1947
born in Missoula, Montana
Education:
1969
B.A., Amherst College
1971
M.F.A. in Painting, Indiana University
1968
(summer), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
Solo Exhibitions:
2014/2015
Intragallery, Naples
2014
Galleria Otto, Bologna (with Matteo Montani)
Galleria Monty&Co, Rome (with Giuseppe Amalfi)
2013/14
Galleria La Nube di Oort, Rome
2009
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari
Galerie L’AgArt, Amilly, France
Casa delle Letterature, Rome
2007
Il Frantoio di Capalbio, Tuscany
2005
Stiftung Müllerhaus, Lenzburg, Switzerland
2004
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Galleria A.A.M., Rome
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari
2002
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari
Malans Teppich Fabrik, Malans, Switzerland
2000
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari
1999
Galleria Marcello Rumma, Rome
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
1997
Galleria della Associazione Culturale Italo-Francese, Bologna
1985
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle
1979
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
1977
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2014
XLVII ed. del Premio Vasto d'Arte contemporanea, Vasto, Abruzzo, curated by
Gabriele Simongini
2013
Art House, Ostuni (Bari)
2012
Art Expo, Bari
Case con Vista, Rome (curated by Daniela Cotimbo)
Ecos Gallery, Rome
2010
Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome, Che cento fiori sboccino (curated by Roberto Gramiccia)
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari
Il Frantoio di Capalbio, Tuscany, Crossroads
2009
La Nube di Oort, Roma, Insiemi non disgiunti (curated by Rosa Pierno)
2008
Museo Stauros, S.Gabriele (Teramo) 13th Biennale d’Arte Sacra Contemporanea (curated by Mary Angela Schroth)
vialafieracontemporanea, Cisternino, (Puglia), Terra!
2007
Temple University Gallery, Rome
2006
Sala Uno, Rome (curated by Mary Angela Schroth)
2003
Galleria AAM, Rome
Galleria Esedra, Rome, Sottovetro (curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto)
2002
Forrest Scott Gallery, New Jersey, Abstraction Sala Murat, Bari, High Five (curated by Marilena Bonomo)
Galleria il Grifo e il Leone, Montepulciano, Tre Pittori
Hyunn Art, Rome, Ad Occhi Aperti
Auditorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome (curated by Antonio Capaccio)
2001
Ninni Esposito Arte Contemporanea, Bari, False Apparenze
Hyunn Art, Rome
Equilibri Precari, Rome (curated by Antonio Capaccio)
Temple University Gallery, Rome, Circular Temple
Sala Uno, Rome, Year End Exhibition (curated by Mary Angela Schroth)
Museo Archeologico di Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina (Rome),
Segni di Pace
2000
Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Paesaggio dopo la battaglia
Galleria Civica, Termoli, XLV Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea
ex-chiesa di S. Stefano, Tivoli, Paesaggio dopo la Battaglia
Calia, Matera, Artist-designed Kilims (curated by Giovanna Odorisio)
Centro Culturale Italiano, Ankara, Group Exhibition
Pane e Vino, Veletri (Rome)
Abbazia Florense Giocchino da Fiore, San Giovanni in Fiore, Mostra di Pittura
1999
Equilibri Precari, Rome (curated by Antonio Capaccio)
Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo (Rome), Liberi Pensatori (curated by Roberto Gramiccia)
San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, Artist-designed Kilims (curated by Giovanna Odorisio)
Centro Montanarini, Genzano di Roma, Astrazione sempre viva Sala Uno, Rome, Grottesche
Bha Art, Rome, Grottesche
Galleria Marcello Rumma, Rome, Linea
1998
Forte Sangallo, Nettuno (Rome) Virgiliana (curated by Otello Lottini)
1997
Palazzo Orsini, Licenza (Rome) Oraziana (curated by Otello Lottini)
Temple University Gallery, Rome, 30th Anniversary Exhibition
Sala de Exposiciones Rekalde, Bilbao, Procedencia
1996
Galleria San Bernardo, Rome, Eccedenze
1991
Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Artisti Stranieri in Italia
1990
University Art Gallery, Albany, Group Exhibition
1989
Valencia College, Orlando, Ground Work
Bard College, New York, Mystery (travelling exhibition)
1988
S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, New York, Admissible Evidence
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York, Group Exhibition
1987
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, Three Artists
1985
Princeton University Art Gallery, Princeton, Ten Years of Visual Arts
1984
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, In Spirit
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, Nature as Image
1983
Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, Group Exhibition
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, Four Painters
1975-1983, annually
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
1982
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Group Exhibition
1980
Jeffrey Fuller Gallery, Philadelphia, Sign and Symbol
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, Works on Paper
1979
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Group Exhibition
Weatherspoon Museum, U. of North Carolina, Works on Paper
1978
Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, Three New York Painters
1975
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Contemporary Reflections
Selected Bibliography:
2014
Tanja Lelgemann, Return to Naples, catalog essay, Intragallery, Naples
Paola di Ciuceis, Il Mattino, Napoli, Nov. 20, 2014
Lorenzo Taiuti, Dars online magazine
2013
Tanja Lelgemann, La terra cambia, and interview with Daniela Salvioni, in the exhibition catalog: Peter Flaccus/La terra cambia, Edizioni La Nube di Oort, Rome
2009
Jacqueline Risset, Peter Flaccus: naissance du cercle, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus/Gilles Gally, L'Agart, L'Association Galerie d'ARTistes, Amilly (France)
Brunella Antomarini, Photogrammes de périphéries mouvantes, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus/Gilles Gally, L'Agart, L'Association Galerie d'ARTistes, Amilly (France)
Alberto Abruzzese, Api e alchimia, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus al Frantoio di Capalbio (Quaderni del Frantoio 03/07)
Carlo Alberto Bucci, Supernova e calcinculo, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus al Frantoio di Capalbio (Quaderni del Frantoio 03/07)
2005
Susan Stewart, Organic Form and Perfection in Painting, in: The Open Studio, Chicago, Chicago University Press
2004
Susan Stewart, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus, Punto di fusione, A.A.M. Architettura Moderna, Roma
Brunella Antomarini, Fotogrammi di periferie mobili, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus, Punto di fusione, A.A.M. Architettura Arte Moderna, Roma
Maureen Mallarkey, New York Sun, August 5
Cathryn Drake, Artforum, Critics’ Picks, June
Carlo Alberto Bucci, La Reppublica, May 20
Pier Paolo Pancotto, L’Unità, May 21
Annemarie Sauzeau, Eventi, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus, Punto di fusione, A.A.M. Architettura Moderna, Roma
Francesco Moschini in: Punto di fusione, A.A.M. Architettura Moderna, Roma
2002
Pietro Marino, Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Nov. 7
Vincenzo Velati, l’Unità, Bari, Nov. 3
Antonella Marino, La Repubblica, Bari, Nov. 2
Marilena Di Tursi, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, Nov. 1
Grazia De Palma, Corriere del Sud, Giugno
Grazia De Palma, Roma, Ottobre 31
2001
Mattera, Joanne, The Art of Encaustic Painting, New York, Watson-Guptill Publications
1999
Carlo Alberto Bucci, l’Unità, Nov. 1
Grace Glueck, New York Times, January 29
Annemarie Sauzeau, An Encaustic Color Field, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus, Galleria Marcello Rumma, Roma
1997
Beatrice Spagnoli, Il Resto del Carlino, Bologna, Giugno 21
Jacqueline Risset, La forme musicale du miel, Catalogue essay in: Peter Flaccus, Mostra a cura di Danielle Londei, Bologna, 1997
1996
Claude Fournet, La peau des signes, Catalog essay in: Peter Flaccus, Opere a encausto, Roma, 1996
Susan Stewart, Time and the Painting, Catalog essay in: Peter Flaccus, Opere a encausto, Roma, 1996
1985
Stephen Westfall, Art in America, May
Gerrit Henry, ARTnews, April
Michael Brenson, New York Times, January 18
1984
Michael Brenson, New York Times, December 21
1983
Donald Kuspit, Artforum, November
Michael Brenson, New York Times, August 5
1979
William Zimmer, Soho Weekly News, September 9
Jon Friedman, Arts Magazine, September
1977
Peter Frank, Art News, November
Curatorial Record:
Belief in Paint, 1989, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Grants and Fellowships:
1990 New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
1976 Yaddo residency, Saratoga, New York
1976 MacDowell Colony residency, Petersborough, New Hampshire
1975 CAPS Grant in Painting, New York State Council on the Arts 1969-71 University Fellowship, Indiana University
Selected collections:
Estée Lauder, Inc., New York
American Can Corp., Greenwich, Connecticut
Prudential Insurance, New Jersey
General Mills, Minneapolis
Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells, New York
Best Products, Richmond, Virginia
The New School, New York
Barkley’s Bank, New York
Pierre Alexi Dumas, Paris
Teaching:
1994-present
Teaches painting and drawing at John Cabot University, Rome
Has also taught at Cornell University, Rome (2001), l’Istituto Superiore di Communicazione, Rome (1994-96), University of Washington, Seattle (1995 summer), Temple University Rome (1990-92), Bennington College, Vermont (1987-89), Vermont Studio School, (1989 summer), Princeton University (1985 and 1986), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (1985), Illinois State University, Normal (1984), State University of New York at Purchase, New York (1984 and 1985), Cooper Union, New York (1983-84), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (1978 summer), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado (1971-72), and Indiana University, Bloomington (t.a., 1970-71).