PETER OPHEIM
Born 1969, Landstuhl, Germany
Lives and works in New York City and San Cristobal, NM
Education
| 1983 | St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, B.A. |
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | "Land", boltax.gallery, Shelter Island, NY |
| "FOREST" Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 2011 | “HERE”, Columns Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| Peter Opheim New Paintings, VOLTA NY, Steven Zevitas Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | “Saranwrap Up My Little Life”, Donna Leatherman Fine Art, New York, NY |
| Big Pie Modern Architecture, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC | |
| 2008 | “Roadside” New Paintings and Works on Paper, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2007 | Far/Again, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | Group Exhibition, Aqua Art Fair, Boltax Gallery, Miami, FL |
| “I am who I am; The Portrait Reconsidered”, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Group Exhibition, NEXT Art Fair, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Group Exhibition, Seoul Open Art Fair, Columns Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Art Now, Columns Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| “Given a Miniscule Ledge”, Norwood, Curated by Liz Parks, New York, NY | |
| Group Exhibition, Korea International Art Fair, Columns Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2010 | “Size Sensitive”, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC |
| “B.Y.O.A.”, X-initiative, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | “Outside In”, Wassaic Project, Maxon Mills Art Center, Wassaic, NY |
| 21st Anniversary Group Exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 2008 | “In Focus”, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| “Modern and Contemporary Abstractions”, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM | |
| Group Exhibition, The Culture Center, New York City, NY |
Awards/Grants
| 1996 | MFA New Mexico, Artists Award, Friends of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1995 | The Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
Catalogues
| 2011 | VOLTA NY, “Life as we know it; Peter Opheim” by Michael Wilson, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Peter Opheim/Pleasure, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN | 2004 | United States Embassy Kuwait, Art in Embassies, Bayan, Kuwait |
| 2003 | CA/T, Contemporary Art Taos, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM |
| Peter Opheim/Occasional, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1998 | New American Paintings, The Open Studio Press, Wellesely, MA, Number 18 |
| 1996 | SW/96, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM |
Selected Bibliography
Evan Garza, “Painting Like a Sculptor: In the Studio with Peter Opheim”, New American Paintings-Blog, 2/28/2011
Cate McQuaid, “Monstrously Provocative Portraits”, The Boston Globe, 2/9/2011
Selected Public Collections
First National Bank, San Antonio, TX
Hallmark, Kansas City, MO
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
Lexus, Bellevue, WA
Magnolia Hotel, Houston, TX
Northwest Airlines, Memphis, TN
Ross and Yerger, Jackson, MS
Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Whitney National Bank, Gulfport, MS