Media
Amie Potsic of AMIE POTSIC ART ADVISORY interviews artist Maureen Drdak about her Fulbright in Nepal and how the experience has affected her contemporary artwork. LISTEN to the podcast HERE.
Maureen Drdak—Burning Worlds at Gross McCleaf Gallery, January 2022
Philly woman has perfected art of turning sheet metal into works of art 6ABC News Interview 2019 Dan Sheridan. Friday, March 29th, 2019 5:35PM. A local artist is using unique and unconventional techniques to transform sheet metal. Maureen Drdak is a classically trained painter who is evolving her craft. Action News Photojournalist Dan Sheridan went to her studio in Ardmore to see her work first-hand.
Perspective of an American Artist on Newa Art and Artists EDABOO HOST Pramesh Shrestha
Poised and Forceful at historic Park Towne Place, produced by Aimco. Featuring works by Drdak: Cantos Helios Triptych, Ardens Mundi 3, and Rudra, image below.
Tradition and Innovation: Maureen Drdak, a video by Gary Wornell. 2019. The American visual artist and Fulbright Fellow speaks about her work with Newar repoussé Master Rabindra Shakya in his atelier in Patan, Nepal.
LINKS
KATHMANDU CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY CENTER for ART and DESIGN
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
FELLOWSHIP of the PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
The KATHMANDU VALLEY PRESERVATION TRUST
Downloadable CATALOGS, Writings, and Reviews (access writings through highlighted texts)
Baldeck Portrait, Essay by the Artist
Meet the only American artist who works with this ancient technique from Nepal, Bethany Ao, The Inquirer.
Artist Maureen Drdak’s Pioneering Process Inspired by Nepalese Techniques, Alaina Johns, City Wide
Eternal Visions - Contemporary Forms, SPACES Magazine, September 2017, pg.65
Eternal Visions - Contemporary Forms: Rabindra Shakya - Maureen Drdak, exhibition catalog Siddhartha Art Gallery
EX VOTO: Maureen Drdak, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum
The Flying Nagas, Himalaya Journal
The Nagas: Prakriti's Protectors: MARG Magazine, Volume 65 Number 1, September 2013
Art and Process; Kathmandu Post, Sophia Pandé, 2015-11-29
Heavy metal: repoussé synthesis innovator Maureen Drdak - in conversation
PDF of Art Radar interview HERE
Reworking Repoussé: The Spiritual Power in Maureen Drdak’s Fusion Metal Art; Buddhistdoor Global, Meher McArthur
US-Nepali Art, Sonia Awale, April 24, 2019