Bradley R. Petersen 4618 Sinclair Avenue Austin, Texas 78756 Home: (512) 467-0620
Born: July 22, 1947 in Glendale, California Education:
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, BFA in Drawing and Painting, 1970.
The University of Georgia, Graduate School, Athens, Georgia, MFA in Drawing and Painting, 1975.
Work History:
Currently teaching at The University of Texas at Austin as an Associate Professor of Art. Since 1977, I have taught the following courses: Beginning and Sophomore Design, Beginning and Advanced Life Drawing, Sophomore and Advanced Painting, Graduate Painting.
Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, 1980. Visiting Artist, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, 1982. Grants:
2002 Special Research Grant,
The University of Texas at Austin
2000 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin
1998 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin
1994 Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting.
1981 Travel Grant funded by Ford Foundation, University of Texas at Austin, Art Department.
1978 Two Travel Grants funded by Ford Foundation, University of Texas at Austin, Art Department.
1976-77 One Year Painting Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center's Artist-in-Residence Grant Program, Roswell, New Mexico.
One and Two Person Exhibitions:
2008 “One Person Exhibition,” Rustenberg Gallery, The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas
2000 “Two Person Exhibition,” Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1999 "Two Person Show," Terrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
1997 "One Person Exhibition," Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1995 "Two Person Exhibition," Martin-Rathburn Gallery,
San Antonio, Texas
1991 "One Person Exhibition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Sonia Zaks, Director
1987 "One Person Exhibition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Sonia Zaks, Director.
1984 "One Person Exhibition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Sonia Zaks, Director.
1981 "Two Person Exhibition," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, Mary Lou Patrick, Director.
"Two Person Exhibition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Sonia Zaks, Director.
1980 "Two Person Exhibition," Columbia College Art Center, Columbia, Missouri, Bill Williams, Director.
1978 "One Person Exhibition," Dudley Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
1977 "Artist-in-Residence Exhibition," The Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
1974 "Two Man Exhibition," The University of Georgia at Athens. 1968 "One Person Exhibition," The University of Georgia at Athens.
Invitational Exhibitions:
2007 “Artist in Residence Anniversary Exhibition”, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, Six month exhibition with forth coming catalog
2006-07 “City Hall Exhibition”, City Hall, The City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Program, Austin, Texas
2006 “Faculty Salon” Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2004 "B-Side” Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2003 “Three Person Exhibition,” Bill Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2002 "More Please” Exhibition Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2001 "Opulent” Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2000 “Group Exhibition,” Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas “Annual Art Faculty Exhibition,” Blanton
Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1999 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1998 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1997 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1996 "Images of Nature V," Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
"Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1995 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1993 "15th Anniversary Exhibition," Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
"Annual Art faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery,University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1992 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1991 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1990 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1989 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
"Eighth Anniversary Show," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, November-December.
"Chicago International Art Exposition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1988 "Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
"Chicago International Art Exposition," Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Powerplant Center for Visual Arts, Ft. Collins, Colorado, March 4 - April 9.
Blue Star Art Space/Contemporary Art for San Antonio, Texas, April 29, 1988 - June 12.
"Third Coast Review: A Look at Art in Texas," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado.
"Seventh Anniversary Show," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, January 14 - February 19.
1987-88 University of Colorado Art Galleries, Boulder, Colorado, December 18, 1987 - February 7, 1988.
1987 "Texas," The Museum Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Marian Parmenter, Director.
Chicago, Illinois.
"Tenth Anniversary Exhibition," The Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas.
1986 "47th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
"The Texas Transfer," Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Curated by Karalyn Wayman.
1985 "46th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. "Mythmakers and Story Tellers," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, Mary Lou Patrick, Gallery Director. 1984 "Boats and Planes: Notions of Movement," The Art
Center, Waco, Texas, Patrick McCracken, Curator. 1983 "44th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition" Huntington
Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. "The RGK Invitational," The RGK Foundation, Austin, Texas, David Leslie, Curator.
1982 "Texas on Paper," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, Curated by Cheryl A. Brutvan, Assistant Curator (Traveling Exhibition)
Traveling Exhibition:
Abilene Christian University, Texas University of Colorado, Boulder Tyler Museum of Art, Texas Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York University of Arizona, Tucson Amarillo Art Center, Texas
"43rd Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. "From Austin," San Antonio Art Institute Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Curated by Sharon Daly, Gallery Director.
"New Works/Summer '82," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Annette Carlozzi, Curator.
Nacogdoches, Texas, Mary McCleary, Gallery Director. "42nd Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
"Holiday Mixt," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, Mary Lou Patrick, Director.
1980 "Invitational '80," Longview Museum and Arts Center, Longview, Texas, Joan N. Ralhbun, Director.
"41st Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. "Illusion-Allusion," Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Theodore B. Villa, Director.
"New Talent '80," Audrey Strohl Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, Audrey Strohl, Director.
1979 "40th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. "Regionalism," Arts Festival of Atlanta, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, Curated by John McWilliams.
"Made in Texas," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Curated by Becky Reese.
"Miniature Exhibition," Lawndale Annex, University of Houston, Texas, Curated by James Surls.
"22 x 30: Works on Paper," Stewart Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Curated by Mona Berg, Gallery Coordinator.
1978 "Viscera," Forrest Avenue Consortium, Atlanta, Georgia, Curated by Maurice Clifford.
Group Show, IBM, Austin, Texas, Curated by Kathryn Bolger.
1977 "39th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition," Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 1976 "Without Words," Sponsored by The Bureau of
Cultural and International Affairs, City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, Curated by Maurice Clifford.
1975 "Graduate Exhibition," The Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Group Exhibition, Image South Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Juried Exhibitions:
1980 "Texas Fine Arts Association Exhibition," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. Judged by Linda Cathcart, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas.
Traveling Exhibition:
Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas
Howard Payne University, Brownwood, Texas Midland College, Midland, Texas
Wichita Falls Art Association, Wichita Falls, Texas Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, Texas Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas
"Austin Contemporary Visual Arts Association Exhibition," Dougherty Cultural Arts Center, Austin, Texas. Judged by James Melchert, Director, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1979-80 "Rutgers National Drawing '79, The Third Biennial Drawing Competition," Sponsored by the Camden College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Exhibition held in the Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers-New Brunswick. Judged by Dore Ashton, Art Historian and Critic, Rafael Ferrar, Painter and Sculptor, and Jane Livingston, Chief Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1979 "Open Juried Exhibition," LAX 814 Gallery, 814 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, California: Walter Hopps, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Henry Hopkins, Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
"Paper Pieces Show," The Center for Contemporary Art, 2007 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California,
State College, Minot, North Dakota. Judged by William C. Landwehr, Director of the Springfield, Missouri Art Museum. "Works on Paper: Southwest 1978," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas. Judged by Weston Naef,
Associate Curator of Prints and Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of New York City.
Traveling Schedule:
Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New
Mexico
Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas
Amarillo Art Center Association, Amarillo, Texas The Art Center, Waco, Texas
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio Museum Association, San Antonio, Texas
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
"Stockton National 1978, Contemporary Trends in Printmaking and Drawing," Sponsored by the Stockton Arts Commission, the Pioneer Museum and Haggin Gallery, and the Department of Art, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Judged by Henry P. Hopkins, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
"Austin Contemporary Art Exhibition," Laguna Gloria at First Federal, Austin, Texas. Judged by Richard Koshalek, Director of the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1977 "LaGrange National Competition III," Sponsored by the Chattahoochee Valley Art Association and LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia. Judged by Jane Livingston, Chief Curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Purchase Award.
1976 "6th National Print and Drawing Exhibition," Minot State College, Minot, North Dakota. Judged by Lewis Story, Associate Director of the Denver Art Museum. "44th Semi-Annual Southeastern Prints-Drawings- Photography Competition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Judged by Wayne Thiebaud, Painter
"22nd Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture
Exhibition," Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana. Judged by Norman A. Geske, Director of the University of Nebraska Art Galleries.
1975 "Appalachian National Drawing Competition," Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Judged by Ivan Karp, Director of O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City.
"Athens Annual Juried Exhibition," Athens, Georgia. Prize judged by Douglas Kickering and Bernard Solomon.
"Drawings/USA 75," The Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota. Judged by Janet Fish of New York City.
Collections:
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, New Mexico SAS Incorporated, Austin, Texas
Permanent Collection of the Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia
Continental Bank, Chicago, Illinois
Kemper Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois Wilson Industries, Houston, Texas
Byer Museum of the Fine Arts, Evanston, Illinois Bibliography:
New American Painting, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley,
Massachusetts, Number 24, November, 1999.
Everett, Deborah, “Austin Artists – Revisited,” NY Arts, July/August 2000
Vertrees, Alan, "U.T. Pictura Poesis," Artspace, Spring 1983.
Trends, Texas Trends in Art Education - The Journal of The Texas Art Education Association, Volume 2/
Number 7, Fall 1982.
Kutner, Janet, "Art Show Is Worth Paper It's Printed On," The Dallas Morning News, March 2, 1982. Crossley, Mimi, "Art: 'Texas on Paper," The Houston
Houston Chronicle, February 21, 1982.
Brutvan, Cheryl A., "Texas on Paper," Exhibition Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 1982.
Tips, Jan, "Variety From Austin," San Antonio Express-News, May 9, 1982.
San Antonio Art News, Published by the San Antonio
Art Institute, "Contemporary Austin Artists' on Exhibit," Volume 2, No. 1, Spring 1982.
Beal, Greg, "'New Works' Wrap You in Color," Austin
American-Statesman, July 4, 1982.
Carlozzi, Annette, "New Works/Summer '82," Exhibition Catalogue, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, 1982.
Nichols, Tom, "'Theatrical Concerns' Seen," The Austin Citizen, January 16, 1981.
Walker, Lee, "Exhibit Ties Strangers' Styles, Interests," Columbia Missourian, November 21, 1980.
Bolger, Kathryn, "UT Faculty Exhibit," Austin American-Statesman, January 29, 1979.
Platt, Susan, "Austin's Contemporary Survey," Artweek, June 2, 1978, p. 6.
McIntyre, Mary, "UT Faculty Exhibit Stimulating," Austin American-Statesman, January 29, 1978. Gallery Affiliations:
Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas, Carolyn and Otis Parchman, Directors
