PETER CALVIN
Born: Santa Barbara, Ca.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

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Education

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia Ca
BA Fine Arts, cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles, Ca.

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Solo Exhibits

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2008-2019  Bushwick Studios, Gallery 220, June, Bushwick, NY

2001  New Work, The Evidence Room, November, Los Angeles Ca. 
1997  Per, Per, Per, Film Installation, Main Gallery, Cal-Arts, March, Valencia Ca.
1993  Narratives, Paintings, Van Go’s Ear, January, Venice Ca. 

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Group Exhibits

 

2018 In Isolation, Studio 483, May, Soho, NY

2017 Group Show, MA, March, NY, NY

2016 New Curators, Nuture Art, June, Bushwick, NY

2013  Nurture Art Gala, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, October, NYC, NY

2013 Gitana Rosa, November, Williamsburg, NY

2012 Gitana Rosa, November, Williamsburg, NY

2012 Go Brooklyn, 56 Bogart, September, Brooklyn, NY

​2011 Arts@Renaissance, St. Nicks Alliance, November,Greenpoint, NY

2011  Liminal, Gallery 220, November, Bushwick, NY

2011  Back to Basics, Self Made NY, February, Brooklyn, NY

2011  CityArts Gala, Ana Tzarev Gallery, Manhattan, NY

2010  Her, Her, and Her, Self Made NY, November, Brooklyn, NY

2010  Nurture Art Gala, ZieherSmith Gallery, October, Chelsea, NY

2010  CrestFest, Crest Hardware, June, Williamsburg, NY
2010  Armory After Party, Supreme Trading, March, Williamsburg NY
2009  Armory After Party, Supreme Trading, March, Williamsburg NY
2007  Con-Textual, Causey Contemporary(Chi Gallery), July, Williamsburg NY
2007  Suggestion, Causey Contemporary(Chi Gallery), May, Williamsburg NY
2006  Urban Jungle, Naked Duck Gallery, August, Williamsburg, NY
2006  Saving Graces, Riviera Gallery, February, Williamsburg, NY
2006  Winter Quarter, Writers on War, New York, NY
2005  Group Show, Mammalfish, October, Brooklyn, NY
2004  Wraparound, Harolds Gallery, November, Los Angeles Ca.
2004  Borderlands, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, October, New York NY.
2004  “Celebration of Aesthetics”, Signet Fine Arts, August, New York, NY.
2002  Spring Collection, Green Gallery, April, Silverlake Ca.
1992  Survey, Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, April, Los Angeles Ca.
1991  Group Show, Mud Gallery, March, Santa Monica Ca.

 

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Screenings and Visiting Artists Lectures

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2001 Dreams and the Creative Process Conference, Visiting Artist, February, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina.
2000 European Premiere, Latvian International Festival, Riga, Latvia
Canadian Premiere of “Sleep”, Visiting Artist - Blinding Light Theater, September, Vancouver B.C.
Visiting Artist, The Little Theater, September, Seattle Wa.
Alternative Screen – American Cinematheque, Los Angeles Premiere, Egyptian Theater, August, Los Angeles Ca.
1999 Chicago Underground Film Festival, August, Chicago Il.
New York Underground Film Festival, “Sleep” world premiere, March, New York NY.

Bibliography

“The Year in Vision”, Paul Gachot, Wraparound Magazine, November 2004
“The Alternative Screen”, Hazel-Dawn Dupert, Los Angeles Weekly, August 6 2000
“A Little Shut-Eye”, Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times, August 12 2000
“The ‘Sleep’ of the just Okay”, Bruce Reid, The Stranger May 4 2000
“Sleep”, Margot Gerber, American Cinematheque, August 2000
“Reviews”, Ken Eisner, The Georgia Straight, May 11 2000
“The New York Underground”, Matt Zoeller Seitz, NY Press, March 10 1999
“NY Underground Crawls Under the Skin”, Aaron Krach, IndieWire, March 221999
“Festival Roundup” Michelle Handleman, Filmmaker Magazine, Spring 1999
“Profile”, Aaron Krach, The Independent, July 1999
“Underground Fest”, Village Voice, March 8 1999
“Disorientation”, Ray Pride, NewCity, August 12 1999

 

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Awards

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Wraparound, “year in Vision Award” as one of the best photographers 2004
Cal-Arts Merit awards 1996 and 1997
Panavision New Filmmaker Award 1996
Kodak Film Grant 1996
UCLA scholarship award in Fine Arts 1992