EDUCATION
2013/Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2012/MFA, Yale University New Haven, CT (Painting and Printmaking)
2008/BFA, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI, (Painting)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Andrew Rafacz/Chicago, IL
2018
Ways To Cross/The Lighthouse Works/Fisher’s Island, NY
Underbelly/Helena Anrather/NYC, NY
2017
Things To Say At Night/Miller Contemporary & Stellar Projects/NYC, NY
2015
If You Want To Be Free/On Stellar Rays/NYC NY
2009
What’s It Mean Love To You?/Boujeloud/The World Sacred Music Festival/Fez, Morocco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Julia Bland & Michelle Segre, Derek Eller Gallery, New York (2 person)
2019
Even Thread Has Speech/John Michael Kohler Arts Center/Sheboygan, WI
Nature as Measure/Curated by Candice Madey/Chambers/Beijing
Four/Yossi Milo/NYC, NY
2018
Untitled Art Fair/Andrew Rafacz
NADA/Helena Anrather/Miami Beach, FL
Geometry/TSA/Philadelphia, PA
Still Life/September Gallery/Hudson, NY
2017
A Thread Of Execution/Dimensions Variable/Miami, FL
The Armory Show/On Stellar Rays/NYC (2 person)
2016
Persuasive Percussion/On Stellar Rays/New York, NY
Intertwined/NYU Institute of Fine Arts/New York, NY
Good Old New Place/Cuevas Tilleard/New York, NY
Soft Symmetry/Phoebe/ Baltimore, Maryland
The Tide Is High/ The Silvermine Art Center/Governor’s Island, NY
The Swerve/Ortega y Gasset/Brooklyn, NY
Deep Superficial Perceptions/CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
The Landscape Changes 30 Times/Anahita Gallery/Tehran, Iran
2014
Hard as You Can, Right at the Middle/Asya Geisberg Gallery/New York, NY (2 person)
NADA/On Stellar Rays/Miami Beach, FL
Equations of Sight-Similarity/On Stellar Rays/New York, NY
Painting Wall (Janus at 8:16)/Touch Gallery/Cambridge, MA
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy/Industry City/New York, NY
Breaking Night/Vox Populi/Philadelphia, PA
2012
Deep Cuts/Anna Kustera Gallery/New York, NY
No Longer Presidents, but Profits/Delicious Spectacle/Washington DC
Centaurs and Satyrs/Asya Geisbergy Gallery/New York, NY
Eyes Off The Flag/Motus Fort/Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018
Macdowell Colony/Residency
Shandanken: Storm King/Residency
2017
The Lighthouse Works/Residency
2016
Yaddo/Residency/Milton and Sally Avery Fellow
2015
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2014
The Rema Hort Mann Foundation/Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
Woodstock Byrdcliff Colony/Residency/The Pollock Krasner Fellow
2013
Yaddo/Residency
2012
Carol Scholsberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting
2008
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship
Florence Leif Award for Excellence in Painting
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