GEORGE PETERS

               

EDUCATION

Fullerton College, Fullerton,  California 1967-1969

Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California 1969-1971

Aegina Art Center, Aegina Greece 1972

 

OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Art, Visual Artist, Sculptor, Craftsman, Fiber Artist, Aerial Sculpture,

Installation Sculpture, Environmental Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Illustration,

Photography, Film Animation, Digital Imaging, Architectural 3D Modeling,

Interior Space Design, Kite making, Theater Set and Costume Design

 

PUBLIC ART - INSTITUTIONAL &  CORPORATE COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS (selected)

2011:

Jacksonville International Airport – Jacksonville, FL

Chilson/Hatfield Recreation Center, Loveland, CO (in progress)

2010:

Broomfield Municipal Building – Broomfield, CO

Hubert H. Humphrey Health Center – Los Angeles, CA

2008:

Kearney Hall School of Civil Engineering , Oregon State University – Corvallis, OR

2007:

Denali Elementary School – Fairbanks, AK

Daughter of the King Children’s Hospital, Norfolk, VA

Helmrick Materials Research Laboratory, OSU Engineering, Tulsa, OK

Labyrinth, Boulder Park & Recreation & Grillo Center, Boulder, CO

Engineering Entryway, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

2006:      

Rhode Island Community College, Newport, Rhode Island

Pyramid Building, San Antonio, Texas

Kaiser Permanente Service Center, Denver, Colorado

2005:      

Highlands Ranch Medical Plaza,  Littleton, Colorado

Boulder Transportation Department, City of Boulder, Colorado

2004:      

Ardmore Convention Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma

Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, Suitland Station, Washington, D.C.

San Diego Port Authority, Chula Vista, Bayside Park

Iowa City Library, Iowa City, Iowa

California Teachers Association, Burlingame, California

2003:      

McGraw/Hill Companies, Canary Wharf, London, England

Denali Elementary School, Anchorage, Alaska

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware

Denver Family Crisis Center, Denver, Colorado

28th Street & College Ave Pedestrian Underpass, City of Boulder, Colorado

2002:      

University of Arizona, Library and Special Collections, Tucson, Arizona

Longmont Recreation Center, Longmont, Colorado

Leach Sports & Recreation Center, Florida State University

Westminster Public Safety Center, Westminster, Colorado

2001:      

Superior Pointe, Superior, Colorado , 2 projects

Community College of Aurora, Aurora, Colorado

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

2000:      

University of Colorado Health Sciences Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado

Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado

City of Grand Junction, Colorado – City Hall

1999:      

Tokyo Bay Hilton, Tokyo, Japan

Front Range Community College, Harmony Library, Fort Collins, Colorado                            

1998:      

College Hill Library, Westminster, CO

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

1997:

Occupational Health and Safety Laboratories, Portland, Oregon

Desert Sage Branch Library, Phoenix, Arizona

1996:      

Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Boston, Massachusetts

1994:      

Downtown Boulder Mall Commission, Boulder, Colorado                          

Collage Children’s Museum, Boulder, Colorado

1990:      

Presbyterian/St. Lukes Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater, Englewood, Colorado

1988:      

Colorado College - Department of Science, Colorado Springs, Colorado 8

Prentice Point, Denver Technological Center, Denver, Colorado

Metropoint, Denver Technological Center, Denver, Colorado

Equitable Life Properties, Seventeenth Street Plaza, Denver, Colorado

Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado

1987:      

City of Silverthorne Town Hall, Silverthorne, Colorado

State of Colorado Department of Education Offices, Denver, Colorado

Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, Broomfield, Colorado

                                

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

AIR AND LIGHT - Arts Benicia Center, Benicia, California, 1997

CROSS WIND TUNNEL - Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, New York 1991

AIR SHOW – Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 1981

SKY SCULPTURE – Hand and Spirit Crafts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1981

KITES, CLOUDS & CURTAINS – The Foundry, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977

 

SELECTED REGIONAL & NATIONAL JURIED SHOWS

COLORADO 1990 – Denver Art Museum

’84 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION – Colorado Springs Art Center

SCULPTURE IN THE PARK 1983, 1984 – Boulder Center for the Visual Arts

MEN LOOK AT WOMEN – 1983 – Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

MARIETTA CRAFTS NATIONAL – 1980 – Marietta College, Ohio

RUTGERS NATIONAL DRAWING – 1979 - Rutgers University, New Jersey

ART HAWAII SHOWCASE – 1976 – Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Hawaii

 

SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

1999 COLORADO ABSTRACTIONISTS – 1999 – Arvada Center for the arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO

ELEMENTAL ENERGY – 1999 – Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO

CAMERAEYE VOYURAGE – 1998 – Houston Center for Photography, Houston,TX – 1998 Foto Fest Collaboration with Melanie Walker

TWO INSTALLATION SCULPTORS – 1987 - Gallery of Contemporary Art,

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO

COLORADO ARTIST-CRAFTSMAN – 1987 - Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC

OBJECTS AND PLACE – 1988 – Sibell-Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

FLYING OBJECTS – 1985 – Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO

THREE COLORADO ARTISTS – 1984 – Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities,Arvada, CO

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATION – 1984 – University of Hawaii Art Gallery,Honolulu, Hawaii

ICE AND AIR SHOW – 1982 – Lake George Project, Lake George, NY

COLLABORATION ARTISTS AND WRITERS – 1981 – Contemporary Art Center,Honolulu, Hawaii

 

AWARDS            

Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities Creative Fellowship Award  1986

Art Hawaii Showcase Purchase Award  1976

Hawaii Craftsmen’s Annual Show Juror’s Award   


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MELANIE WALKER

 

EDUCATION:

M.F.A. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1975

B.A. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif., 1972

 

SELECTED AWARDS

Judith Rothschild Foundation Grant, 2003

Colorado Council for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1996

National Endowment for the Arts – Photography Fellowship, 1995

Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship, 1992

Al Smith Fellowship in New Genres, 1992

Southern Arts Federation Sculpture Fellowship, 1991

NEA Inter-Arts Grant, Administered by New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Calif., 1989

Polaroid Materials Grant, 1987 and 1988

 

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Washington, DC

PRINCETON ART MUSEUM, Aaron Siskind Archive, Princeton, NJ

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeles, Calif.

FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco, Calif.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Tucson, Arizona.

POLAROID CORPORATION, Cambridge, Massachusetts

CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, Norfolk, Virginia

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, San Francisco, Calif.

ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF ART, St. Petersburg, Florida

GRAHAM NASH COLLECTION. Los Angeles, Calif.

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS:

2011:

Jacksonville International Airport – Jacksonville, FL

Chilson Hatfield Recreation Center, Loveleand, CO (in progress)

2010:

Broomfield Municipal Building – Broomfield, CO

Hubert H. Humphrey Health Center – Los Angeles, CA

2008:

Kearney Hall School of Civil Engineering , Oregon State University – Corvallis, OR

2007:

Denali Elementary School – Fairbanks, AK

Daughter of the King Children’s Hospital, Norfolk, VA

Helmrick Materials Research Laboratory, OSU Engineering, Tulsa, OK

Labyrinth, Boulder Park & Recreation & Grillo Health Information Center, Boulder, CO

Engineering Entryway, University of

Colorado, Boulder, CO

2006:

Rhode Island Community College, Newport, Rhode Island         

Kaiser Permanente Service Center, Denver, Colorado

2005:

Highlands Ranch Medical Plaza,  Littleton, Colorado

Boulder Transportation Department, City of Boulder, Colorado       

2004:

Ardmore Convention Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma

Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa

San Diego Port Authority, City of Chula Vista, CA – Bayside Park, Chula Vista, CA

Washington Metro Transit Authority, Suitland Station, Washington, D.C.

California Teacher’s Association, Burlingame, CA

2003:

McGraw/Hill Companies, Canary Wharf, London, England

Denver Family Crisis Center, Denver, CO

City of Boulder Gateway, College & 28th St, Underpass, Boulder, CO

Denali Elementary School, Alaska Art in Public Places Program – Anchorage, AK

2002:

University of Arizona, Special Collections Library, Tucson, AZ

Florida State University, Leach Sports Center, Tallahassee, Florida

North Boulder Recreation Center, Boulder Dept of Parks and Recreation, Boulder, Colorado

Westminster Public Safety Center, Westminster, CO

City of Longmont Recreation Center, Longmont, CO

2001:

Superior Point Offices, Superior, CO

Aurora Community College, Aurora, CO

University of Central Florida, Classroom Building, Orlando, FL

2000:

University of Colorado Health Sciences Cancer Center, Fitzsimmons Medical Center, Denver

Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO

City of Grand Junction, City Hall, Grand Junction, CO

1998: Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO, Campus Center Entryway

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Columbine Hall

1996:

Osha Laboratory, Portland, OR

 

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

1998:

Camerye Voyeurage, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

1997:

Paths Home, O’Sullivan Art Center, Regis University, Denver, CO

1996:

Home on the Range, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

Personifications, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1995:

Myopic Mythologies, Griffin Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, Calif.

1992:

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1991:

Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.

1988:

Aaron Arts Center, Mills College, Oakland, Calif.

1981:

Lightsong Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1978:

Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006:

Khalil Sakikini Center, Ramallah, Palestine

International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine

Central Arizona College Gallery, Coolidge, AZ

Soho Photo -  Alternative Photography Exhibition, New York, NY

Transformations – Space 301, Mobile. Alabama

El Mirador Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Wilde Meyer Gallery, Tucson, AZ

University of North Florida Galllery, Jacksonville, FL

Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

Memorial Hall Gallery – Chadron State College , Chadron, NE

2005:

The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC

Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan

Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

Broken Telephone, Galerma de Arte Fotografico Melitsn Rodriguez. , Instituto de Artes, Medellin, Colombia

Telefono Roto, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

Viva Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

ART IN A TIME OF WAR, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

2004:

Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Zayed University , United Arab Emirates