Selected Available Works Please click on an image for a larger version

Aaron Petersen Curtain Call, 2007 Oil on wood panel, aluminum 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/2"

Aaron Petersen Nest, 2006 oil on aluminum 60 x 60 x 4"

Aaron Petersen Nest 2, 2008 Oil on aluminum 36 x 36 x 3"

Aaron Petersen
Biography

Born
1971   Denver, CO

Education
1998    BFA, Painting & Drawing, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions
2008     Catcher, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006    Inhabited, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    INTRODUCTIONS, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2007    Domicile, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007    New Work, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA (and '06, '04, '03)
2006    Inhabited, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             Breathing Space, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005    Finding Our Place, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
             Urban Bop, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003    INTRODUCTIONS, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002    …it’s time…, Max, San Francisco, CA
2000    Recent Treatz, Max, San Francisco, CA
1998    IPW Gallery, Oakland, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007    Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006    Art Jam, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA (and 2005)
             Hospitality House Benefit, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005    Art Jam, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA
             Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
            Art Auction 2005, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2004    Neo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
             Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Benefit Exhibition, L.A. Club, San Francisco, CA
             Art Auction 2004, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2003    Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Tightropes, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA
             Art Suspended, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1999    Paint, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1998    New Talent, juried show, Rockridge Library, Oakland, CA
1997    President’s Awards, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
1996    Play Nice, IPW Gallery, Oakland, CA
1995    The Red Room, juried show, San Francisco, CA

Awards

1998    Graduate with High Distinction, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
1997    President's Award, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
             CCA Scholarship for Painting, Oakland, CA

Bibliography

Baker, Kenneth.  "Paintings that open a window into a realm unlike this one," San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2006. E10.
"Boston's Best," The Improper Bostonian Magazine, 13 July 2005. p171.
Christensen, Judith.  "Aaron Petersen and Catherine Gfeller," Art Scene, Southern CA Art Digest, Vol. 25, No. 10, June 2006. p21.
Dalkey, Victoria. "Flurries-Critic's Pick," Sacramento Bee, 30 Nov. 2003.
Landgraf, Marci.  "7 Artists," Senses Magazine, Issue 2, Vol. 2, Dec. 2006. p65.
Leaverton, Michael.  "Urban Flow," SF Weekly. 15-21 Feb. 2006.  p22.
McQuaid, Cate. "A sensuous world of squiggles and drips," Boston Globe, July 2005. pD6
Nataraj, Nirmala. "Aaron Petersen at Braunstein/Quay Gallery," Artweek, Vol. 37, Issue 3. p15.
Nicolson-Singh, Sounthy.  "Metallic, uh…" Sacramento News and Review, 9 Nov. 2006.
Turner, Cherie Louise. "'Neo-Mod' at the Crocker Art Museum," Artweek, March 2005. p17.

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