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Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness

World Premiere Performance
Rice University’s Brockman Hall for Opera, Houston, TX
January 20, 2024

James Drake: The Heart Has Many Rivers (for Carmen)
Drawings 1962-2023

Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
Solo exhibition
January 13 – February 24, 2024

James Drake: Tongue-Cut Sparrows

Radius Books
Foreword by Robert Storr, Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Essay by David Scott Kastan, Conversation with the artist by Florencia Bazzano
March 2024, upcoming release

¡BIENVENIDOS, VLADEM! 10 Artists to Watch

The New Mexican, Pasatiempo
By Kate Nelson
September 22, 2023

SITE Santa Fe will host a collaborative stage performance excerpt

Albuquerque Journal
By Kathaleen Roberts
July 9, 2022

Making His Mark: Santa Fe Artist James Drake

TREND Magazine
By Nancy Zimmerman
June 2022

What Is Left Unspoken, Love

High Museum
Group exhibition
March 25 – August 14, 2022

Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Solo exhibition
January 8 – February 18, 2022

Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness

Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
Solo exhibition
September 18 – November 20, 2021

Ucross Foundation Artist in Residence

Visual Arts Fellowship
Fall 2020

Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking

Milwaukee Art Museum
Group exhibition and panel discussion
October 3, 2019 – February 9, 2020

Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Group exhibition
August 25, 2018 – January 6, 2019

Tongue-Cut Sparrows

Blanton Museum of Art
Film & Video Gallery
Solo exhibition curated by Carter Foster
March 10, 2018