PETER ARVIDSON


EDUCATION

1992

State University of New York at Buffalo 

Master of Fine Arts in Painting 

1990

State University of New York at Buffalo

BFA in Painting 

1986

State University College at Oneonta, NY

BA in Political Science


REPRESENTATION

Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

Erdreich-White Fine Art, Boston, MA 

Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA


ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011

Featured Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

2009

Featured Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

2008

New Works, Venus Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2006

24/12, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2005

Color Fields, Doll~Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT 

2004

Recent Paintings, Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2003

New Paintings, Doll~Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT 

2002

My Little Worlds, Doll~Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT 

2000

Oils on Paper and Canvas, Harvard Neighbors Gallery, Cambridge, MA

New Paintings, Doll~Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT

Works on Paper, Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School, Providence, RI 

1998

Essence to Essence, Doll~Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT 

1997

Paintings, Trident Bookstore and Cafe, Boston, MA

Works on Paper, Espresso Royale Cafe, Boston, MA 

1996

The New and the Collected, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY

New Paintings, Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY 

1995

Paintings, Plateaux Gallery, Toronto, ON 

1993

New Paintings, Gallery XX Century, Buffalo, NY 

1992

Master's Thesis Exhibit, Sample Space, Buffalo, NY 

1991

Recent Work, Calumet Gallery, Buffalo, NY


SELECTED TWO-PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

New England Collective II, Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA 

Surface Attraction, Rice/Polak Gallery, Boston MA

2010

Gallery Artist Group Show, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2009

L.I.F.E. in the Abstract: An Exhibition Benefiting Living Independently For Ever, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA 

2008

Gallery Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Boston MA

Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL 

2007

Featured Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

HUCTW Creates, Gutman Library Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Reopening Exhibit, Venus Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2005

Featured Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

Gallery Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Boston MA

2004

Gallery Artists Group Show, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

2003

Places/Memories, Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Featured Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Group Exhibit, Vincent’s Ear Gallery, Deer Isle, ME 

2002

Buffalo Friends, Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Big Orbit Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibit, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

Gallery Artist Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Autumn Exhibit, Darious Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

2001

South End Open Studios Group Exhibit, Karine Jouenne, Boston, MA

Hidden Pleasures, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA 

Feature Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

Group Exhibit, Galant Gallery, Salem, MA 

Red, Cambridge Artists Association, Cambridge, MA

2000

Group Exhibit, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

Group Exhibit, Galant Gallery, Salem, MA

1999

Paintings, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 

1998

Recent Work, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Approaches To Paper, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA 

1997 T

welve Inches Square, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA

Jamaica Plain Juried Open Studios Show, Jamaica Plain, MA 

1996

New Territory: 11 Artists on Landscape, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Forty - Sixth Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

1995

Regional Invitational Exhibit 1995, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Holiday Invitational Exhibit, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

1994

Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Holiday Exhibit, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

1993

Members Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

True Blues, Uihlein-Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Arvidson and Scaduto, Just Pasta, Buffalo, NY 

Winter Dreams, Gallery XX Century, Buffalo, NY 

Young Talent 1993, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

1992

Fresh Paint, Barbara Schuller Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

57th National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Assoc., Cooperstown NY 

Rochester-Fingerlakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 

Summer Painting, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

Expose Yourself , Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

1991

Beneath the Surface, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY 

1991 Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, New York ,NY 

The Last Picture Show, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY 

Many Voices, Calumet Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

Arvidson, Tan, Perdiguero, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1990

Graduate Exhibitionists, Bethune Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

Member's Show, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY


COLLECTIONS

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

Natixis Global Asset Management, Boston, MA 

Roseberg & Estis, P.C., New York, NY 

Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, Boston, MA 

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Eastman Machine Co., Buffalo, NY 

CMI Corporation, Venice, CA 

Key Bank Corporation, Amherst, NY 

State University of New York at Buffalo, Division of Student Affairs 

Several Private Collections Worldwide


AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

Visiting Artist Residency, KAIR Program, Kamiyama, Japan, 2004 

Mark Diamond Fellowship Grant, SUNY at Buffalo, 1992


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Exhibit Review, Art New England, February/March 2004 

Exhibit Review, ArtsMedia (Boston, MA), May 2002 

Exhibit Preview, Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, MA), April 2002.

Exhibit Review, Seven Days (Burlington, VT), May 2000 

Featured Artist Interview, Artvoice (Buffalo), January 1993 

Exhibit Review, Artspeak New York, October 1991