arts,

                        The Book of Shadows.  

 

REVIEWS: 

    PERIODICALS

     Umbrella, Apr. 2002 (vol. 25, no. 1).  Reviewed: “The Book of Shadows”.


 

FREELANCE DESIGN PROJECTS:

2003         “Georges Perrier Signature Cuvee” champagne label design; Le Bec-Fin,
                
Philadelphia, PA.

2003         “Le Bec-Fin: A Periodical from the Staff” (VIP newsletter); design, production, and writing;
                 
Le Bec-Fin, Philadelphia, PA.