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Peter HappelChristian
Peter HappelChristian Resume


Exhibition Record (*solo)
2006 Accumulation Project, Part 2, Other Leading Brand, New York, NY To Be Announced, Gallery 115, Greensboro, NC Curator: Noelle McClure, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC *Some Bodies: Water, Wonder and Wander, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 Accumulation Project, Part 1, Lunarbase Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Futile Feudal Guide, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ (two-person exhibition) Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY 26th Anniversary Art Auction, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ Vanishing Points, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ (two-person exhibition) Arizona Biennial 05, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Juror: Siri Engberg, Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Spring Cleaning: Brief Notes on Existence, fundraising event and collaboration between SecondSight Art Services,  Dinnerware Contemporary Arts and the general public, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2004 Open Studio Tour, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ State of the Art: School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Summer Show, Metroform Limited Photographic Arts, Tucson, AZ 2003 Drawn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ (catalogue) Winter Show, Metroform Limited Photographic Arts, Tucson, AZ Recent Grads, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon; Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR; Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (traveling) 13th Annual National Art Exhibition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, Juror: Kathryn Hixson, former editor of New Art Examiner (online catalogue) Out of the Box: Contemporary Photography, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA Points of View, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA 2002 Tracings, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Salon de Refuses, New Zone Art Collective, Eugene, OR *Transportations, Eric Washburn Gallery, Eugene, OR 2001 New MFA Candidates, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2000 Window Walk, Midcoast Fine Arts, Moline, IL *New Works: Peter Christian, Alberhasky Eye Clinic, Iowa City, IA Photography 2000, Hudson River Gallery, Iowa City, IA 1999 *Making Stories: BFA Exhibition, Checkered Space, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1998 The Fine Print, Eve Drewlowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Presentations/Publications 2006 Imagermaker Presentation: Brief Notes on Existence  Photography s Future: A New Pluralism, 43rd Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago, IL 2005 Artist Talk: Vanishing Points  Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ Artist Talk: Spring Cleaning: Brief Notes on Existence  Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ Image Reproductions Editorial Imagery, ALARM magazine, Alarm Press, Chicago, IL, Issue 19, Winter 04/05. 2004 Artist Lecture: Mapping a Mistake  The Journal of Creative Geography, Geography Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Image reproductions and short essay You Are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, July, 2004, 39. 2003 Panel Discussion: The Academy and Art-Making  University of Oregon - MFA 2003, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Artist Talk: Peter HappelChristian and Christopher Rothermel  University of Oregon - MFA 2003, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Artist Lecture: Here and There: Tracing a Line  Photography Department, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Artist Talk: Here and There  University of Oregon Alumni Association, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Artist Lecture Creative Black and White Photography, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2002 Lecture: Baudrillard and Photographic Culture  Photography Department, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2001 Artist Lecture: Working in the Context of the History of Photography  Art History Department, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Awards/Honors 2005 Individual Artist Mini-Grant ($600) Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ 2001-03 Graduate Teaching Fellowship Department of Art, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2003 Featured Artist Inside Oregon: Exploring the Arts and Design, University of Oregon Alumni Association, Eugene, OR 2002 David McCosh Merit Scholarship ($500) Department of Art, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1999 Dean s List College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1995 Foundations Scholarship (Full Tuition Waiver) Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA Bibliography Dave Ricker, Local Photographer Searches for Dust Bunnies at Superior Court,  Minute Entry, Vol. 5, Issue II, November 2005, 2. Joan Schuman, Drawn to Draw,  Tucson Weekly, Vol. 20, No.41, December, 2003, 25. Ann Marie Russell, Drawn  exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, November, 2003. Kathryn Hixson, Juror s Statement  13th Annual Art Competition,  http://finearts.truman.edu/gallery/Forum.asp, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, March, 2003. Professional Affiliations College Art Association Society for Photographic Education Tucson Museum of Art Artists Space, New York, NY Websites www.dinnerwarearts.com www.accumulationproject.org www.spenational.org www.artistsspace.org Collections Center for Creative Photography. Tucson, AZ D. Scott Baker, Tucson, AZ Singularity Productions, Inc., New York, NY Leigh Bradford and Nick Hotek, Iowa City, IA Education M.F.A. 2003 Photography University of Oregon, Eugene, OR B.F.A. 1999 Photography University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1995-96 Foundations University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA Academic Employment 2004-Present Adjunct Instructor -Photography Program, School of Art University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2004-Present Adjunct Instructor, Humanities Department Pima Community College (Downtown Campus), Tucson, AZ 2004-Present Studio Faculty  Photography, Visual Arts Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Creative Arts Division Central Arizona College (Aravaipa Campus), Winkelman, AZ 2002-03 Instructor of Record, Department of Art School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2002 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Professional Experience 2006 Curriculum Writer The Art Center Design College, Tucson, AZ 2004-Present Freelance Photographer Flashlight Studio, Tucson, AZ 2001-2003 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Art, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2002 Still Photographer, The Permanent Singularity Productions, Inc., New York, NY 2000-2001 Manager University Camera, Iowa City, IA 1999-2000 Darkroom Assistant Margaret Stratton  Fine Art Photographer, Iowa City, IA 1997-1999 Laboratory Photographer Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA .

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