Artist: Jason Rafferty | Location: Asheville, NC
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Artist: Jason Rafferty | Location: Asheville, NC
Asheville, NC
Jason Rafferty is a painter and draftsman based in Asheville, NC. A recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, he holds a BFA degree in painting from UNC Asheville and has pursued classical training in drawing and oil painting in the US and France since 2010. His latest body of work explores contemporary mythological narrative paintings with influences ranging from Baroque to Modernist artists. Recent exhibitions include Rites of Passage at Manifest Gallery in 2019, Real People 2019 in Woodstock, IL, and New Forms: International Juried Student Exhibition at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, TN (2018). In 2016 Jason was commissioned to create artwork for the Oscar-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. His work was selected as an alternate for the XL Catlin Art Prize exhibit in 2018 (now the AXA Art Prize), and he was a featured emerging artist at Four Bridges Art Festival in Chattanooga, TN in 2017. Since 2015 Jason has taught art classes in Asheville, NC.
Artist Website
www.jasonrafferty.com