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Maureen Drdak http://maureendrdak.com

International Artist-in-Residence August 2011 - February 2012

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 KCAC at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Fulbright Exhibition: Eternal Visions—Contemporary Forms

2010 Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, USA

2009 Indigo Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal

2009 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA

2008 Penn College of Technology/Penn State University, USA

2007 West Chester University, USA

2007 Temple University, USA

2006 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA

2005 Chestnut Hill College, USA

2004 Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, USA

1995 Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Forthcoming 1st Kathmandu International Biennale, Kathmandu, Nepal

2012 Patan Museum, Nepal—“from portrait to self-portrait”, Elsa Peretti Foundation

2011 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Projects Space, NYC, USA—iraqimemorial.org Exhibition

2011 Works/San Jose, San Jose, USA— Iraqimemorial.org Exhibition

2010 Twelve Gates Gallery, Philadelphia, USA—Three Women, Three Stories

2010 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno—Iraqimemorial.org Exhibition

2009 Patan Museum, Nepal—Separating the Myth and Reality-First Nepal International Arts Festival

2009 Montclair State University, USA—Continuum

2008 Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, USA—Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show

2008 Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford USA—5th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition

2008 Art Association of Harrisburg, USA—Internat’l Juried Exhibition

2007 Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, USA—4th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition

2005 The Siegel Gallery, Lehigh University, USA—Area Artists 2005, Selective Group Exhibition

2005 Charles More and Associates, Philadelphia, USA—Maureen Drdak: Recent Works

2002          Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA.
2001          Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA.
2000          State Museum, Harrisburg, PA. USA—Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2000

1999          Historic Yellow Springs Studio,USA—Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 102nd Juried Exh.
1999          Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA— Award Winners: PAFA Fellowship 102nd Annual Juried Exhibition
1999          Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA— PAFA Alumni Exhibition
1998          Historic Yellow Springs Studio,PA,USA—Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 101st Exhib.
1995          West Chester University, USA— Fellowship of PAFA 98th Annual Exhibition

1994          American College, Bryn Mawr, USA— Fellowship of PAFA 97th Annual Exhibition
1993          Philadelphia Art Alliance, USA
1992          Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, USA—Fellowship of PAFA 95th Annual Exhibition

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, USA—74th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Watercolor Club
Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, Philadelphia, USA—Annual Awards Exhibition

COLLABORATIVES

2012 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, IL. Lung-Ta, Midwest Premier and Exhibition

2009 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA—Lung-Ta, Network for New Music East Coast Premiere and Exh.

Other Philadelphia venues:Gershman Y Auditorium,Community Education Center,Painted Bride Art Center

2005 Chestnut Hill College, USA—Middle Eastern Cultures in Perfect Harmony, Intercultural Journeys Ensemble

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2012 University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel—Lung-Ta, Midwest Premier and Exhibition

2011-12 Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center (KCAC—Fulbright) Artist-in-Residence at the Patan Museum of Art, Nepal

2011-12 Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award for Nepal, The Prakriti Project ($18,000)

2011 Singinawa Foundation, India

2008 H. F. Gerry Lenfest, ($10,000.00) Chairman, Philadelphia Museum of Art Trustees

2008 Eugene V. Thaw, ($2,000.00) International Collector and Hadrian Award Recipient

2008 Art Association of Harrisburg— Painting Award

2002          Three Rivers Arts Festival, PA—2D Works Award,
1999          Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—Award of Excellence Works on Paper
1998          Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—Drawing Prize
1994          Franklin Mint Foundation for the Arts—Graphic Prize
1992          Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts— Catherine Gibbons Granger Award
                 Cheltenham Center for the Arts— Tobeleah Wechsler Award
1974-76     National Academy of Design, New York— Julius Hallgarten Prize

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts— Nicholas Bucciarelli Prize

Consolidated Drake Press Award

Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Award

EDUCATION

2011-12 Private Study under Rabindra Shakya, Shakya Atelier, Patan, Nepal, under Fulbright aegis.

2010-Pres. The Violette de Mazia Foundation, USA

2009 Private Study under Rabindra Shakya, descendant of Kuber Singh Shakya, Shakya Atelier, Nepal

1987-Pres. Ongoing travel for research to Italy, Tunisia, Israel, and Nepal

1976 Barnes Foundation, USA

1975 Philadelphia College of Art (Univ. of the Arts) USA— BFA (Painting)

1975 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA—Certificate (Painting)

1973-74 Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1995-05 Owner, M. DRDAK DESIGN—Design Studio for International Clients and Brands.

1987-95 Master Designer, Franklin Mint International—senior designer of 25 man design team for $800m corporation.

1976-87 Designer

1972-76 Private Painting Instructor

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2012 Juror, Annual Ursinus College Student Exhibition, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, USA

2011 U.S. Embassy Speaker, Kathmandu University Centre for Art and Design, Kathmandu, Nepal

2011 Artist Contributor; New York for Nepal, Benefit—Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust, Rubin Museum, New York

2009 Lung-Ta Premiere Benefit, Philadelphia, USA.

2009 Juror, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 146th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, USA

2008 Guest Speaker and Contributor for the Berman Museum of Art Auction Expansion Fund Raiser

COLLECTIONS, PUBLIC and CORPORATE

The Financial Group of Philadelphia

Penn State University, Penn College of Technology, PA

LUAG Permanent Collection, Lehigh University, PA

Philip and Muriel Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel

Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Franklin Mint Corporate Collection, Franklin Center, PA

Lenox Corporate Collection, Lawrenceville, NJ

COLLECTIONS, PRIVATE, selected

Donald and Shelley Rubin

H.H. Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned of Qatar

John and Berthe Ford

Lynda and Stuart Resnick

H.M. King Abdullah II and H.M. Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Mr. Karl Middleman and Dr. Dori Middleman

Dr. Mark Putnam and Dr. Linda Reichert

Lisa Tremper Hanover

Mr. and Mrs. Nino Rodolico, Florence, Italy

Shane Suvikapakornkul, Bangkok, Thailand

Lindsay Friedman

Gabriel Campbell and Lynn Bennett

Christophe and Enkhe Gierke

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sarachen

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ragan

Richard and Maggie Piper

Mr. John Baker

Mr. and Mrs Andrew Halbert

Martin Mullaney

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Danciger

PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, and INTERVIEWS

2012 Artist Talk, Philadelphia Sketch Club

Fulbright South East Asia Regional Conference, Cochin, Kerala, India

Nepal TV interview with Shova Manandhar for Aankhijyal and Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists, Nepal

Artist Talk, Eternal Visions—Contemporary Forms, Nepal Cultural Studies Group, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal

Presenter—The Importance of Critical Thinking and Analysis in Art Production,Lasanaa Alternative Art Space,Nepal

2011 Selection Panel, Techné Kala Grant Awards, Lasanaa Alternative Art Space, Kathmandu, Nepal

Invited Speaker, The Lincoln School, Kathmandu, Nepal

Presenter, Fulbright Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal

U.S. Embassy Speaker, Kathmandu University Centre for Art and Design, Kathmandu, Nepal

Invited Speaker; The Visual Syntax of Contemplative Touchstones and Archetypal Paradigms

Calstate University-San Marcos and Southwestern College, USA

2010 Artists Talk, Three Women; Three Stories, Twelve Gates Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

2010 Visiting Artist, “The Killing of Lions.” University of Nevada, Reno. <http://iraqimemorial.org/stream.html>, USA

Artist Gallery Lecture, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, USA

2009 Artist Talk, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, USA

Invited Speaker, Separating Myth from Reality Symposium, Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center, Nepal

Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Kathmandu University Centre for Art and Design, Kathmandu, Nepal

Panelist, Lungta Symposia, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA

2008 Artist Gallery Lecture and Presentation, The Gallery at Penn College, Penn College, USA

Drdak, Maureen. Radio Interview. “Maureen Drdak: Symbolism in Art”. The Way with Kent Bunting, Jan. 2008
2007 Artist Gallery Lecture(s), The McKinney Galleries, West Chester University, USA

Artist Lecture, Art-at-Lunch Program, (Public), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA

2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Center for the Humanities, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

Panelist, Women Artists Roundtable Discussion, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, USA

2006 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Critical Studies Department, Boston, USA

2005 Panelist, Area Artists 2005 Panel Discussion, LUAG, Lehigh University, USA

2004 Ex Voto; The Paintings of Maureen Drdak, Lecture by Ann Priester, PhD., Philip and Muriel Berman Museum, USA

Artist Lecture, The Ashes of Isaac, Ursinus College, USA

Artist Lecture, Ex Voto, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, USA
1995 Moderator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Panel Discussion, Philadelphia, USA

1992 Panelist, Fellowship of PAFA Awards Winners Panel Discussion 95th Annual, West Chester University, USA

ONLINE VIDEOS and FILMS

Forthcoming, In the Footsteps of Arniko, full length documentary of The Prakriti Project, imPACT! Productions

The Prakriti Project: Eternal Visions—Contemporary Forms <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcBG0AIjquk>

Iraqimemorial.org Exhibition/Symposium. <http://iraqimemorial.org/stream.html>

Lung-Ta -Video 1. GroupMotion.org. YouTube.com 15 Jan. 2010

Lung-Ta -Video 2. GroupMotion.org. YouTube.com 15 Jan. 2010

Network for New Music: Windhorse. Networkfornewmusic.org. YouTube.com 30 Oct. 2009

Windhorse - Artist Maureen Drdak. Networkfornewmusic.org. YouTube.com 27 Feb. 2009

Windhorse - Composer Andrea Clearfield. Networkfornewmusic.org. YouTube.com 20 Feb. 2009

Windhorse - Composer Andrea Clearfield. Networkfornewmusic.org. vimeo.com 10 June 2009

BIBLIOGRAPHY and CITATIONS

Preema Ranjikar, “Ancient Art Revived”, eKantipur.com, February 17, 2012

http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/02/17/entertainment/ancient-art-revived/349067.html

Sadichchha Dhakhwa, “Fusing Metal, A Collaborative Effort”, ECS Nepal, February, 2012

http://ecs.com.np/webex.php?w_id=237

“Epitome of Creativity”, The Himalayan Times, February 02, 2012

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Epitome+of++creativity&NewsID=320052

Nischal Oli, “Traditions and Contemporary Expressions”, Friday!Magazine (ECS), Issue 105, February 15, 2012

Ethik fur das Leben; Sterben-Sterbehilfe-Umgang mit dem Tod, Schwendemann, Stahlman, and Kruger. Calwer Verlag

Stuttgart, 2011 www.calwer.com

Archana Verma, “Artistic Activity in Nepal as World Peace-Artist Profile”, South Asian Arts, January 14, 2011

http://www.southasianarts.org/2011/01/artistic-activity-in-nepal-as-world.html

Zoe Papademetriou, “A Bastion of South Asian Art and Culture in Philadelphia”, South Asian Arts, October 15, 2010

http://www.southasianarts.org/2010/10/bastion-of-south-asian-art-and-culture.html

Ruth Weisberg, “Pox Populi”, The Jewish Exponent, March 15, 2010

Victoria Donohoe, “America with the Big Appetite”, Philadelphia Inquirer: Weekend, February 19, 2010

Separating Myth from Reality: Status of Women, Exhibition Catalog, 262 pgs. Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal 2009

Surendra Tandukar, “Her Agony”, The Himalayan Times, November 02, 2009

Kanchan G. Burathoki, “Separating Myth from Reality”, Republica, October 29, 2009 Nepal

Kanchan G. Burathoki, “Visual Fest in Two Cities”, Republica, Nepal, October 15, 2009

Pradipti Bhatta, “A Tribute to the Land of Lo”, NepalTimes, by, Vol. 03, No. 09, Sept. 25 2009

“All Aboard the Windhorse”, Edge Magazine, UArts, July 2009

Jim Cotter, “Creatively Speaking”, WRTI, February 28, 2009 http://www.wrti.org/creativelyspeaking.html

David Patrick Stearns, “A Big Audience for Artistry of Tibet”, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 2009

Samantha Melamed, “Art Notes From a Forgotten Land”, Mainline Magazine, March 04, 2009

“Shadow and Light”, The Dance Journal, February 22, 2009

Dawn Warden, “Q & A: Maureen Drdak”, Main Line Today Magazine, February 16, 2009

“New Composer’s Music and Dance Fused into One Performance”, www.meetthecomposer.org, 2009

Alyssa Timin, “Looking at Inspiration”, PMP-The Annual Magazine of the Philadelphia Music Project 2008/2009; Oct 2008

“Gallery Exhibit by Maureen Drdak Explores Ancient Symbolism”, PCToday, January 15, 2008

“Exhibit by Maureen Drdak Explores Ancient Symbolism”, Sun Gazette.com, January 10, 2008

Marie Fowler, “Area Artist Journey’s to Nepal for Unique Collaboration”, MainLine Times, PA. August 27, 2008

Geoff Gehman, “Dynamic Works are Lion’s Share of Lehigh Show”, The Morning Call , Allentown, PA. March 17, 2005

Marie Fowler, “Lion Art Exhibit Roars at Chestnut Hill College”, Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA. March 31, 2005

“Maureen Drdak’s Exhibit Ex Voto”, City Suburban News, March 23-March 29, 2005

Victoria Donohoe, “The Expressionist Gesture”, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 26, 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming, “ from portrait to self-portrait”, Antonio Nodar, in collaboration with Elsa Peretti Foundation, Vol. 2

The Prakriti Project: Eternal Visions—Contemporary Forms, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal 2012 (catalog, 24 pgs.)

Ex Voto; Paintings by Maureen Drdak, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 2004 (catalog, 10 pgs.)

Maureen Drdak, “The Lungta Collaborative; The Living Blessings of Lo”, South Asian Arts, January 14, 2011

http://www.southasianarts.org/2011/01/lungta-collaborative-living-blessings.html

Maureen Drdak, “The Killing of Lions; An Iraqi War Meditation”, Scribd, 2010

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36808468/The-Killing-of-Lions-an-Iraqi-War-Meditation-Text

Maureen Drdak, “The Lungta Collaborative; The Living Blessings of Lo”, Asianart.com, www.asianarts.com ,2009

Maureen Drdak, “Lungta”, The Global Spiral, E-Pub. Metanexus Institute, April , Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2009,

http://www.metanexus.net/magazine

THE PRAKRITI PROJECT Eternal Visions - Contemporary Forms

9th - 26th February 2012

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Flying Nagas 1

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Flying Nagas 1 close-up

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Flying Nagas 2

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Flying Nagas 2 close-up