Biography:
Born: March 15, 1947 Long Island, NY. 1951-1961 Cleveland, OH. 1962-1964 lived abroad, Greece, Italy, Switzerland. 1966-1967 served in Vietnam/Army. 1970-1971 studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Fransisco, CA. 1979-1988 living and painting in New York City, NY. 1980-1981 studied and worked at the Art Students League, New York City, NY. 2001- 2019 residing in Carson and Taos, NM. 2019 to present residing in Seattle, WA.
Shows and Galleries: (partial list)
1978: The Stables Gallery - Taos, NM. 1987: Mrs. Sonia Ures - Brooklyn, NY. 1991: Dr. Jerome Block - Los Angeles, CA. 1992: South Bay Contemporary Art Museum - Los Angeles, CA. 1992: Barber Shop Gallery - Taos, NM - Curated by Wes Mills. 1997 and 1998: Jacqueline Loyd Gallery - Taos, NM. 2002: The Art Center - Boulder, CO. 2008: The Harwood Museum - "Under the Radar" Show curated by Charlie Strong - Taos, NM. 2009-2011: Bow Street Gallery - Boston, MA. 2012: Pike Street - Seattle WA. 2012: Millicent Rogers Museum - "Taos Portraits" Show by Paul O'Connor - Taos, NM. 2013: Greg Moon Art - Taos, NM. 2013: Harwood Museum- Curators Wall - Curated by Jina Brenneman - Taos, NM. 2014: 203 Fine Art - Donation for Childrens Show for the Harwood Museum - Taos, NM. 2014: Harwood Museum - Included in the Gus Foster Permanent Collection - Taos, NM. 2018: Georgia Gersh - Magpie Gallery -Taos, NM. 2018: 203 Gallery - Taos, NM.
Envision Gallery in Taos, NM 2018-2025.
2025: Perry and Carlson Gallery - Group Show - Mt. Vernon, WA.
Articles: (partial list)
By Robert Cafazzo: https://taosnews.com/stories/artist-to-artist,47938
By Jim O'Donnell: https://www.taosnews.com/tempo/arts/taos-artist-peter-parks-in-the-spotlight/article_67d4c6ee-48cc-5fc6-a677-cae2b5004072.html
By Lynn Robinson: https://taostyle.net/2015/07/peter-parks/
Harwood Museum:
https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Peter-Parks--New-Works/763A6815B6306243
Video Interview: By Kathleen Brennan of Peter Parks on Vimeo (search for "Peter Parks" once in the Vimeo site)
http://vimeo.com
Awards:
2005 Recipient of the Jack Jefferson Award/Harwood Museum
Books:
Included in the original "Taos Portraits" 2012 by photographer Paul O'Connor
https://taosportraits.com
Movie: "McGruber" (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYrheRsYGCk
Donations:
1995: Holy Cross Hospital - Taos, NM. 2005: Taos Public Library - Taos, NM. 2006: Harwood Museum - Taos, NM. 2007: Harwood Museum - Taos, NM. 2014: Harwood Museum - Taos, NM.
Most Current work:
Can be found at: PeterParksPaintings@Instagram.com
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