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Abigail Drapkin serves as a Part-Time Lecturer in Painting + Drawing at the University of Washington, where she is also an alumna having earned her MFA in the same discipline. Her academic foundation includes a BA in Studio Art and French from Brandeis University.
Educational background:
- MFA, Painting + Drawing, University of Washington, 2019
- BA, Studio Art and French, Brandeis University, 2012
Her artistic practice investigates landscape narratives through folklore, current events, and popular culture, with a focus on forests as sites of moral lessons and ecological conflict. Using ink transfer drawings and oil paintings featuring sequential imagery, she constructs contemporary fairy tales that critique human impact on nature during the Anthropocene. Her methodology interweaves historical references like Bruegel and Goya with social media documentation of environmental destruction, examining the blurred line between play and violence through adolescent female protagonists. Core research areas include Environmental Art, Narrative Painting, and Anthropocene Studies, emphasizing biodiversity loss and cultural storytelling.
Exhibition history demonstrates consistent thematic development across international venues including the San Francisco Art Institute (2019), Jacob Lawrence Gallery (2018), and Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore (2018), with series like "Cobblestones and Lumber" exploring forest symbolism through collaged visual storytelling.
No scientific awards or major grants are documented. As a part-time lecturer without formal advisees, her creative collaboration includes thesis committee members David Brody, Ann Gale, Philip Govedare, Zhi Lin, and Helen O'Toole from the University of Washington's Painting + Drawing program.
