Visiting Artist Colloquium: Craig Drennen

Wed Feb 18 2026 at 05:00 pm to 06:15 pm UTC-06:00

Chazen Museum of Art | Madison

Chazen Museum of Art
Publisher/HostChazen Museum of Art
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Craig Drennen
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Part of the Art Department's weekly visiting artist lecture series.
About this Event

Craig Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He is represented by Brigitte Mulholland Gallery in Paris and has had recent solo exhibitions at the Marietta-Cobb Museum in Marietta, Georgia, The Suburban in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Freight+Volume Gallery in New York City. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery in New York City and the Kunstverein Langenhagen in Langenhagen, Germany. He has been an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Skowhegan, among others. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Artforum, The New York Times, and Bad at Sports. Drennen has curated exhibitions at Rockefeller Center in New York City, Greene House Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, and the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, Georgia. He has written art criticism for Art Pulse and Burnaway magazines and has forthcoming essays appearing in Amanda Ross-Ho’s Untitled Inventory (Catalog Irraisonné) exhibition catalog from the University of Alabama, Birmingham and in Steve Locke’s I Said What I Said monograph published in conjunction with his MassMOCA exhibition. Drennen served as dean at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Skowhegan, teaches at Georgia State University, and manages THE END Project Space. Since 2008, he has organized his studio practice around Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens. craigdrennen.com


About the Visiting Artist Colloquium:

The Art Department Colloquium is a series supported by the Anonymous Fund and the Brittingham Trust. Visiting Artist lectures are held every Wednesday during the academic year, and are free and open to the public.

RSVPs recommended. Walk-ins welcome as capacity alllows.



Frequently Asked Questions:

Where should I park?

There are several parking garages within a few blocks of the museum. Limited accessible parking stalls are located in front of the building. Contact UW Transportation Services for more information: https://transportation.wisc.edu/visitor-parking/. We are also on several Madison Metro bus routes, and BCycle stations are nearby.


Where at the museum is this event?

This event will take place in the Chazen's Auditorium.


Can I call if I have questions?

Yes! You can call the welcome desk to speak with our Visitor Services team at 608-263-2246.



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Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Avenue, Madison, United States

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