September 25–October 16, 2025
Uncovering
By Erin Raedeke
McLanahan Gallery, Misciagna Family Center for Perofrming Arts

Artist Statement

Uncovering explores the relationship between two bodies of work: a series of self-portraits and a series of cloth paintings. Themes emerge and shift, collide and coalesce, one of the common threads being that they are all painted from observation. One seemingly abstract, one representational, there are more similarities than first assumed. The underlying goal of both is to discover truths and uncover realities that were once hidden. A search for accuracy, not only in the physical attributes of the motif, but also an accuracy in the feelings, sensations and experiences that get evoked are the driving force. While the self portraits are a reflection of both outward appearance and internal conflicts, the cloth paintings also reveal an inner struggle as well as resilience. Honest investigation leads to awareness and discovery.

Artist Bio

Raedeke received her master of fine arts degree from American University in 2009 and her bachelor of fine arts in painting and bachelor of arts in art history from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000. She also studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003. Raedeke has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, including at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has been awarded a Carnegie Mellon Research Grant, and she has received the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award twice.

Artist Checklist

  • Marimekko, 2020
    Oil on board
    24” x 24”
  • 1977, 2019
    Oil on board
    18” x 15”
  • 2718 Colin Avenue, 2018
    Oil on linen
    60” x 48”
  • Childhood Landscape, 2018
    Oil on panel
    12” x 9”
  • Self at 45, 2022
    Oil on linen
    7” x 5”
  • Self Portrait at 43 Years, 2020
    Oil on board
    16” x 14”
  • Self Portrait Study, Night, 2023
    Oil on linen
    10” x 8”
  • November 18, 1995, 2020
    Oil on linen
    60” x 48”
  • 1980, 2019
    Oil on canvas
    22” x 18”
  • Red & Black, 2025
    Oil on board
    14” x 11”

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