Erik L. Peterson is a pro-bono public artist, sculptor, and curator living in Chicago. He is best known for his large-scale urban interventions (Face Value and Inner State) and signature edible ice cream sculptures (CreamCycle and Soft Palate). Public performances employing sculptural elements like Two Tow'n and Square Dance, are camofluaged urban spectacles, while the annual Southwest Wisconsin Make Your Own Softball League game gathers artists who build their own bats and balls in order to play. Additionally, Peterson is a founder of Hyde Park Kunstverein, a community musuem and solo project space in Chicago.
Curriculum Vitae
ERIK L. PETERSON
www.eriklpeterson.com / eriklpeterson@yahoo.com / 608-213-9153 / 4021 N. Clarendon Ave. #2E, Chicago, IL 60613
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2010 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Master of Fine Arts |
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2004 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Magna Cum Laude) |
PUBLIC SCULPTURE COMMISSIONS
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2010 |
Inner State |
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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2009 |
Archeological Jig |
Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, IL |
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2008 |
The Van Grasmaaier Tricycle |
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Chicago, IL |
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Gnome Grown |
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Chicago, IL |
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2004 |
ReVision |
Arts in Transit; St. Louis, MO (Incomplete due to funding loss.) |
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Happy Animals |
Grace Hill Low-income Health Clinic; St. Louis, MO |
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2003 |
Face Value |
U-City Arts & Letters Commission; University City, MO |
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2011 |
{SWWMYOSBL} Hall of Fame |
Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space; Chicago, IL |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
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2011 |
Composite 3-D |
Autotelic Gallery; Chicago, IL |
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Running Room |
A+D Gallery, Columbia College; Chicago, IL |
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Taste/See |
National Ornamental Metal Museum; Memphis, TN |
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Phosphorus, Food & Our Future |
Step Gallery, Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ |
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2010 |
Stay In Your Lane! |
Swimming Pool Project Space; Chicago, IL |
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Emerging Illinois Artists |
McLean County Arts Center; Bloomington, IL |
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UIC MFA GOLD |
NEXT Fair; Chicago, IL |
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Game Play |
University of Nebraska at Omaha; Omaha, NE |
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MFA Thesis Show |
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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2009 |
Union League Arts Competition |
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation; Chicago, IL |
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2008 |
Collection Collection |
Mess Hall; Chicago, IL |
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Lawn Nation |
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Chicago, IL |
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Science Fair |
Rock Paper Scissors Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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Teaching Artists: Living/Working |
Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
Common Ground |
Westchester Community College; Valhalla, NY |
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Turning Points |
Gallery Project; Ann Arbor, MI |
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2006 |
Four Footed |
Ormond Memorial Art Museum; Ormond Beach, FL |
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Cranbrook Science Fair |
Forum Gallery; Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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2004 |
Hanging Chad |
Orlando Museum of Art; Orlando, FL |
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BFA Show |
Washington University Gallery of Art; St. Louis, MO |
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2010 |
Visiting Artist |
Washington University; St. Louis, MO |
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Propeller Fund Grant |
Gallery 400 and threewalls; Chicago, IL |
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Merit Award |
McLean County Arts Center; Bloomington, IL |
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Provost Award for Graduate Research |
University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL |
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2009 |
EPIC 2009 Scholarship |
Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference; Chicago, IL |
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Summer Sculpture Residency |
Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, IL |
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Union League Arts Competition Finalist |
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation; Chicago, IL |
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2008-10 |
Graduate Assistantship with Tuition Waiver |
University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
Palm TREO Film Festival Finalist |
Palm TREO Film Festival; Los Angeles, CA |
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2005 |
Governor’s Award for Hurricane Katrina |
Governor Haley Barbour, State of Mississippi; Jackson, MI |
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2002-4 |
E. Desmond Lee Scholarship |
Washington University; St. Louis, MO |
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2000-4 |
Dean’s List |
Washington University; St. Louis, MO |
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2000 |
Joe Thomas Distinguished Service Award |
Madison Metropolitan School District; Madison, WI |
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CONFERENCE LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
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2010 |
Visiting Artist Lecture |
Washington University; St. Louis, MO |
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PSi #16: Performing Publics |
Performance Studies International, June 9-13; Toronto, Canada |
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Hot Media Series |
University of Illinois at Chicago, Jan. 14; Chicago IL |
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2009 |
AIGA |
Make/Think Conference, Oct. 8-11; Memphis, TN |
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Accidental Publics |
Northwestern University & SAIC, Oct. 2-3; Chicago, IL |
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EPIC 2009 |
Ethnographic Praxis in Industry, Aug. 30-Sept. 2; Chicago, IL |
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2010 |
Sculpture 1: Materials and Manias |
Instructor, UIC |
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2009 |
Sculpture 1: Thinking with Things (from Pasztory) |
Instructor, UIC |
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Topics in Moving Image: Film and Dreams |
Teaching Assistant (with Prof. Silvia Malagrino), UIC |
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2008 |
Sculpture Topics in Sculpture: Art is Dead |
eaching Assistant (with Prof. Tony Tasset), UIC |
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