Peter Sarkisian
(b. 1965)
Born in Glendale, California, 1965
Studied photography and film direction at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1985/86
Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1989/90
Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM
Education
1984-85
California Institute of the Arts
1988-89
Directing Fellow at The American Film Institute in Los Angeles
Recent Exhibitions
October 7, 2017 - January 7, 2018
Illuminations: Contemporary Video Art, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
April 14 - June 9, 2018
Peter Sarkisian: The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
January 27th - March 9th, 2017
Peter Sarkisian: Texas A&M University Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
March 2-5, 2017
Peter Sarkisian: Recent Video Works
Art On Paper, Pier 36, New York City
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Peter Sarkisian: Texas A&M University Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2016
Peter Sarkisian: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015
Peter Sarkisian, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, a special project curated by the organizing body of Art Miami New York, Pier 94, New York, NY
2014
Special Project: Peter Sarkisian, curated by the organizing body of Art San Francisco/Art Silicon Valley, San Francisco, CA. Traveled to Art Miami, Miami, FL
Sarkisian & Sarkisian (Curated by Dan Cameron), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2013
Peter Sarkisian: VideoMorphic Figures, Zadok Gallery, Miami, FL
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 to 2011: New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Peter Sarkisian: New Work, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2011
New Work, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Peter Sarkisian, Dusted, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008, the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2010
New Work, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 - 2008, The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Exhibition organized by the Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
2008
Peter Sarkisian. Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (Curated by Dan Cameron)
Peter Sarkisian, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
Peter Sarkisian: Extruded Video Engine #2, St. Petersburg Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, FL
2007
Peter Sarkisian, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Peter Sarkisian, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2005
Double Feature: Steve McQueen and Peter Sarkisian, (paired solo shows) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2004
Manifold. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2003
Peter Sarkisian: Dusted, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Bohr’s Atom, I-20 Gallery, New York, New York
Bohr’s Atom, I-20 Gallery, NY
Twelve Minutes Flat, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM
2002
Peter Sarkisian: Dusted, The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2001
Peter Sarkisian, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
Strand, I-20 Gallery, New York, New York
Peter Sarkisian, Gallery Natalie Obadia, Paris, France
Peter Sarkisian. Curated by Louis Grachos. Kansas City Jewish Museum, Kansas City, MO
Peter Sarkisian, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Peter Sarkisian, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
Hands of a Similar Man, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Perspectives, la Foire international d’art contemporain (FIAC), Paris, France
1999
Peter Sarkisian: Rare Drop, The Woodstreet Galleries at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Peter Sarkisian, The Machinehalle at Brandenbergisher Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Dusted, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland, United Kingdom
Down Here, I-20 Gallery, NY
1998
Dusted, I-20 Gallery, New York, New York
Dusted, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, California
Dusted, Art Forum, Berlin (exhibited by I-20 Gallery, New York), Berlin, Germany
1997
Peter Sarkisian, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, California
Peter Sarkisian: New Project, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Signification, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
1996
Project Show, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York
Peter Sarkisian, Off-Site, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995
Peter Sarkisian, Off-Site, Santa Fe, NM.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Black and White, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Guns in the hands of Artists, sponsored by democratic vice presidential candidate, senator Tim Kaine (D-V.A.), Russel Senate Building, Washington, DC
Guns in the hands of Artists, New America Foundation, Washington, DC
2015
Self Reflection, Clay Center For the Ats and Sciences, Charleston, WV
Double Vision, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2014
Guns in the Hands of Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Traveled to the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO (June, 2015)
Herencia del Arte, Galeria Nacional de San Jose, Costa Rica
Armory Show, Center for contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Moving Image, Whitespace exhibition (The Mordes Collection), Palm Beach, Florida
2013
Sotheby's benefit exhibition for Waterkeeper Alliance, Co-chaired by by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ed Ruscha and Jeff Koons, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
2012
The Transformative Surface, The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Sotheby's benefit exhibition for Waterkeeper Alliance, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jeff Koons, Mathew Marks Gallery, New York
2011
Videosphere, A New Generation, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Nod Nod Wink Wink: Conceptual Art in Mew Mexico and its Influences, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos New Mexico
2010
Transparency and Trans-formations in Contemporary American Art, US Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden.
Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Highlights and New Acquisitions, 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
MetaDataPhile: The Collapse of Visual Information, Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
2009
The Weekend Inventor, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Contemporary Culture, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2008
Message & Magic: 100 Years of Collage and Assemblage in American Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (Cat.)
Video Art/3 Visions: Jenny Perlin, Peter Sarkisian and Hiraki Sawa. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2007
VIDEO: Beyond The Frame. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Contemporary: A selection of works from the Iris Collection (curated by Maria Luisa Gartner), The Iris Collection, Mexico City
2006
Water (curated by Blair Voltz-Clarke), Salvatore Ferragamo, NY
3D, An Exhibition Of Contemporary Sculpture, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005
I-10: A Post-Modern Route 66, Houston to LA, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX (cat.)
Re-Presenting Representation, Arnat Museum, Elmira, NY
artbarn, Westhampton Beach, NY
Embodied: Seven Studies in Video. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (Curated by Louis Grachos)(cat.)
Color Lines, Islip Art Museum, NY
Arte Del Video, Il Viaggio Dell’uomo immobile, Foundazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy (cat.)
Transmit+Transform, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2003
The Journey of Immobile Man. Curated by Sandra Solimano. Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art – Genova, Italy. Traveled to Centro Studi Sull’art Liciae Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti Fondazione, Lucca, Italy (2004)(cat.)
The Luminous Image VI, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY (cat.)
Poetic Justice, Curated by Dan Cameron. 8th International Istanbul Biennial of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey (cat.)
2003 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
SITE Santa Fe Benefit Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2002
2002 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (Curated by Larry Rinder)(cat.)
Attitude 2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan. (cat.)
Awakenings, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO (cat.)
15th Anniversary Exhibition: Part 1, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vidarte 2002, Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electrónicas. Palacio Postal, Mexico City, Mexico (cat.)
Fresh Eyes, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, NY
25th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
2001
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film and Video, Curated by Amy Cappellazzo. The University of California, Armand Hammer Museum, LA (cat.)
Phoenix Triennial 2001, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (cat.)
2000
Levity and Gravity. Curated by Amy Capellazo. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Illuminations: Global Perspectives in Contemporary Film and Video Art. Curated by Barbara Matilsky. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Minding, Le Garage, Curated by Sabine Walli. Le Garage, Geneva, Switzerland
Dusk. Curated by David Hunt. I-20 Gallery, NY (cat.)
2000 Benefit Dinner: One Night Installation, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Stanze e Segreti (Rooms and Secrets). Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. La Rotonda della Besana di Milano, Milan, Italy. (cat.)
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film and Video, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida. Traveled to the University of California, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2001) (Curated by Amy Cappellazzo) (cat.)
Moving Pictures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
A Compliment to Love, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, AZ
Video Forum, Art 30 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Contemporary Representations, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1998
New York at the End of the Century (Fin De Siecle), Center de Recherche et de Developpement Culturel CRDC Festival, Nantes, France
21st Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
1997
Group Exhibition, Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1996
Cerrillos Cultural Center Exhibition, Cerillos Cultural Space, Cerrillos, NM
Group Exhibition, Larvae Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, AZ
1995
Synethesia, Off-Site, Santa Fe and Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM
1994
Triskadecaphobia, 220 N. Guadalupe Street (Leased Space), Santa Fe, NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
Embodied: Seven Studies in Video, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
I-10, A Postmodern Route 66, Houston to LA, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
Metamorphosis, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Double Feature: Steve McQueen and Peter Sarkisian, The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
2004
Arte Del Video, Il Viaggio Dell’uomo immobile, Foundazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy
Transmit+Transform Exhibition, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2003
SITE Santa Fe Benefit Exhibition, Sante Fe, New Mexico
2003 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuburger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
The Luminous Image VI, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, New York
2002
2002 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Fresh Eyes, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, New York
15th Anniversary Exhibition: Part 1, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Attitude 2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
2001
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film & Video, University of California, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Phoenix Triennial 2001, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2000
A Compliment to Love, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Moving Pictures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Stanze e Segreti (Rooms and Secrets), La Rotonda della Besana di Milano, Milan, Italy
2000 Benefit Dinner: One night installation, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Dusk, I-20 Gallery, New York, New York
Minding, Le Garage, Geneva, Switzerland
1999
Contemporary Representations, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Video Forum, Art 30, Basel, Switzerland
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
1998
21st Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1997
Group Exhibition, Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
Group Exhibition, Larvae Art Space, Brooklyn, New York
1995
Synesthesia, Off-Site, Santa Fe and Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
1994
Triskadecaphobia, temporary space at 220 N. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico