Craig Drennen
Craig Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.\xa0 His recent solo exhibitions include Merchant, Mistress, and T at Freight+Volume in New York City, Old Athenian & at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN and First Acts at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta, GA. He has been an artist in residence at Yaddo, MacDowell, the Triangle Arts Foundation, DNA Provincetown, and Skowhegan. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Artforum, and the New York Times. Drennen served as dean at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, teaches at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and manages THE END Project Space. Since 2008 he has organized his studio practice around Shakespeare\u2019s Timon of Athens.\nCraig Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.\xa0 His recent solo exhibitions include Merchant, Mistress, and T at Freight+Volume in New York City, Old Athenian & at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN and First Acts at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta, GA. He has been an artist in residence at Yaddo, MacDowell, the Triangle Arts Foundation, DNA Provincetown, and Skowhegan. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Artforum, and the New York Times. Drennen served as dean at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, teaches at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and manages THE END Project Space. Since 2008 he has organized his studio practice around Shakespeare\u2019s Timon of Athens.\n\nThe book of poetry mentioned in the interview is by Victoria Chang, Obit.\n\n\n\n(The Pill) oil & alkyd on canvas over panel 30-inch diameter 2022 This piece is dedicated to the character of Merchant from Shakespeare's Timon of Athens.\n\n\n\n\nT25 oil & alkyd on canvas over panel 72\u201d x 48\u201d x 8\u201d 2022 This piece is dedicated to the character of Timon from Shakespeare's Timon of Athens.\n\n\n\n\nNinth Mistress oil & alkyd on linen + latex paint on wall 15\u201d x 15\u201d canvas + two 2.5\u201d x 5\u201d vertical stripes 2015 This piece is dedicated to the character of Mistress from Shakespeare's Timon of Athens.