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REBECCA SODERHOLM - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & CHAIR

Courses: Drew Seminar, Professional Practice, Photography I, II & III
Office: Arts 205, (973) 408-3105, rsoderholm@drew.edu
Websitewww.rebeccasoderholm.com

Education:
M.F.A. Yale University
B.F.A. Rochester Institute of Technology

Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions:
511 Gallery, New York, NY
Warehouse Gallery International Contemporary Art Center, Syracuse, NY
ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY

Selected Residencies:
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Doran/LeWitt Residency, Praiano, Italy

Selected Publications:
New York Times Magazine
Stone Canoe: Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary
Art News

LEE ARNOLD - PROFESSOR

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LEE ARNOLD – PROFESSOR

Courses: Digital Imaging, Digital Animation, Digital Studio,
New York Semester on Contemporary Art, London Semester
Office: Arts 004B, (973) 408-3932, larnold@drew.edu
Website: www.leearnold.net

Education:
M.F.A. University of Pennsylvania
B.A. Hamilton College

Selected Screenings & Exhibitions:
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Exit Art, New York, NY
Eyebeam, Brooklyn, NY
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA

Awards & Fellowships:
DAAD, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA
Fulbright Scholar, University of Roehampton, London, UK
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY

KATIE BELL - COORDINATOR, NY SEMESTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART

Email: kbell@drew.edu
Website: www.katiebellstudio.com

Education:
M.F.A. The Rhode Island School of Design
B.A. Knox College

Selected Exhibitions:
Space Gallery, Portland, ME,
Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX
Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury UK
Grandes Galleries de L’Erba, Rouen, France
Fort Worth Drawing Center, Fort Worth, TX
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

Awards & Residencies:
Shortlisted, 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson Press
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Space Program, New York, NY
St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award

JASON KAROLAK - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Courses: Drawing I, Painting I, II & III, Color, Senior Studio
Office: Arts 104, jkarolak@drew.edu
Website: www.jasonkarolak.com

Education:
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.F.A. Pratt Institute

Recent Solo Exhibitions:
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Grölle Pass Projects, Wuppertal, Germany
David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX

Honors:
Mellon Arts Grant for research on color
Artist in Residence, Saltonstall Arts Colony, Ithaca, NY
Artist in Residence, Oehme Graphics, Steamboat Springs, CO
Artist in Residence, Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Laceyville, PA

Selected Bibliography:
New York Times
Art in America
Hyperallergic
ARTnews

RYAN WOODRING - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Courses: Digital Imaging, Digital Animation, Digital Studio
Email: rwoodring@drew.edu
Website: https://ryanwoodring.com/

Education:
MFA, Rutgers University
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
BA (French and Francophone Studies), Carnegie Mellon University

Selected Screenings and Exhibitions:
EFA Project Space (Virtual). New York, NY
Spazju Kreattiv. Valletta, Malta
Vrij Paleis. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reed College. Portland, OR
Portland Biennial. Portland, OR

Awards and Fellowships:
Precipice Fund Grant. Portland Institute of Contemporary Art with funding from The Warhol Foundation and Calligram. Portland, OR
Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna, FL
Signal Fire. Big Bend, TX
Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant. Portland, OR

RORY MULLIGAN - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Courses: Photography I, II & III

Email: rmulligan@drew.edu
Website: www.rorymulligan.com

Education:
MFA, Yale University School of Art
BA, Fordham University

Selected Exhibitions:
Fugue Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
Eric’s Trip, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Parallax Futured: Transtemporal Subjectivities, Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
First Among Equals, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Specifically Yours, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
Mortal Mirror, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA
Stranger than Fiction, 25 CPW, New York, NY

Honors & Awards:
Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Women’s Committee of The Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition

MICHAEL PEGLAU - PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Courses: Drawing I, II, III & Painting I, II, III
Office: Arts 204, (973) 408-3699, mpeglau@drew.edu
Website: Online Portfolio

Education:
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
M.F.A. Rutgers University
M.A. Bryn Mawr College
B.A. Stanford University

Selected Exhibitions, Lectures and Essays:
Second Sunday, Cologne, Germany, “Michael Peglau”
AC Project Room, New York, NY, “Michael Peglau”
C Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, “Michael Peglau: New Landscapes”
Lecture: “Vincent Van Gogh’s Radical Naturalism,” University of Utah
“Jackson Pollock, Three Theoretical Sources & Rosalind Krauss’s Six,” Art Criticism, Vol.16 No.2  

CLAIRE SHERMAN - PROFESSOR

Courses: Drawing II & III, Painting II & III, Senior Studio

Office: Arts 204, (973) 408-3325, csherman1@drew.edu
Website: www.clairesherman.com

Education:
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.A. The University of Pennsylvania

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
DCKT Gallery, New York, NY
Hof and Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
Patron Gallery, Chicago
The Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT

Awards and Residencies:
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program, Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Terra Foundation for American Art, Giverny, France
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Workspace, New York, NY
The Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT

RAYMOND STEIN - PROFESSOR

Courses: Drawing I, II, & III, Sculpture I & II, Senior Studio
Office: Arts 004A, (973) 408-3199, rstein@drew.edu,
Website: www.raymondsaa.com

Education:
M.F.A. Parsons School Design
B.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions:
Crossley Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, FL
Queens Museum, Bulova Center, Queens, NY
White Columns, White Room, ‘Lindo Yambu’, New York, NY
Frederic Snitzer Gallery, ‘Made in Miami’ Miami, FL
John Weber Gallery, ‘A Review of Political Art’, New York, NY

Awards:
Pollack Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY