education

2017
MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough
2002 & 2011
Painting Fellowship Award, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1992
White Room Fellowship, White Columns, New York City
1987
M.F.A., The School of Visual Arts, New York City
1978
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

awards

2020
Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Grant Award
2014
Art Purchase Fund Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City

selected solo and duo shows

2024
Gary Petersen, McKenzie Fine Art, New York 
2022
Gary Petersen, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
2021
Gary Petersen: 2014–2016, 527 Madison Avenue, New York
2019
Just Hold On, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
2016
Back There Behind the Sun, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
2015
Not Now, But Maybe Later, Theodore:Art, Brooklyn
2014
tilting points, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit
zip line tow rope, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia
2013
OptikNerve, a Wall Painting, Curatorial Research Lab @ Winkleman Gallery, New York
2012
Halsey Hathaway and Gary Petersen, Storefront Bushwick Gallery, Brooklyn
2005
Colossal Youth, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
2004
Something Like Paradise, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2002
New Work, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston
1992
White Room Exhibition, White Columns, New York

selected group shows

2023
After The Wild: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York
2022
American Stories, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick
2021
Unique Expressions, Hollis Taggart Gallery CT, Southport
2020
proust, time and 10 works on paper, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn
2019
Highlight: The Highline, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
2018
MacDowell Now: Recent Abstract Painting, Curator Gallery & MacDowell Office, New York
Geometric Behavior, KunstPakhuset, Ikast
2017
New New York: Continuum, The Curator Gallery, New York City
2016
If Color Could Kill, Salena Gallery, LIU Brooklyn 
If Color Could Kill, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
2015
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, Manoa Art Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 
Defining Abstraction, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota
Prime Matter, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm
2014
Internal Dialogues, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
Exhibition of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Invitational Exhibition 2014, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2012
Geometric Art in the Art Bank Collection, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
2010
Chroma, Hofstra University, Hempstead
2008
Chroma, Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island
2007
Horizon, EFA Gallery, New York
2004
Gifts from the RCIPP, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton
1998
After School, Visual Arts Museum, New York
Brite Magic, Islip Art Museum, East Islip
1993
The American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
New Jersey Fine Arts Annual, The Newark Museum, Newark
1992
Update 1992, White Columns, New York