EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
March - April 2023 Phoenix Gallery - Lawrence, KS
Dec - Feb 2021 Norfolk Arts Center - Norfolk, NE
Nov-Jan 2020 PNC Crossroads - Kansas City, MO
Jan - March 2019 Bowlus Fine Art Center - Iola, KS
August - October 2018 New York Life Insurance - Overland Park, KS
April 2018 Atomic Design - Kansas City, MO
Oct - Dec 2016 Apex Art Space - Kansas City, MO
June 2016 Powell Gardens - Bates City, MO
April - May 2016 Muchnic Gallery - Atchison, KS
Jan 2016 Kazi30 Gallery - Budapest, Hungary
May - June 2015 InterUrban Art House - Overland Park, KS
March - May 2015 UVC Fine Arts Gallery - Unity Village, MO
April - June 2014 Apex Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Textured)
March-May 2013 Suite 101 Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Journey On)
Aug/Sept 2011 Douglas County Law Library Gallery – Lawrence, KS
February 2011 Unity Gallery on the Plaza - Kansas City, MO
July 2007 Fulton Street Gallery – Troy, NY
November 2004 Ottawa Community Arts Council Gallery - Ottawa, KS
August 2004 Emerson Greene Gallery - Louisburg, KS
Group Exhibitions & Invitationals
Dec - March 2022 Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Abstract: heART for All)
March-May 2020 Alaris - Kansas City, MO (Celebrating Women Artists)
April 2020 Kauffman Center for Performing Arts - Kansas City, MO (Masks for AID)
March 2019 Purnati Center for the Arts - Bali, Indonesia (Islands of Consciousness)
August 2018 Kansas City Irish Festival - Kansas City, MO
July 2018 Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Bloom)
June 2018 Paper Birch Landing Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Bloom)
July 2017 Casaterra Artist Residency - Ostuni, Italy (Eternal Return)
March 2014 Beggar's Table - Kansas City, MO (Fear)
November 2013 Kansas City Artists Coalition - Kansas City, MO (Public Hanging)
June - Sept 2013 Jones Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Spirit of Art)
May 2013 Roeland Park City Hall Gallery - Roeland Park, KS (Meditations and Musings)
December 2012 VALA Gallery - KC, MO (Artists Home for the Holidays)
May 2012 2900 Gallery - KC, MO (Face to Face)
Oct-Nov 2011 Manhattan Theatre Source Gallery – New York, NY (Estrogenius Festival)
Sept 2011 Hilliard Gallery – Kansas City, MO (Art for Arthritis)
June 2011 Fringe Central Gallery – Kansas City, MO (The After Party)
May 2011 Westport Arts Center – KC, MO ("Women’s Voices")
March 2011 Irene B. French Gallery – Merriam, KS (2011 Heartland Artists Exhibitions)
June 2008 Vizivarosi Gallery - Budapest, Hungary
Feb –Sept 2008 City College - San Francisco, CA (Six Degrees)
July 2007 Erdesz Gallery - Szentendre, Hungary
Feb 2007 Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts - Houston, TX (Kismet)
August 2006 Central European Cultural Institute - Balatonfured, Hungary
June 2006 Casaterra - Ostuni, Italy (Passage)
January 2006 Hungarian Multicultural Center - Budapest, Hungary
TEACHING & PRESENTATIONS
2018 Artist Talk "In the Moment" - International Women's Artists Salon, NYC
2013-14 UMKC Communiversity - Drawing and Painting
2010-11 Camelot Academy – Fine Art Classes
2011 Professional Practices for Visual Artists – KC Fringe
2009-11 Painting & Drawing – UMKC Communiversity
2009 Painting & Drawing - Liberty Satellite Schools
2008-09 Painting & Drawing - North KC School District - Comm Ed, KC, MO
2007 Summer Art Camp – Topeka Parks & Recreation, Topeka, KS
2006 Oil Painting - Stuttgart, Germany
2006 Oil Painting - Suceava, Romania
2006 Lecture - Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2003-05 Painting & drawing classes - Lawrence Parks & Rec, Lawrence, KS
2005 Adult Classes - Ottawa Community Arts Council, Ottawa, KS
Fall 2005 Miami County Community College: Drawing Comp- Paola, KS
Sept 04 Acrylic Workshop - Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
ACCOLADES
May 2022 Winning Artist - Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Grant
July 2021 Winning Artist - Live Mural Painting, Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival
Dec 2019 Artivist of the Year - ArtTour International Magazine
Nov 2019 Commissioned Artist for HNC Exhibit - HNC Living Foundation
May 2019 Artist in Residence - Revitalize YC Public Art Project
Feb 2019 BecomeBecome Artist Residency - Bali, Indonesia
July 2017 Atelier Azur Artist Residency - Valle d’Itria, Italy (Puglia)
July 2015 First Place 2D Artist - Festival of the Arts, Bonner Springs, KS
Dec - Jan 2015 Artist Residency – Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
March 2015 Featured Artist - Open Air Art Fair - Atchinson, KS
2013 - Current Exhibiting Artist - ArtsKC 'Now Showing' Program
Sept 2013 Artist in Residence - Paint the Town, St. Luke's Hospital
2013-Current Artist in Residence - VALA Gallery, Mission, KS
July 2011 Artist Residency - Connected, Pöllau bei Hartberg, Austria
2007-11 Chosen Artist – Art for Arthritis Program
June 07 Career Development Art Grant Recipient– Lawrence Art Guild
Dec-Jan 06 Artist Residency – Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
June 06 Atelier Azur Artist Residency - Valle d’Itria, Italy (Puglia)
July 06 Artist Residency - Artfest Cultural Assoc of Romania, Sighisoara, Romania
AFFILIATIONS
International Women's Artist Salon - Active Member
Kansas City Artists Coalition – Active Member
PUBLICATIONS/ MEDIA
VoyageKC - https://voyagekc.com/interview/life-work-with-anastacia-drake-of-olathe/
Art Tour Magazine - Highlighted work, Fall 2019
KC Spaces Magazine - Featured Art, September 2018
KCTV Live - Pet Portrait, September 2018
KCTV Live - Art Attack, May 2013
Evolving Magazine - Cover Artwork, February 2013
ReDiscover: Kansas City - http://rediscover.msn.com/city/253392723/video/24?WT.mc_id=rediscover
New York Optimist - Solo Feature, 2010
Review Magazine - Gift, Returned, October 2009
"Central Europe Through the Eye of the International Artists"- Hungarian Multicultural Center (2007)
“Kismet” - Viaduct Publishing (2007)
“Artists-World”, August 14, 2006 - Red Poppy Painting
Solo Exhibitions
March - April 2023 Phoenix Gallery - Lawrence, KS
Dec - Feb 2021 Norfolk Arts Center - Norfolk, NE
Nov-Jan 2020 PNC Crossroads - Kansas City, MO
Jan - March 2019 Bowlus Fine Art Center - Iola, KS
August - October 2018 New York Life Insurance - Overland Park, KS
April 2018 Atomic Design - Kansas City, MO
Oct - Dec 2016 Apex Art Space - Kansas City, MO
June 2016 Powell Gardens - Bates City, MO
April - May 2016 Muchnic Gallery - Atchison, KS
Jan 2016 Kazi30 Gallery - Budapest, Hungary
May - June 2015 InterUrban Art House - Overland Park, KS
March - May 2015 UVC Fine Arts Gallery - Unity Village, MO
April - June 2014 Apex Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Textured)
March-May 2013 Suite 101 Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Journey On)
Aug/Sept 2011 Douglas County Law Library Gallery – Lawrence, KS
February 2011 Unity Gallery on the Plaza - Kansas City, MO
July 2007 Fulton Street Gallery – Troy, NY
November 2004 Ottawa Community Arts Council Gallery - Ottawa, KS
August 2004 Emerson Greene Gallery - Louisburg, KS
Group Exhibitions & Invitationals
Dec - March 2022 Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Abstract: heART for All)
March-May 2020 Alaris - Kansas City, MO (Celebrating Women Artists)
April 2020 Kauffman Center for Performing Arts - Kansas City, MO (Masks for AID)
March 2019 Purnati Center for the Arts - Bali, Indonesia (Islands of Consciousness)
August 2018 Kansas City Irish Festival - Kansas City, MO
July 2018 Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO (Bloom)
June 2018 Paper Birch Landing Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Bloom)
July 2017 Casaterra Artist Residency - Ostuni, Italy (Eternal Return)
March 2014 Beggar's Table - Kansas City, MO (Fear)
November 2013 Kansas City Artists Coalition - Kansas City, MO (Public Hanging)
June - Sept 2013 Jones Gallery - Kansas City, MO (Spirit of Art)
May 2013 Roeland Park City Hall Gallery - Roeland Park, KS (Meditations and Musings)
December 2012 VALA Gallery - KC, MO (Artists Home for the Holidays)
May 2012 2900 Gallery - KC, MO (Face to Face)
Oct-Nov 2011 Manhattan Theatre Source Gallery – New York, NY (Estrogenius Festival)
Sept 2011 Hilliard Gallery – Kansas City, MO (Art for Arthritis)
June 2011 Fringe Central Gallery – Kansas City, MO (The After Party)
May 2011 Westport Arts Center – KC, MO ("Women’s Voices")
March 2011 Irene B. French Gallery – Merriam, KS (2011 Heartland Artists Exhibitions)
June 2008 Vizivarosi Gallery - Budapest, Hungary
Feb –Sept 2008 City College - San Francisco, CA (Six Degrees)
July 2007 Erdesz Gallery - Szentendre, Hungary
Feb 2007 Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts - Houston, TX (Kismet)
August 2006 Central European Cultural Institute - Balatonfured, Hungary
June 2006 Casaterra - Ostuni, Italy (Passage)
January 2006 Hungarian Multicultural Center - Budapest, Hungary
TEACHING & PRESENTATIONS
2018 Artist Talk "In the Moment" - International Women's Artists Salon, NYC
2013-14 UMKC Communiversity - Drawing and Painting
2010-11 Camelot Academy – Fine Art Classes
2011 Professional Practices for Visual Artists – KC Fringe
2009-11 Painting & Drawing – UMKC Communiversity
2009 Painting & Drawing - Liberty Satellite Schools
2008-09 Painting & Drawing - North KC School District - Comm Ed, KC, MO
2007 Summer Art Camp – Topeka Parks & Recreation, Topeka, KS
2006 Oil Painting - Stuttgart, Germany
2006 Oil Painting - Suceava, Romania
2006 Lecture - Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2003-05 Painting & drawing classes - Lawrence Parks & Rec, Lawrence, KS
2005 Adult Classes - Ottawa Community Arts Council, Ottawa, KS
Fall 2005 Miami County Community College: Drawing Comp- Paola, KS
Sept 04 Acrylic Workshop - Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
ACCOLADES
May 2022 Winning Artist - Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Grant
July 2021 Winning Artist - Live Mural Painting, Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival
Dec 2019 Artivist of the Year - ArtTour International Magazine
Nov 2019 Commissioned Artist for HNC Exhibit - HNC Living Foundation
May 2019 Artist in Residence - Revitalize YC Public Art Project
Feb 2019 BecomeBecome Artist Residency - Bali, Indonesia
July 2017 Atelier Azur Artist Residency - Valle d’Itria, Italy (Puglia)
July 2015 First Place 2D Artist - Festival of the Arts, Bonner Springs, KS
Dec - Jan 2015 Artist Residency – Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
March 2015 Featured Artist - Open Air Art Fair - Atchinson, KS
2013 - Current Exhibiting Artist - ArtsKC 'Now Showing' Program
Sept 2013 Artist in Residence - Paint the Town, St. Luke's Hospital
2013-Current Artist in Residence - VALA Gallery, Mission, KS
July 2011 Artist Residency - Connected, Pöllau bei Hartberg, Austria
2007-11 Chosen Artist – Art for Arthritis Program
June 07 Career Development Art Grant Recipient– Lawrence Art Guild
Dec-Jan 06 Artist Residency – Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
June 06 Atelier Azur Artist Residency - Valle d’Itria, Italy (Puglia)
July 06 Artist Residency - Artfest Cultural Assoc of Romania, Sighisoara, Romania
AFFILIATIONS
International Women's Artist Salon - Active Member
Kansas City Artists Coalition – Active Member
PUBLICATIONS/ MEDIA
VoyageKC - https://voyagekc.com/interview/life-work-with-anastacia-drake-of-olathe/
Art Tour Magazine - Highlighted work, Fall 2019
KC Spaces Magazine - Featured Art, September 2018
KCTV Live - Pet Portrait, September 2018
KCTV Live - Art Attack, May 2013
Evolving Magazine - Cover Artwork, February 2013
ReDiscover: Kansas City - http://rediscover.msn.com/city/253392723/video/24?WT.mc_id=rediscover
New York Optimist - Solo Feature, 2010
Review Magazine - Gift, Returned, October 2009
"Central Europe Through the Eye of the International Artists"- Hungarian Multicultural Center (2007)
“Kismet” - Viaduct Publishing (2007)
“Artists-World”, August 14, 2006 - Red Poppy Painting