Peter Drake graduated with a BFA from Pratt Institute. Drake was appointed Provost in January 2018 and previously served as the Dean of Academic Affairs since 2010 at the New York Academy of Art. Drake continues to be a Thesis Advisor having taught at Parsons the New School for Design, the School of Visual Arts, and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Peter Drake’s art has been featured in 27 Solo exhibitions to date. His work is held in numerous private, corporate and public collections including the Whitney Museum of Art, Phoenix Museum of Art, MOCA LA, Weatherspoon Art Museum and the L.A. County Museum of Art, among others. Waiting For Toydot, his permanent public art commission, awarded by MTA Arts & Design features 18 art glass windows and 5 ceramic/glass mosaics installed throughout the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Massapequa Train Station. It opened to the public in 2015 and is seen by over 6,000 commuters daily.
He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Award, a New York Foundation Fellowship and is a two-time recipient of the Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy Program Grant for 2016-19 and 2019-22.
Drake actively lectures and curates. Curatorial projects include We Are Family co-curated with Clifford Owens, Figurative Diaspora: The Migration of Academic Training from Russia to China in the Service of Progressive Art, co-curated with Mark Tansey, Piss and Vinegar: Two Generations of Provocateurs, co-curated with George Adams, Beautiful Beast, a contemporary representational sculpture exhibition, The Big Picture, and Now and Then: Drawings from the 19th Century to the Present, in partnership with the Dahesh Museum of Art. Drake previously was a curator for The Drawing Center in New York City and wrote for Flash Art Magazine.
He currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Weil Art Exchange based in Mallorca, Spain and was a board member of the Artist Fellowship, Inc. from 2015-18. He was a jurist for Base Istanbul 2017, the AXA Art Prize 2018-2022 and currently is a juror for the second Velazquez Global Painting and Sculpture Competition.
Drake maintains an active studio practice and is represented by Linda Warren Projects, Chicago / L.A. and Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas.
Studio portrait by Marina Tychinina.
Instagram: @peterdrakeart
