About Scott

Scott Michael Draft is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. His work is inspired by surrealism, skateboarding, and graffiti. He has a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in Tampa and has been exhibiting his work in galleries and museums since 2009.

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Exhibitions

  • 2019
    • Variety, Bushwick United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, NY; November 2019
  •  2014
    • Yo Brooklynites IV, Pushkin Creperie, Brooklyn, NY; June 2014
  •  2013
    • Vapor Waves, Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; December 2013 
  •  2012
    • The Vault, National Exchange Bank, Tampa, FL; April 2012
    • Inquiry and Discovery: Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquim, USF Marshall Student Center, Tampa, FL; April 2012 
  •  2011
    • USF 35th Annual Student Art Exhibition, University Gallery USF, Tampa, FL, April 2011
    • Salon de Refuse, University Gallery USF, Tampa, FL; April 2011
    • Generations: USF Artists Past and Present, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL; May 2011
    • Obscene Summer, USF Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL, June 2011
    • Child Support, The Bricks, Ybor City, FL; June 2011
    • Pulchritudinous, West Tampa Centre for the Arts, Tampa, FL, November 2011
    • Mixtapes & Tees, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL; December 2011
  •  2010
    • USF 34th Annual Student Art Exhibition, USF Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL; March 2010
    • Art in Motion, Platform Art, Lakeland, FL; April 2010
    • Spring Forward, Orpheum, Tampa, FL; May 2010
    • Optic Nerve XII, MOCA, Miami, FL; August 2010
    • Anthropomore, USF Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL; August 2010
    • Mors Mortis, Silver Meteor Gallery, Ybor City, FL; September 2010
    • Work, West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, FL; December 2010
  • 2009
    • RestArt, Orpheum, Tampa, FL; 2009
    • Draft-Sheridan/Sheridan-Draft Collective Exhibition, USF Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL; October 2009
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Press

  • Stigmart, VIDEOFOCUS 10, June 2013
  • Creative Loafing Tampa, Events - Child Support Art Show, June 2011
  • Tampa Bay Times, South Tampa Entertainment Calendar, June 2011
  • Tampa Bay Online, USF Students, Alumni, Faculty present Exhibit, May 2011
  • Creative Loafing Tampa, Digitally Yours, April 2011
  • Arts Council of Hillsborough County, DigiMazing Centre Gallery and USF Artists Tap into the Potential of Video Art, April 2011
  • Creative Loafing Tampa, Fall Arts 2011 - 20 under 25, August 2011
  • Miami New Times, Optic Nerve Festival Screens Miami's Best Video Art, August 2010
  • Miami Art Guide, MOCA celebrates 10 years of Optic Nerve Festival, August 2010
  • USF Oracle, Open Gallery Attracts Artistic Students, January 2010

Education

University of South Florida, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tampa, FL, 2012

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Awards

  • Student & Faculty Award, USF 34th Annual Student Art Exhibition, USF Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL; March 2010

Curation

  • Generations: USF Artists Past and Present (curated with Marysia Lopez), Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL; May 2011
  • Work (curated with Marysia Lopez), West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, FL; December 2010

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