Carolee Jakes is a painter and printmaker from Northern Virginia. After receiving her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art+Design, she set up Dead Run Studio in McLean, Virginia. Her work combines printing and painting techniques and explores the visual continuum between representation and abstraction. Carolee’s work can be found in the collections of the Pew Charitable Trust, the National Gallery of Art: Corcoran Collection, and the Library of Congress Rare Books Collection as well as private collections in the United States and Greece. Ms Jakes currently teaches printmaking at the Washington Waldorf School, Bethesda, MD

Education and Awards:

Golden Squeegee Award, Handprint Workshop International, 2009

BFA Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, DC. 2008 (honors)

Academic Studies Faculty Award for Academic Excellence, Corcoran College of Art+Design, 2008

Experience:

Internship at the Handprint Workshop International, Alexandria, VA, summer 2008

Skopelos Art Foundation participant – Summer 2014, 2016

Handprint Workshop International, Alexandria, VA – Assistant, March - April 2015

Artist Residency, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece, 2017, 2019

Big Ink Tour, artist participant, Pyramid Atlantic, 2019 and 2021

Teaching:

Adjunct Instructor, Printmaking, Washington Waldorf School, 2015 to present

Gallery Representation:

Studio Gallery, 2108 R Street N.W., Washington, DC

Exhibitions

2022 Something Old, Something New, Duo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2021 Time’s Shadows, Collaborative show with Gary Anthes, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2020 A Necessary Order, Solo Exhibition, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2019 Invoking Melpomene, Duo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2018 Time and Distance, Solo Exhibition, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2018 The Colorful Compendium, Duo Show, The Yard, Eastern Market, Washington, DC

2016 Magic Chef, Duo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2015 Celestial Sphere, Solo exhibition, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2014 Washington Court Hotel, Solo Exhibition: New Works, Washington, DC

2013 Pew Charitable Trust, Solo Exhibition, Washington, DC

Group Shows and Festivals

2016 Art in Motion, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, MD

2016 Divisions, Connections, and Intersections, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2015 50 Years: Then and Now, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2014, 2016 Skopelos Art Foundation Print Exhibit, Skopelos, Greece

2014 Corcoran Print Department Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

2013 Recipes for Disaster, Corcoran Print Portfolio, Corcoran Museum of Art, Gallery 31

2013 - 2022 MPAartfest, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA