ABOUT THE ARTIST born 1997, Alexandria, VA
Annika Papke is a multi media creative living in Washington, DC who specializes in printmaking and painting.

My work centers on experimentation with process and materials and I seek to connect with, support, and learn from other artists as part of my creative process. Over the past few years, I have narrowed my focus to projects exploring pop culture and the way women are perceived in popular media, exploration of my life through a metaphysical lens, and working in abstraction using a layered, multi-media approach.

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Exhibiting Failure, Rhizome, Washington, DC (curated by Fid Thompson)
Thoughts, Questions & Shit to Say, DuPont Underground, Washington, DC
SHE:DC, Shop Made in DC, Washington, DC (curated by Maddie Stevens)

2023
PROUD, Shop Made in DC, Washington, DC (curated by Nora Lieberman, Jane Angel, and Annika Papke)
SHE:DC, Shop Made in DC, Washington, DC (curated by Nora Lieberman)

2021
Petite December, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Joe Fig)
October Open Exhibit, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Summer Brown)
Heroes and Villains, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Caitlin Berry)
April Open Exhibit, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Adriel Luis)
Line by Line, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Jordann Wine)

2020
Feast, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Anki King)
My Queer Valentine, The Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Juror: Andy Johnson)

2019
A Sense of Occasion, Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, VA


COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Annika Papke and Rose Peterson, DialUp Zine, publication date: October 23, 2024. https://dialupzine.com/


PRINT MEDIA
“The Star”, The Rebis, September 2024. 31.
“Gay Rights and Gay Wrongs”, Fruitslice Magazine, June 20, 2024. 68-69.


PROFESSIONAL
2022-24 Assistant Manager, Shop Made Brands, Washington, DC
2019-22 Gallery and Digital Media Specialist, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2019 Target Gallery Intern, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA 


AWARDS/RECOGNITION
2021 Equal Merit Award, The Art League Student Show (selected by Mary Proenza)
2018 Joseph Palin Thorley Scholarship in Art


EDUCATION
2015-19 BA, Art and Art History and American Studies at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA