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2017<\/strong>
MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough
\n2002 & 2011<\/strong>
Painting Fellowship Award, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
\n1992<\/strong>
White Room Fellowship, White Columns, New York City
\n1987<\/strong>
M.F.A., The School of Visual Arts, New York City
\n1978<\/strong>
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park<\/p>\n

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awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>
Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Grant Award
\n2014<\/strong>
Art Purchase Fund Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City<\/p>\n

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selected solo and duo shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024
\n<\/strong>Gary Petersen, McKenzie Fine Art, New York\u00a0
\n2022<\/strong>
Gary Petersen, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
\n2021<\/strong>
Gary Petersen: 2014\u20132016, 527 Madison Avenue, New York
\n2019<\/strong>
Just Hold On, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
\n2016<\/strong>
Back There Behind the Sun, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
\n2015<\/strong>
Not Now, But Maybe Later, Theodore:Art, Brooklyn
\n2014<\/strong>
tilting points, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit
\nzip line tow rope, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia
\n2013<\/strong>
OptikNerve, a Wall Painting, Curatorial Research Lab @ Winkleman Gallery, New York
\n2012<\/strong>
Halsey Hathaway and Gary Petersen, Storefront Bushwick Gallery, Brooklyn
\n2005<\/strong>
Colossal Youth, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
\n2004<\/strong>
Something Like Paradise, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
\n2002<\/strong>
New Work, Genovese\/Sullivan Gallery, Boston
\n1992<\/strong>
White Room Exhibition, White Columns, New York<\/p>\n

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selected group shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023
\n<\/strong>After The Wild: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York
\n2022<\/strong>
American Stories, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick
\n2021<\/strong>
Unique Expressions, Hollis Taggart Gallery CT, Southport
\n2020<\/strong>
proust, time and 10 works on paper, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn
\n2019<\/strong>
Highlight: The Highline, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
\n2018<\/strong>
MacDowell Now: Recent Abstract Painting, Curator Gallery & MacDowell Office, New York
Geometric Behavior, KunstPakhuset, Ikast
\n2017<\/strong>
New New York: Continuum, The Curator Gallery, New York City
\n2016<\/strong>
If Color Could Kill, Salena Gallery, LIU Brooklyn\u00a0
If Color Could Kill, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
\n2015<\/strong>
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, Manoa Art Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu\u00a0
Defining Abstraction, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota
Prime Matter, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm
\n2014<\/strong>
Internal Dialogues, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
\nExhibition of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
\nInvitational Exhibition 2014, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
\n2012<\/strong>
\nGeometric Art in the Art Bank Collection, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
\n2010<\/strong>
\nChroma, Hofstra University, Hempstead
\n2008<\/strong>
\nChroma, Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island
\n2007<\/strong>
\nHorizon, EFA Gallery, New York
\n2004<\/strong>
\nGifts from the RCIPP, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton
\n1998<\/strong>
\nAfter School, Visual Arts Museum, New York
\nBrite Magic, Islip Art Museum, East Islip
\n1993<\/strong>
\nThe American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
\nNew Jersey Fine Arts Annual, The Newark Museum, Newark
\n1992<\/strong>
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