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Paintings: Robert Peterson: Biography

ROBERT PETERSON

BORN
1943	Elmhurst, Illinois
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1969	Second National Painting Show, Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania
1970	Southwest 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
1972	Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico Robert Peterson, Oils on Canvas, Willard Gallery, New York City
1973	Looking 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
1974	Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
1975	Recent Paintings by Robert Peterson, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1977	Looking at an Ancient Land, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1978	Albuquerque Artists I, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1979	Fine Arts Exhibition, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1981	The October Show, Albuquerque Public Library Main Branch, New Mexico Rosalind Constable Invites, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1982	The Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Bisbee Biennial, Conchise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona
1983	Forrest 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
1984	Black 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
1985	Robert 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
1987	Robert Peterson, Recent Drawings and Paintings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas Uncommon Spaces, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1988	New 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
1989	Robert Peterson, Objects, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1990	Robert 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)
1991	Robert 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)
1992	Recent 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
1993	In 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
1994	The 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
1995	Valentine’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)
1996	Art 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)
1997	University 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
1998	Robert 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)
1999	The 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
2000	The 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
2001	RePresenting 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
2002	Two 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
2003	Works 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
2004	The 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
2005	Art 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
2006	Gallery Artists Portfolio, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
AWARDS AND HONORS
1970	Purchase Award, Honorable Mention, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial Juror's Purchase Award, Fuller Lodge Competition
1971	Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Grant
1972	Juror's Award, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial
1981	Purchase Award, The October Show
1983	Don Quixote 1% for Art Project
1983	Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1984	Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1988	Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
2006	The Best of Scottsdale Award for Still Life/Interiors, April 2006
2006	Juror 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