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Robert Peterson

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ROBERT PETERSON

BORN
1943Elmhurst, Illinois

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1969Second National Painting Show, Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania
1970Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Fuller Lodge Competition, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico
One-Man Show, Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist's Choice, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1972Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert Peterson, Oils on Canvas, Willard Gallery, New York City
1973Looking West, ACA Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Eligible for Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
Purchase Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1974Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
1975Recent Paintings by Robert Peterson, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1977Looking at an Ancient Land, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1978Albuquerque Artists I, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1979Fine Arts Exhibition, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1981The October Show, Albuquerque Public Library Main Branch, New Mexico
Rosalind Constable Invites, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1982The Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Bisbee Biennial, Conchise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona
1983Forrest Moses, Robert Peterson, The Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Spotlight on Deaf Artists, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Robert Peterson, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Robert Peterson, Paintings and Drawings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Don Quixote, A New Mexico Artist's Edition, Special Collections Library, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984Black and White, An Invitational Exhibition, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
An Exhibition of Lithographs from Tamarind Institute, Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oil and Steel, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1985Robert Peterson, Drawings and Paintings, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
Robert Peterson, Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tamarind 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Associated American Artists, New York City
1987Robert Peterson, Recent Drawings and Paintings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Uncommon Spaces, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1988New Mexico Guest Artists at Tamarind, Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert Peterson, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Statements 1988 - Perspective on Contemporary Art in New Mexico, Fine Arts Gallery of New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque
Put It on Paper, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989Robert Peterson, Objects, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1990Robert Peterson, Recent Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Robert Peterson, CAFE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1991Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert Peterson, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1992Recent Works By, Valley House Gallery, group show, Dallas, TX
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
One person show, Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
One person show, CAFE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Two Aspects of Pastel, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Miami International Art Exposition, Miami, Florida (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
New Mexico Impressions: Printmaking 1880-1990, University Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Artfair Seattle, Seattle, Washington (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
Texas Gallery Art Show, Infomart, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
Jerald Melberg Gallery, group show, Charlotte, North Carolina
Marguilies Taplin Gallery, group show, Boca Raton, Florida
Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, group show, New York, New York
1993In Honor of, The Munson Gallery, group show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1995Valentine’s Day Invitational Show, The Munson Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Art of the Garden, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson: New Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1996Art Miami, art fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida (Valley House Gallery)
Works on Paper, art fair, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1997University Art Museum Downtown, group show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
CAS Collects New Mexico, group show, Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
V Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Tamarind Institute, group show, Cuenca, Ecuador
1998Robert Peterson: Still Life, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert Peterson, one person show, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Realism, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
USArtists98, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery and Jerald Melberg Gallery)
1999The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson: Recent Still Lifes, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Silent Things, Secret Things: Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millenium, The Albuquerque
Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
USArtists99, art fair, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery, Jerald Melberg Gallery)
Miniatures 99, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2000The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
Robert Peterson, Still Life Pastels, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Group exhibition, GTE Directories Corp., DFW Airport, Irving, Texas
Robert Peterson: New Pastels, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Momento Mori: Contemporary Still Life by Tom Eckert, Robert Peterson, John Rise, traveling exhibition, Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Art Institute of Southern
California, Laguna Beach, California; Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dallas International Art & Antique Fair, The Dallas International Pavilion at Victory, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Pathways to Pastels, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
Miniatures 00, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001RePresenting Representation V, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
New. New Gallery, New Work, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
The Ripeness of Desire, Robert Peterson New Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Art of Illusion, L.A. County Fair Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Realist: Robert Peterson, Peter Plamondon, & Forrest Rodts, The Muson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
USArtists 2001 Tenth Anniversary art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
Texas International Fine Art Fair, NorthPark East, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
Miniatures 01, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002Two Aspects of Pastel, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
McNay Art Fair, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
Beyond the Apple & Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Boston International Fine Art Show, The Cyclorama, Boston, MA (Erlich Gallery)
From Realism to Abstraction: Art in New Mexico 1917-2002, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert Peterson: Master of the Medium of Pastel, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
Small Works, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
Small Treasures, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
Robert Peterson: Pastels, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Miniatures 02, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003Works on Paper, art fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Galley)
Robert Peterson: Right Light, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Outside-Inside: Conley Harris, Richard Jolley, Robert Peterson, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Size Does Matter, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Robert Peterson: New Pastels, Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
It’s a Dry Heat, Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
Larry Horowitz & Robert Peterson Exhibition, The Munson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
Miniatures 03, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2004The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Robert Peterson: Interior Light, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
New Pastel Still Lifes, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Albuquerque Museum Miniatures, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005Art in the Key of Green, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Works on Paper, art fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Galley)
Quick Bites, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
SPRING!, Gary Bukovnik, Tom Cries, Willard Dixon, Pamela Glasscock, Willis Lee, Forest Moses, Woodward Payne, Robert Peterson, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
Robert Peterson, New Pastels, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Small Works by Gallery Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Drawn to Color, Mitchell Johnson, Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
Miniatures 2005, The Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Boston International Fine Art Fair, Munson Gallery
Scottsdale Art Fair, Jerald Melberg Gallery
2006Gallery Artists Portfolio, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

AWARDS AND HONORS
1970Purchase Award, Honorable Mention, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial
Juror's Purchase Award, Fuller Lodge Competition
1971Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Grant
1972Juror's Award, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial
1981Purchase Award, The October Show
1983Don Quixote 1% for Art Project
1983Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1984Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1988Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
2006The Best of Scottsdale Award for Still Life/Interiors, April 2006
2006Juror of Awards, Pastel Society of America exhibition, New York City, September, 2006

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Northern Trust, Chicago, Illinois
First City Bank Chicago, Brussels, Belgium
The Anchutz Collection, Denver, Colorado
Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico
Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico
MBank, Houston, Texas
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
Midland Federal Savings and Loan, Denver, Colorado
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Continental Bank, Fort Worth, Texas
Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Mutual Savings Bank of New York, New York
Lomas & Nettleton, Dallas, Texas
Kaiser Corporation, Denver, Colorado
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Exxon Corporation, Irving, Texas
Brenau University, Georgia
Art in Embassies Program, Lima Pera
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Ambassador to Spain
Klaudia Marr Gallery    668 Canyon Road    Santa Fe, NM 87501
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