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  Gary Petersen
garypetersen@optonline.net
b. Staten Island, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “Colossal Youth”, New York, New York.
2004
Fusebox, “Something Like Paradise”, Washington, D.C.
2002
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Work”, Boston, Massachusetts.
1999
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Paintings and Drawings”, Boston, Massachusetts.
1992
White Columns, “White Room Exhibition”, New York, New York.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
StorefrontBushwick Gallery, "Halsey Hathaway & Gary Petersen", Brooklyn, New York.
Sideshow Gallery, "Mic:Check(Occupy)", Brooklyn, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Paperazzi", Brooklyn, New York.
2011
Edward Thorp Gallery, "Assembly", New York, New York.
McKenzie Fine Art, "Doug Melini, Gary Petersen, Sarah Walker", New York, New York.
Lori Bookstein Gallery, "Summer Paper", New York, New York.
Allegra La Viola Gallery, "Draw The Line", New York, New York.
Kentler International Drawing Space, "Marked Differences", Brooklyn, New York. curated
by Roberta Waddell.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Traction", Great Barrington, Massachussetts.
Silas Marder Gallery, "The Big Show 6", Bridgehampton, New York.
WG News+Art, "Everything's Coming Up Roses", Brooklyn, New York.
Painting Center, "Wallworks", New York, New York curated by Stephen Maine.
Sue Scott Gallery, "Paper A-Z", New York, New York.
Bronx River Art Center, "The Working Title", Bronx, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Works On Paper 2011", Brooklyn, New York.
2010
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Casheesh 3", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Feature Inc., "Power To The People", New York, New York.
Kidd Yellin, "Domestic City", Brooklyn, New York, curated by Nichole Van Beek and Vince Contarino.
Deep Space New York, "Drawing on Drawing", New York, New York, curated by Rory Donaldson and Erica Mercado.
Hofstra University,"Color-Time-Space", Hempstead, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Paper Works", Brooklyn, New York.
2009
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Casheesh 2", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Triple Candie, "EyeWorld", New York, New York curated by Emily Cheng and Michelle Loh.
Jen Bekman Gallery, "Mixtape", New York, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "The Great Impression", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Lohin-Geduld Gallery/Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Color, Time and Space”, New York, New York and Brooklyn, New York.
Projex Mtl Galerie, "Summer, Summer", Montreal, Canada.
Wunderarts, “Out of Sight”, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Bushwick Open Studios, “Fortress To Solitude”, Brooklyn, New York curated by Guillermo Creus.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Garish”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
McKenzie Fine Art, "Linear Abstraction", New York, New York.
2008
Adelphi University, "Chroma", Garden City, Long Island.
Jan Colle Gallery, "Transmold", Ghent, Belgium.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Exquisitude",
Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Jeff Bailey/Andrea Meislin Galleries, "It's Gouache and Gouache Only",New York, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young.
2007
Metaphor Contemporary Art, "Punchbowl",Brooklyn, NY.
Grand Bazaar, "Kuf_Mold", Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty.
EFA Gallery, "Horizon",New York, New York, curated by David Humphrey
2006
Lesley Heller Gallery, "Winter Show", New York, New York.
2005
 Dinaburg Arts, “Fall Vernissage 2005”,New York,NewYork.
2004
 Metaphor Contemporary Art, “Breathing Space”, Brooklyn, New York.
Shelbourne Ballroom, “Starlight”, Michael Steinberg Fine
Art, Miami, Florida.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, “Gifts from the RCIPP”,
Clinton, New Jersey.
W52, “hot + cool * summer”, New York, New York,
curated by Mary Dinaburg.
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “ in polytechnicolor”, New
York, New York.
PlusUltra Gallery, “all the roses that were ever painted”,
Brooklyn, New York.
Pierce College, “Oh!”, Woodland Hills, California, curated
by MeryLynn McCorkle.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Group Show”, Boston,
Massachussetts.
2003
Fusebox, “Art Positions/Art Basel”, Miami, Florida.
Byron C. Cohen Gallery, “Inventory”, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Im n Il Gallery, “hello franklin”, Brooklyn, New York.
2002
Fusebox, “Artpoint Art Fair”, Miami, Florida.
Fusebox, “Chromophilia”, Washington, D.C.
2001
 Frederieke Taylor Gallery, “Humanoid”, New York, New York.
Bucheon Gallery, “Minimal To Excess”, San Francisco,
California.
Schweinfurth Art Center, "Metro-North", Auburn, New
York.
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, “Abstract”, New York, New
York.
Im n Il Gallery, “Between: Peter Coe, David Henderson,
Gary Petersen”, Brooklyn, New York.
Goliath Gallery, “Ripe and Hazy”, Brooklyn, New York.
Diverse Works, “Humanoid”, Houston, Texas.
2000
Catherine Moore Gallery, “Winter Paper”, New York, New York.
Yerba Center for the Arts, “The Pierogi Flat Files”, San
Francisco, California.
Raritan Valley Community College, “The Portrait in the
New Millennium”, Somerville, New Jersey.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Abstraction”, Boston,
Massachussetts.
Jay Grimm Gallery, “Abstract Paintings on Paper”, New
York, New York.
1999
 Im n Il Gallery,” Out of Y2K”, Brooklyn, New York.
The Workspace, “Skintight”, New York, New York.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “The Big Picture”, Boston,
Massachussetts.
Vedanta Gallery, “Humanoid”, Chicago. Illinois.
1998
The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, “New Island Views”, Staten Island, New York.
Raritan Valley Community Center, “Unnatural Selection”,
Somerville, New Jersey.
White Box Gallery, “Fashioned”, New York, New York.
Islip Art Museum, “Brite Magic”, East Islip, New York.
Visual Arts Museum, “After School”, New York, New
York, curated by Klaus Kertess.
Hopper Art House Center, “Gary Petersen and John
Rosis”, Nyack, New York.
1997
Gasworks, “New York Drawers”, Pierogi Gallery Flatfiles, London, England.
Seton Hall University Law School, “Painting Still
Happens”, Newark, New Jersey.
Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, “Sizzle”, New York, New York.
1994
 Trans Hudson Gallery, “Jersey Fresh”, Jersey City, New Jersey.
E.S. Van Dam Gallery, “Remotion”, New York, New York.
1993
Islip Art Museum, “Zoo Extracts”, East Islip, New York.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, “The
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of
Painting and Sculpture”, New York, New York.
1992
 Valencia College, “The Forceful Gesture”, Orlando, Florida.
White Columns, “Update 1992”, New York, New York.
Marymount Manhattan College, “An Obscure Object To
Desire”, New York, New York.
1991
Painting Space 122, "A Different Normal", New York, New York.

AWARDS

2011
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award,
Trenton, New Jersey.
2010
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, The Space Program 2010-2011, Brooklyn, New York.
2003
Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper,
Fellowship Award, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey.
2002
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting
Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.
1993
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting
Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.
1988
Edward F. Albee Foundation, Visual Arts Fellowship, New York, New York.

VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES

2011
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey.
Trenton Museum, Trenton, New Jersey.

EDUCATION

The School of Visual Arts, M.F.A.
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012
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Gomez, Enrico. "January in Brooklyn", WagMag, Critic's Pic, January, 2012, p.12.
Butler, Sharon. "Abstraction in early 2012", Two Coats of Paint, January 13, 2012.
Jovanovic, Rozalia, "StorefrontBushwick presents Gary Petersen and Halsey Hathaway",
Flavorpill, January 16, 2012.
2011
Maine, Stephen. Wall Works. (Catalogue), The Painting Center, New York, New York.
Waddell, Roberta. Marked Differences (Catalogue), Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York.
2009
Kalm, James, "Brooklyn Dispatches Bushwick Biennial: Venice It Ain't", The Brooklyn Rail, ArtSeen, July-August 2009.
2007
Maine, Stephen. "A Wild Horizon", The New York Sun, Gallery Going, July 5, 2007, Section II, p.15&p.20.
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no. 4: p. 160
2005
Johnson, Ken. “Julie Langsam:’From Here To Modernity” and Gary Petersen:‘Colossal Youth’. The New York
Times, The Listings, December 2, 2005: section B, p.27
2004
Johnson, Ken. “Hot + Cool*Summer”. The New York Times, Art Guide, August 6, 2004: section E, p.34
2003
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2002
Temin, Christine. “Critics Picks”, Boston Globe, Weekend: Galleries, April 12, 2002 p.C18.
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2001
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2000
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1999
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