CV
Biographical Information
Drew Eastwood
Born Michigan, USA
Lives and works in Portland, Maine, USA
Education
2024. Masters of Fine Arts. Maine College of Art & Design. Portland, Maine, USA.
2020. Bachelor of Art, Fine Arts. Saginaw Valley State University. Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
Teaching History / Related Employment
2024. (current) Adjunct Professor of Foundations. Maine College of Art & Design. Portland, ME.
Course: Digital Imaging and Fabrication (instructor on record), Watermedia (post-grad teaching assistant)
2024. (current) BFA Painting Studio Technician. Maine College of Art & Design. Portland, ME.
2024. Former Ambassador - Museum Experience & Safety. Portland Museum of Art. Portland, ME.
2023. Former Gallery Assistant - 49 Oak Gallery. Assisting Jenny McGee Dougherty, Associate Director of Artists at Work & Alumni Relations. Maine College of Art & Design.
2023. Former Substitute Teacher. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science. Portland, ME.
2023. Former Teachers Assistant - Watermedia. Assisted Professor Philip Brou, Program Chair of Painting & Professor of Painting + Foundation. Maine College of Art & Design.
2022. Former Teachers Assistant - Hybrid Painting as a Contemporary Practice. Assisted Professor Andy Rosen. Maine College of Art & Design.
Invited Talks
2024. 2023. Docent. First Year Outreach & Engagement Program. Maine College of Art & Design. Organized by Ben Spalding, Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Foundation, Foundation Program Chair. Foundations Department. Portland, ME
2023. Guest Speaker. De-Stress Your Writing Practice Workshop. Maine College of Art & Design. Organized by the Joanne Waxman Library Writing & Tutoring Center. Portland, ME.
2023. Discussion Panelist, First Year Seminar: Conversation about Critique. Maine College of Art & Design. Organized by Paul Gebhardt, Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Other Panelists’ include. Tabitha Barnard, Kait Gallaugher, Adam deGrandis, and Midori Morrow.
2023. Guest Critic, Final Thesis Critique BFA Painting. Maine College of Art & Design. Invited by Graduating BFA Painter Hailey Christine Peck ‘23.
Exhibitions
2025. The American Youth Bag, 49 Oak. Portland, ME (May - June)
2024. Bent & Borrowed, Gallery263 (online). Cambridge, MA (Aug. - Sept.) Curated by Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the RISD Museum, Conor Moynihan.
2024. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art. Portland, ME (May) Curated by ICA Director of Exhibitions, Iris Williamson.
2023. Viva Magenta | PANTONE 18-1750, Friedman & Zand Head Galleries. Portland, ME (July. - Oct.) Curated by Drew Eastwood & Cheza Willis.
2023. i have stood in doorways and looked ahead, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME (June. - Aug.) Curated by Artist Elyse Grams MFA ‘20.
2023. House Warming!, 82PARRIS, Portland, ME (Apr. - May.)
2023. bittersweet, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Feb. - Mar.) Curated by photographer and photo editor Vanessa Leroy.
2023. Laundry Day: The Final Spin, New Systems Exhibitions, Portland, ME (Jan.)
2022. 8X8, Notch8 Gallery, Portland, ME (Nov. - Dec.) Invited by owner and curator Sharon Dennehy.
2022. The Romantics Crisis, Zand Head Gallery, Portland, ME (Oct.)
2022. Accessories Show, Zand Head Gallery, Portland, ME (July.) Curated by McKenna Bishop MFA ‘24.
2021. Holiday Show, The Contemporary at Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet, MI (Dec. - Jan.)
2021. Digital Space 5, University Art Gallery, Saginaw, MI (Mar. - Apr.) Curated by multi-media artist and educator Clark Most
2018. Experimental Space, University Art Gallery, Saginaw, MI (Apr. - May.)
Curated Exhibitions
2025. Grassroots, Easthaus. Portland, ME. January - February.
A juried open call compiling the work from artists Corey Brown, Zeppelin Dufour, Thomas Rutigliano, Ryer Spann & Ryan Swedenborg. Grassroots presents the seemingly disparate as a way to call us towards action; or ease us into a utopian refuge with unified works revealing the harmony of pure existence.
2024. Seeing Through a Window. Easthaus. Portland, ME. August - September.
A duo show bringing together the work of artists Jenna Girolamo and Trevor Toney. The pairing of these two artists seek to define all of the hidden possibilities found within a new understanding of perspective.
2023. Viva Magenta - Friedman & Zand Head Galleries at Maine College of Art & Design. July 2023 - August 2023.
Co-Curated an exhibition with Cheza (MFA ‘24) the show highlighted the selected PANTONE color of the year PANTONE 18-1750 TCX, or Viva Magenta. Artists were tasked with creating a work with this unconventional color to show a myriad of ways that artist approach this color in their work. (This exhibition was requested by Sarah Sawtelle to be extended until October and has relocated to the Bob Crewe Gallery on Maine College of Art & Design’s Campus)
Accolades
2022-2024. MFA Dean’s Scholarship. Maine College of Art & Design.
2021. 3rd Place Best in Show, Agamemnon Waiting For His Spoils. University Art Gallery.
2017-2020. Undergraduate Scholarship. Saginaw Valley State University.
2019. Co-President. Art & Design Association. Saginaw Valley State University.
2016. Leader Advancement Scholarship. Central Michigan University.
Print Media / Press
2023. MECAnics, Chatting with Drew Eastwood., Spotify Podcast for artists and like minded individuals. Hosted by Emily Elizabeth.
2023. ArtIt.net, 100 Artists Bringing Figures to Life, Voice of Artists - Issue 16. ISBN 97726328900016.
2021. ArtIt.net, Portrait & figure, Voice of Artists - Issue 12. ISBN 97726328900012.
2020. Giroux, Christopher., Hideki Kihata, Helen Rachel-Klotz., Still Lives. Page 70.
Collections
Joanne Waxman Library - The Romantics Crisis (Zines SLC .E27 2022)