ROBERT PETERSEN
Born: Le Mars, Iowa, 1945
Lives in Tivoli, NY
Education
B.F.A. Printmaking, 1969. University of California, Long Beach
A.A. Fine Arts, 1966. Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Blue Stone by Barn Door, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2013 Captiva Daybooks, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2013 Stories form Solar Winds, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
2003 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, New York
1998 Works on Paper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996 Teplitzky & Scott Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1990 Castelli Graphics, New York
1988 Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1987 Castelli Graphics, New York
Miami-Dade Community College Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1986 Joe Fawbush Editions, New York
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1985 Castelli Graphics, New York
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1983 Soho South Gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida
Route 66 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 Galleriet, Lund, Sweden
Castelli Graphics, New York
Palm Press, Ltd., Tampa, Florida
1981 Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1979 Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Galleriet, Lund, Sweden
The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York
1978 Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Wade Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1976 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
1975 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
Galerie D, Brussels, Belgium
1974 Sara Gilat Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1973 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 “The Private Collection of Robert Rauschenberg”, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, NY
2001 “Group Show”, Works on Paper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 “Minimalism”, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
1998 “Ground Zero Part II”, Round Wound Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Journals and Chronicles, in Mixed Media”, Cannondale Galley, Wilton, CT
1997 “Group Show”, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut
Minnesota National Print Biennial, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Natural Print Biennial”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1996 “America: Messages and Markings by Seven Artists”, Westport Arts Center, Westport, Conn.
“Artists Travel Journals”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1995 “Faculty Show”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1994 “U.S.A.: Within Limits”, Galeria de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Small Works III”, Lisa Settee Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Members Show 1994”, Carriage Barn Gallery, Connecticut
“Faculty Show”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1993 “Book and Box Word”, North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, Florida
“Floor Show”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
“Small Works II”, Lisa Settee Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“1993 Christmas Show”, Carriage Barn Gallery, Connecticut
1992 “Made in Florida”, Harn Museum of Art, Florida
“Library”, Granary Books, New York
“Collaborations: Lithographs Offset”, University of Rhode Island Art Department, RI
1991 “Artist Book’s”, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
“Made in Florida”, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
“Artists Journals”, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“In Book Form” Artisans, Mill Valley, California
“Artist’s Books From A to B: Contemporary Artists Books”, Center for Book Arts Exhibition
1990 “Abstraction”, Greene Gallery, Florida
“Horizons”, General Electric Company, New York
1989 “Objects of Sort”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund Sweden
“Group Show”, Castelli Graphics, New York
1988 “Made in Florida”, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
“Geometric Abstraction”, Greene Gallery, New York
“The Arts of the Book”, University of the Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Castelli Graphics 1969-1988”, Castelli Graphics, New York
“Selections from Gallery Artists”, Castelli Graphics, New York
1987 “Robert Petersen and Cinda Sparling: Paintings, Drawings, Objects, and Inspirations”, Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“National Printmaking Invitational”, University Art Gallery, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
“Artistic Visions…Six in Florida”, North Miami Museum and Art Center, Miami, Florida
1986 “Artists for Artists”, Charles Cowles Annex Gallery, New York
1985 “Greene Gallery Selects”, Greene Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida
“A Summer Selection”, Castelli Graphics, New York
“Artists Salute the Return of Halley’s Comet”, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, NY
“Selections from the Leif Johnson Collection 1965-1985”, Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida
1984 “Words and Pictures”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
“The Fifteenth Anniversary of Castelli Graphics”, Castelli Graphics, NY
6th Miami International Print Biennial, North Miami Museum and Art Center, N. Miami
1983 New York City Library, 42nd Street, New York
“Raphael in Prints”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1983 “The American Artist as Printmaker”, 23rd National Print Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, NY
1982 The Fifth Miami International Biennial, Coral Gables, Florida
1982 Gallery Artists, Summer Show, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1981 Benefit for Trisha Brown, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1980 “Visual Diaries – A Personal Use of Words and Images”, Alex Rosenberg Gallery
1980 Jasper Johns Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, Inc., Leo Castelli Gallery, NY
Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy
Centre Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
1977 Works from the Collection of Change, Inc., Sonnabend Gallery
1976 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1975 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany
“Tendances Actuelles de la Nouvelle Peinture Americaine”, Arc 2,
Musee d’Arte Moderne, Paris, France
“Dessins Comtemporains”, Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
1974 “Change, Inc.”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
1973 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
1970 Group Light Show, Baldwin Hills, California
1969 Group Light Show, Baldwin Hills, California
1968 Group Show, Long Beach, California
Collections
American Express Corporations
Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Art Focus Inc.: Bethesda, Maryland
Boulder Museum of Art: Boulder, CO
James and Barbara Cain Collection: Naples, FL
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne: Paris, France
Chase Manhattan Bank: Miami, FL
Sidney Felsen & Joni Weyl: Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Museum, UCLA: Los Angeles, CA
Leif Johnson: Fort Myers, FL
Library of Congress: Washington, DC
Malmo Museum: Sweden
Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, NY
The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Phoenix, Maryland
New Canaan Society for the Arts: New Canaan, CT
New York City Library: New York, NY
Francois Pinault: Venice, Italy
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation: New York, NY
James Rosenquist: Aripeka, FL
Don and Ruth Saff: Tampa, FL
Richard & Ruth Shack: Miami, FL
Joshua Smith: Washington, DC
Illeana & Michael Sonnabend: New York, NY
SBC Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Southwest Banking Corporation: Miami, FL
Southwestern Bell Corporation: St. Louis, MO
Strang Institute, New York, NY
Anders Tornberg: Lund, Sweden
Cy Twombly Foundation: New York, NY
United Limited Artists Editions: New York, NY
Universal Limited Art Editions: Long Island, NY
Born: Le Mars, Iowa, 1945
Lives in Tivoli, NY
Education
B.F.A. Printmaking, 1969. University of California, Long Beach
A.A. Fine Arts, 1966. Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Blue Stone by Barn Door, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2013 Captiva Daybooks, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2013 Stories form Solar Winds, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
2003 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, New York
1998 Works on Paper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996 Teplitzky & Scott Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1990 Castelli Graphics, New York
1988 Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1987 Castelli Graphics, New York
Miami-Dade Community College Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1986 Joe Fawbush Editions, New York
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1985 Castelli Graphics, New York
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1983 Soho South Gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida
Route 66 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 Galleriet, Lund, Sweden
Castelli Graphics, New York
Palm Press, Ltd., Tampa, Florida
1981 Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Edison Community College, Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Myers, Florida
1979 Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Galleriet, Lund, Sweden
The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York
1978 Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Wade Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1976 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
1975 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
Galerie D, Brussels, Belgium
1974 Sara Gilat Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1973 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 “The Private Collection of Robert Rauschenberg”, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, NY
2001 “Group Show”, Works on Paper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 “Minimalism”, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
1998 “Ground Zero Part II”, Round Wound Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Journals and Chronicles, in Mixed Media”, Cannondale Galley, Wilton, CT
1997 “Group Show”, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut
Minnesota National Print Biennial, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Natural Print Biennial”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1996 “America: Messages and Markings by Seven Artists”, Westport Arts Center, Westport, Conn.
“Artists Travel Journals”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1995 “Faculty Show”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1994 “U.S.A.: Within Limits”, Galeria de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Small Works III”, Lisa Settee Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Members Show 1994”, Carriage Barn Gallery, Connecticut
“Faculty Show”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
1993 “Book and Box Word”, North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, Florida
“Floor Show”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
“Small Works II”, Lisa Settee Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“1993 Christmas Show”, Carriage Barn Gallery, Connecticut
1992 “Made in Florida”, Harn Museum of Art, Florida
“Library”, Granary Books, New York
“Collaborations: Lithographs Offset”, University of Rhode Island Art Department, RI
1991 “Artist Book’s”, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
“Made in Florida”, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
“Artists Journals”, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“In Book Form” Artisans, Mill Valley, California
“Artist’s Books From A to B: Contemporary Artists Books”, Center for Book Arts Exhibition
1990 “Abstraction”, Greene Gallery, Florida
“Horizons”, General Electric Company, New York
1989 “Objects of Sort”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund Sweden
“Group Show”, Castelli Graphics, New York
1988 “Made in Florida”, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
“Geometric Abstraction”, Greene Gallery, New York
“The Arts of the Book”, University of the Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Castelli Graphics 1969-1988”, Castelli Graphics, New York
“Selections from Gallery Artists”, Castelli Graphics, New York
1987 “Robert Petersen and Cinda Sparling: Paintings, Drawings, Objects, and Inspirations”, Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“National Printmaking Invitational”, University Art Gallery, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
“Artistic Visions…Six in Florida”, North Miami Museum and Art Center, Miami, Florida
1986 “Artists for Artists”, Charles Cowles Annex Gallery, New York
1985 “Greene Gallery Selects”, Greene Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida
“A Summer Selection”, Castelli Graphics, New York
“Artists Salute the Return of Halley’s Comet”, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, NY
“Selections from the Leif Johnson Collection 1965-1985”, Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida
1984 “Words and Pictures”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
“The Fifteenth Anniversary of Castelli Graphics”, Castelli Graphics, NY
6th Miami International Print Biennial, North Miami Museum and Art Center, N. Miami
1983 New York City Library, 42nd Street, New York
“Raphael in Prints”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1983 “The American Artist as Printmaker”, 23rd National Print Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, NY
1982 The Fifth Miami International Biennial, Coral Gables, Florida
1982 Gallery Artists, Summer Show, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1981 Benefit for Trisha Brown, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1980 “Visual Diaries – A Personal Use of Words and Images”, Alex Rosenberg Gallery
1980 Jasper Johns Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, Inc., Leo Castelli Gallery, NY
Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy
Centre Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
1977 Works from the Collection of Change, Inc., Sonnabend Gallery
1976 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1975 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany
“Tendances Actuelles de la Nouvelle Peinture Americaine”, Arc 2,
Musee d’Arte Moderne, Paris, France
“Dessins Comtemporains”, Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
1974 “Change, Inc.”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
1973 Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
1970 Group Light Show, Baldwin Hills, California
1969 Group Light Show, Baldwin Hills, California
1968 Group Show, Long Beach, California
Collections
American Express Corporations
Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Art Focus Inc.: Bethesda, Maryland
Boulder Museum of Art: Boulder, CO
James and Barbara Cain Collection: Naples, FL
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne: Paris, France
Chase Manhattan Bank: Miami, FL
Sidney Felsen & Joni Weyl: Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Museum, UCLA: Los Angeles, CA
Leif Johnson: Fort Myers, FL
Library of Congress: Washington, DC
Malmo Museum: Sweden
Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, NY
The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Phoenix, Maryland
New Canaan Society for the Arts: New Canaan, CT
New York City Library: New York, NY
Francois Pinault: Venice, Italy
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation: New York, NY
James Rosenquist: Aripeka, FL
Don and Ruth Saff: Tampa, FL
Richard & Ruth Shack: Miami, FL
Joshua Smith: Washington, DC
Illeana & Michael Sonnabend: New York, NY
SBC Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Southwest Banking Corporation: Miami, FL
Southwestern Bell Corporation: St. Louis, MO
Strang Institute, New York, NY
Anders Tornberg: Lund, Sweden
Cy Twombly Foundation: New York, NY
United Limited Artists Editions: New York, NY
Universal Limited Art Editions: Long Island, NY
