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About the Artist:
Jason Rafferty is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US. He is an Applied Assistant Professor of 2D Visual Art at the University of Tulsa. Rafferty holds an MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, and a BFA degree in Drawing and Painting from UNC Asheville. Jason is an AXA Art Prize Finalist and a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. Recent exhibitions include the Athenaeum in Athens, GA, Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta, GA, AXA Art Prize in New York, NY, Vestige Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH, and Artfields in Lake City, SC. His work can be found in private collections across the US and internationally.

Details - Medium: Acrylic on panel with collage (oil, monotype, and inkjet on paper)

About the Artwork:
Jason Rafferty's possible Landscapes' artwork explores an emotional narrative of climate change and the transition to sustainability, related in the metaphorical space of a school classroom immediately before and after a vague cataclysm takes place. Rafferty states, "This work grows out of past experiences as a climate activist and as an art educator working with youth at a STEM-oriented middle school. The classroom serves as a theatrical stage from which to launch into speculations about climate futures."