Born:  Staten Island, NY

EDUCATION
The School of Visual Arts, M.F.A. 1987
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S. 1978

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2022

The Bogliasco Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Bogliasco, Italy.

2020

The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Grant Award.
2017
The MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
2014
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Art Purchase Fund Award.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Invitational Exhibiiton.
2011
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award.
2010
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2010-2011, Brooklyn, New York.
2003
Brodsky Center (Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper), Fellowship Award.
2002
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award.
2000-2015
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Studio Program Member, New York.
1993
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Invitational Exhibiiton.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award.
1988
Edward F. Albee Foundation, Visual Arts Fellowship, New York.

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022

McKenzie Fine Art, "Gary Petersen", New York, New York.

2021

527 Madison Avenue, "Gary Petersen: 2014-2016", New York, New York, curated by Jay Grimm Art Advisory.

2019
McKenzie Fine Art, "Just Hold On", New York, New York.
2016
McKenzie Fine Art, "Gary Petersen: Back There Behind the Sun", New York, New York.
Mount Airy Contemporary, "Anne Canfield and Gary Petersen", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2015
Theodore:Art, "Not Now, But Maybe Later", Brooklyn, New York.
2014
C2C Project Space, "Seth Koen and Gary Petersen", San Francisco,California.
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, "tilting points", Summit, New Jersey, curated by Mary Birmingham.
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, "zip line tow rope", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, curated by Alexis Granwell.
2013
Curatorial Research Lab@ Winkleman Gallery, "OptikNerve, a Wall Painting", New York, New York, organized by Doreen McCarthy.
2012
Storefront Bushwick Gallery, “Halsey Hathaway and Gary Petersen”, Brooklyn, New York.
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

2022

Walter Storms Galerie, "Inventur", Munich, Germany.

O’Flaherty’s, “The Patriot”, New York, New York.

Church of the Heavenly Rest, “Invisible Attraction”, New York, New York.

Zimmerli Art Museum, “American Stories”, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

2021

Pamela Salisbury Gallery, "All Small", Hudson, New York.

McKenzie Fine Art, "Colored Pencil Redux", New York, New York.

Hollis Taggart Gallery CT, "Unique Expressions", Southport, Connecticut. Curated by Paul Efstathiou.

The Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, "The Idiosyncratic Pencil Redrafted", Presbyterian College, South Carolina.

2020
Platform Project Space, "proust, time and 10 works on paper", Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Franklin Evans.
2019
Theodore Art, "Houses in Motion", Brooklyn, New York.
Hollis Taggart, "Highlight: The Highline", New York, New York. Curated by Paul Efstathiou.
Mount Airy Contemporary, "Your Plus-One", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
McKenzie Fine Art, "Colored Pencil", New York, New York.
The Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, "The Idiosyncratic Pencil Resharpened", Presbyterian College, South Carolina.
2018
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Casheesh", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Curator Gallery and MacDowell Office, "MacDowell Now: Recent Abstract Painting", New York, New York. Curated by Mark Wehtli.
Mindy Solomon Gallery, "If You Would Just Shut Up and Listen", Miami, Florida.
KunstPakhuset, "Geometric Behavior", Ikast, Denmark. Curated by Katrine Hvid.
2017
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Squared x 2", Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Curated by Sue and Phil Knoll
McKenzie Fine Art, "Translucent", New York, New York.
Bergen Community College, "Vibrant", Paramus, New Jersey. Curated by Claire McConaughy.
The Curator Gallery, "New New York: Continuum", New York, New York.
2016
The National Arts Club, "The Warmth of Winter", New York, New York. Curated by Dee Shapiro.
Mckenzie Fine Art, "Drawings", New York, New York.
Transmitter, "The Black & White Project", Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Yifat Gat.
Carroll and Sons, "No Boys Allowed", Boston, Massachusetts.
Vassar College, "If Color Could Kill", Poughkeepsie, New York. Curated by Jeff Frederick.
Salena Gallery, Long Island University, "If Color Could Kill", Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Jeff Frederick.
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, "50 Shades of Red",
Amherst, Massachusetts.
Curator's Office, "Geometrix:Line. Form, Subversion", Washington, D.C.
2015
Eagle Studios, "Earth Dreams", Greenpoint, New York. Curated by Alyssa E. Fanning.
University of Hawaii, Manoa Art Gallery, "New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century", Honolulu, Hawaii. Curated by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis.
David Klein Gallery, "First Show", Detroit, Michigan.
Teckningsmuseet Museum, "Prime Matter", Lahol, Sweden.
Circuit 12 Contemporary, "Non-Objective", Dallas, Texas.
Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design "Defining Abstraction", Sarasota, Florida. Curated by Mark Ormond.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "PolySolaris", Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Curated by Phil and Sue Knoll.
Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, "I Am What I Am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn's Moment", Scarsdale, New York. Curated by Diana Buckley.
Morgan Lehman Gallery, "Twenty by Sixteen", New York, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young.
Anna Kunz Studio, "(I'd Like to Suggest) Linger On", Chicago, Illinois.
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, "Infinity Mirror", Amherst, Massachusetts. Curated by Sean Greene.
20/20 Gallery at EFA, "This Color is You", New York. New York. curated by Bill Carroll.
Look and Listen Gallery, "Noir/Blanc #2", Saint-Chamas, France. curated by Yifat Gat.
2014
Jamie Brooks Fine Art,"Harmonized", Costa Mesa, California.
David Klein Gallery, "Agree to Disagree: a survey in contemporary abstraction", Birmingham, Michigan.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Twenty By Sixteen", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Senaspace, "Prime Matter", New York, New York curated by Chris Schade and Zoe Pettijohn.
Brian Morris Gallery, "spacematters", New York, New York.
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, "Summer Invitational", New York, New York.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, "Exhibition of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards", New York, New York.
NARS Foundation, "Color Me Badd", Brooklyn, New York, curated by Chris Bors.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, "Invitational Exhibition 2014", New York, New York.
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, "Internal Dialogues", New York, New York, curated by Natalia Nakazawa.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Paperazzi 3", Brooklyn, New York.
Sideshow Gallery, "Nation II at The Alamo", Brooklyn, New York.
2013
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Casheesh 2013", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
New Jersey City University, "Out of Step", Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Brendan Carroll.
Radiator Gallery, "Heat,Chaos,Resistance", Long Island City, New York, curated by Alyssa Fanning.
The Bennington Center for the Arts, “Overlap”, Bennington,Vermont.
24-6-Space, "In Form", New York, New York.
Arena@89 5th Avenue,"Wrap Around", New York, New York curated by Renee Riccardo.
Lu Magnus Gallery, "Thanks", curated by Adam Parker Smith, New York, New York.
Brian Morris Gallery, “Tectonic Drift”, New York, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Paperazzi 2”, Brooklyn, New York.
Sideshow Gallery, “Sideshow Nation”, Brooklyn, New York.
2012
Art Bank Program, U.S. State Department, “Geometric Art in the Art Bank Collection”, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
McKenzie Fine Art, “Line and Plane”, New York, New York.
Frosch and Portmann Gallery, “Cannonball”, New York, New York.
Jason McCoy Gallery, “Paper Band”, New York, New York.
Theodore Art, “There Are No Giants Upstairs”, Brooklyn, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “The Beatles”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Parallel Art Space, “Alter Minimal”, Queens, 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, “Douglas Melini, Gary Petersen and Sarah Walker”, New York, New York.
Lori Bookstein Gallery, “Summer Paper”, New York, New York.
Allegra La Viola, “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, Massachusetts.
Painting Center, “Wallworks”, New York, New York, curated by Stephen Maine.
Silas Marder Gallery, “The Big Show 6”, Bridgehampton, New York.
Bronx River Art Center “The Working Title”, Bronx, New York.
WG News + Art, “Everything’s coming up Roses”, Brooklyn, New York.
Sue Scott Gallery, “Paper A-Z”, New York, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Paper 2011”, Brooklyn, New York.
2010
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Casheesh 3”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
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 Erica Mercado and Rory Donaldson.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Paper Works”, Brooklyn, New York.
Hofstra University,”Chroma” Hempstead, New York.
2009
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Casheesh 2”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Triple Candie, “Eye World”, New York, New York, curated by Emily Cheng and Michelle Loh.
Jen Bekman Gallery, “Mixtape”, New York, New York curated by Jeffrey Teuton.
Bussaco , “Spectrum Squared”, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Carla Aurich.
Lohin-Geduld Gallery/Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Color, Time and Space”, New York, New York and Brooklyn, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “The Great Impression”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Laroche/Joncas Galerie, “Summer, Summer”, Montreal, Canada
Wunderarts, “Out of Sight”, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Bushwick Open Studios, 56 Bogart , “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, curated by Carson Fox and Jen Maloney.
Jan Colle Gallery, “Transmold”, Ghent, Belgium.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Exquisitide”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Jeff Bailey Gallery/Andrea Meislin Gallery,“It’s Gouache and Gouache Only”, New York, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young.
2007
Metaphor Contemporary Art, “Punchbowl”, Brooklyn, New York.
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 Salon”, New York, New York.
2005
Dinaburg Arts, “Fall Vernissage 2005”, New York, New York.
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, Massachusetts.
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.
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, Massachussse
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.
The Newark Museum, “New Jersey Fine Arts Annual”, Newark , New Jersey.
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.

VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES
2017

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Visiitng Artist Lecture Series.
2013
Artist Lecture Series, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
2011
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
John M. Anderson Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series,

Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Jewish Museum, (The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection),     New York, New York.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.

Zimmerli Art Museum/Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

U.S. State Department, Art Bank Program, Washington, D.C.

The Endeavor Foundation, New York, New York.
Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, New York.
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts.
Related Companies, L.P. , New York, New York.
SCG America Assets (MIMA).
Polsinelli, LLP, Palo Alto, California.
University of Texas William P. Clemens Jr. University Hospital, Dallas, Texas.
Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.
Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
Torys, LLP, New York, New York

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2019
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2011
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