CHRISTINE DRAKE
EDUCATION
New York University, MA, Studio Art: Painting/Drawing, May 2002
Individual classes completed at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; The Penland School, Spruce Pine, NC; Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, MA; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY; Art Student’s League, New York, NY; Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA.
Dickinson College, BA, Art History, May 1972
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Certificate of Botanical Illustration, May 2019
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Artist’s Files Archive
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Artist Registry and Viewing Program
Beijing Natural Culture Center, Beijing Peoples Republic of China
Resim ve Heykel Müzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey
Kate Skipworth Museum, University of Mississippi
AWARDS
Conway-Metzger Fellowship, Clarke Center for Ideas, Dickinson College
Diploma of the Special Award, BIRD2005 International Art Award Beijing
Natural Culture Center Beijing Peoples Republic of China
Southern Graphics Council Traveling Printmaking Exhibition, 2009-2012
Best in Show/First Place Oils, Bath County Art Show
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Labyrinth/Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, VA
2010 Nelson Gallery, Lexington, VA
2008 Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2007 Gallery 234, Staunton, VA
2005 bf Annex, Boston, MA
2004 Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2003 Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Washington & Lee University Williams School of Commerce
2002 Global Fine Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2002 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Gallery 4%, 3rd Micro & Macro Art Contest, International
2024 Teravarna Gallery, 2nd Nature, International Online
2023 Blue Space Gallery, Wild & Free, International Online
2022 Am Society of Botanical Artists, Small Works, Tarrytown, NY
2013 Tangent Gallery, Corpus Illuminata III, Detroit, MI
2012 A.I.R. Gallery, Wish You Were Here 10, Brooklyn
2011 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Arts in Medicine
2010 Desotorow Gallery, Science of Art, Savannah, GA
2009 Abecedarian Gallery, Imagination Navigation, Denver, CO
Ciao Gallery, The Printmaker’s Mode, Jackson, WY
2008 A.I. R. Gallery, Wish You Were Here 7, New York, NY
2007 Cube Gallery, Love Show, Ottawa, Canada
Ceres Gallery, The Mind’s Eye, New York, NY
Aesthetica Magazine, Gateway to the Quarter Christmas, York, England
2006 Resim ve Heykel Müzeleri Dernegi Museums of Painting and
Sculpture Association, International Printmaking Competition, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Beijing Natural Cultural Center, Bird International 2005, Beijing, China
2004 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, The Blue Guitar: Music in Art, Anchorage, AK
2003 Les Yeux du Monde, The H’art Show, Charlottesville, VA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library with 12 other artists,
Mean, Mad Genes: Mental Illness and the Artistic Temperament
Speaking of Paint, Gallery at Jordan House, Lexington, VA
Printmaking from the Center, Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, VA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Masterful Minds #5 digital magazine, Winter 2024
39th issue of Spotlight Magazine, Fall 2024
Drake’s Florilegium: Trees
Drake’s Florilegium: Natives for Pollinators
Drake’s Florilegium: Wildflowers of the Shenandoah Valley
Drake’s Florilegium: Observation and painting to understand a local ecosystem
The Botanical Artist, Journal of the American Society of Botanical Artists, March 2020
Ley Lines, H. L. Hix 2014
As much as, if not more than, H. L. Hix 2014
In the Event of Full Disclosure, Cynthia Atkins, cover illustration and design, 2013
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2012
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2011
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Winter 2009
Show and Tell, IN QUIRE, http://www.hlhix.com/inquire, February 13, 2011
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, brochure, four illustrations
A Review of Contemporary Artists, Aesthetica Magazine, 2006 York, England
The Minds of Artists, Mary Price, News-Gazette, June 7, 2006
Shunning Clichés, Laura Ruskin, Nantucket Independent, August 17, 2005
Dickinson Magazine, Winter 2004, back cover photo
Black Birds, Roberta Anderson, News-Gazette, February 2003
The Roanoke City Art Show, Kevin Kittredge, Roanoke Times, May 2000
Shenandoah Valley Art Center News, April 2004
Hello Crewel World, Laura Winchester, Niagara Gazette, February 1978
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
American Society of Botanical Artists, Board of Directors 2020-2023
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA, Instructor, 2019
Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA, Instructor, 2006-2008
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, Instructor, 2004-2005
Southern Virginia University, Lexington, VA, Instructor, 2004-2005
Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA, Instructor, 2005
Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA, Instructor, 2004-2003
Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA, President Board of Directors, 1998
Buscaglia-Castellani Gallery, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY, Lecturer, 1979
Christine Drake - Paintings and Prints 