SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010
New Work, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 - 2008, Wyoming Art Museum at The University of Wyoming. Traveling to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, Eugene and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.
2008
Peter Sarkisian, I-20 Gallery, New York
Peter Sarkisian. Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA. (Curated by Dan Cameron).
Solo Installation: Peter Sarkisian “Extruded Video Engine #2”. St. Petersburg Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, Florida
2007
Peter Sarkisian, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
Peter Sarkisian, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006-2005
Double Feature: Steve McQueen and Peter Sarkisian. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA.
2004
Manifold. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.
2003
Bohr's Atom, I-20 Gallery, New York
Peter Sarkisian: Dusted, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Twelve Minutes Flat, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
2002
Peter Sarkisian — Dusted. Curated by Valerie Olson. The Glassell School of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (cat.)
2001
Peter Sarkisian. Curated by Louis Grachos. Kansas City Jewish Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Peter Sarkisian, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Peter Sarkisian, Galerie Natalie Obadia, Paris, France
Strand, I-20 Gallery, New York
Peter Sarkisian, Linda Durham Contemporary Art Gallery, Galisteo, New Mexico
2000
Perspectives, la Foire Internaional d’art Contemporaian (FIAC) 2000, Paris, France
Hands of a Similar Man, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Peter Sarkisian, Musée Picasso Antibes, France. (Curated by Thierry Davila)
1999
Down Here, I-20 Gallery, New York
Dusted, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland, United Kingdom
Peter Sarkisian, The Maschinenhalle at Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Peter Sarkisian: Rare Drop, The Woodstreet Galleries at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998
Dusted, Art Forum Berlin (I-20), Berlin, Germany
Dusted, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Peter Sarkisian - Dusted, I-20 Gallery, New York
1997
Signification, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
Peter Sarkisian: New Project, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. Curated by Louis Grachos
Signification, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Peter Sarkisian, Modernism, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Project show, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York
1995
Peter Sarkisian, Off-Site, Santa Fe, NM
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
The Weekend Inventor, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2008
Message & Magic: 100 Years of Collage and Assemblage in American Art (curated by Leslie Umberger), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Video Art/3 Visions: Jenny Perlin, Peter Sarkisian and Hiraki Sawa. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Tennessee
2007
Contemporary: A selection of works from the Iris Collection (curated by Maria Luisa Gartner), The Iris Collection, Mexico City.
VIDEO: Beyond The Frame. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
2006
Water (curated by Blair Voltz-Clarke), Salvatore Ferragamo, New York
3D, An Exhibition Of Contemporary Sculpture, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005
I-10: A Post-Modern Route 66, Houston to LA McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas. (cat.)
Re-Presenting Representation, Arnat Museum, Elmira, New York
artbarn, Westhampton Beach, New York
Embodied: Seven Studies in Video. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2004
Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture. Curated by Louis Grachos. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (cat.)
2003
The Journey of Immobile Man. Curated by Sandra Solimano. Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art — Genova, Italy. Traveled to Centro Studi Sull’art Liciae Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti Fondazione, Lucca, Italy (2004) (cat.)
The Luminous Image VI, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY. (cat.)
Poetic Justice, Curated by Dan Cameron. 8th International Istanbul Biennial of Contemporary Art. Istanbul, Turkey (cat.)
2003 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
SITE Santa Fe Benefit Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002
Attitude 2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan. (cat.)
Awakenings, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
15th Anniversary Exhibition: Part 1, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Vidarte 2002, Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electrónicas. Palacio Postal, Mexico City, Mexico
Fresh Eyes, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, New York
2002 Biennial Exhibition, Curated by Larry Rinder. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. (cat.)
25th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
2001
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film and Video, Curated by Amy Cappellazzo. The University of California, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (cat.)
Phoenix Triennial 2001, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2000
Levity and Gravity. Curated by Amy Capellazo. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
Illuminations: Global Perspectives in Contemporary Film and Video Art. Curated by Barbara Matilsky. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Minding. Curated by Sabine Walli. Le Garage, Geneva, Switzerland
Dusk. Curated by David Hunt. I-20 Gallery, New York (cat.)
2000 Benefit Dinner: One Night Installation, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Stanze e Segreti (Rooms and Secrets). Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. La Rotonda della Besana di Milano, Milan, Italy. (cat.)
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film and Video, Curated by Amy Cappellazzo. Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida. Traveled to the University of California, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2001) (cat.)
Moving Pictures. Curated by Barry A. Rosenberg. Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
A Compliment to Love. Curated by Alicia Felton. Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
Video Forum, Art 30 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Contemporary Representations, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1998
New York at the End of the Century (Fin De Siecle), Center de Recherche et de Developpement Culturel CRDC Festival, Nantes, France
21st Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1997
Group Exhibition, Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996
Cerrillos Cultural Center Exhibition, Cerillos Cultural Space, Cerrillos, New Mexico
Group Exhibition, Larvae Art Space, Brooklyn, New York
Pleasures of the Palettes, Phoenician Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
1995
Synethesia, Off-Site, Santa Fe and Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico
1994
Triskadecaphobia, 220 N. Guadalupe Street (Leased Space), Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITION REVIEWS
2010
d'Amecourt, Gilles. "ALAC Fair 2010" BOMBLOG (February 8, 2010) http://bombsite.powweb.com/?p=7560
2008
Asiaghi, Anthony. “Input Ouput” Mechanical Engineering (December 2008): 72
Smith, Roberta. "Peter Sarkisian" New York Times, Weekend Arts (July 11, 2008)
Walker, Hollis. “Peter Sarkisian" ARTnews (June 2008)
Carver, Jon. “Peter Sarkisian” THE Magazine (April 2008)
Fisher, Zane. “Video Killed the Video Star” Santa Fe Reporter (January 18, 2008)
Walker, Hollis, “Mind Control” The Albuquerque Journal North (January 18, 2008)
2007
Cook-Romero, Elizabeth. “Hey Waiter, There’s an I in my soup!” The New Mexican(December 21-27, 2007)
2005
Martell, Marilsol, “Art Palm Beach 2005” ArtNexus (April-June 2005) 128-130 (illus.)
2004
Tschida, Anne. “Exhibit explores works of two German legends” The Miami Herald.com (October 29, 2004)
Huntington, R. “Body of Work” The Buffalo News (April 2004)
“Naked Ambitions” Democratic and Chronicle (April 25, 2004)
Eleey, Peter, “8th Istanbul Biennial”, Frieze, Issue 80, 2004
2003
Levin, Kim. Voice Pick. (November 19-25, 2003)
2002
Baker, George. “Film Rebuff, Artforum (May, 2002): 167-168
Smith, Roberta. “Bad News for Art, However You Define It,” cover, Fine Arts, New York Times, March 31, 2002
Ennis, Michael. “Moving Pictures: At this year’s fotofest in Houston, Digital Art — once notable for its novelty — was actually done well. And the still picture seemed like an anachronism,” Texas Monthly (May 2002): 132-137
Finch, Charlie. “A Whitney Drinking Song, or Gertrude’s Lament,”
www.artnet.com/magazine, March 15, 2002
Saltz, Jerry. “American Blandstand,”
www.artnet.com/magazine, March 12, 2002
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update: The Whitney Museum’s ‘2002 Biennial Exhibition,’”
www.artnet.com/magazine, March 8, 2002
Griffin, Tim. “Bi Curious? You should be. This year the Whitney Biennial, showcasing the nation’s most innovative contemporary artists, is unquestionably the art world’s main event,” Time Out New York, February 21-28, 2002 18-20 (Illus.)
2001
Finch, Charlie. “My Own Private Biennial,”
www.artnet.com/magazine, November 29, 2001
Kushner, Rachel. Review. Artext (August-October, 2001): 84 (Illus.)
Gregos, Katerina. “New York Now: Katerina Gregos, Director of Athen’s Deste Foundationa, gives a personal overview of the New York gallery scene,” Contemporary Visual Arts (May, 2001): 53-57 (Illus.)
Scott, Andrea. Review.
Tema Celeste Contemporary Art (May-June, 2001): 86
www.temaceleste.com (Illus.)
Parker, Lauren. “Spring Art Walk: I-20 Gallery,” New York Observer, April 16, 2001
Dougherty, Linda Johnson. “Illuminations: Contemporary Film and Video Art,” Sculpture, vol. 20, no. 2 (March, 2001) (Illus.)
Favre, Jeff. “Time Out: L.A. Happenings: Making Time,” The Star, March 16, 2001
Harvey, Doug. “About Time: Bitchen video art at the Hammer,” LA Weekly, February 16-22, 2001
Barkovitch, Ellen. “Sarkisian’s Strand,” Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, January 26, 2001: 16-17 (Illus.)
Laget, Mokha. (Un)limited Engagement,” The Santa Fe Reporter, January 17, 2001: 24 (Illus.)
2000
Henry, Max. “Gotham Dispatch: Black Magic,” artnet.com/magazine, September 22, 2000
Lewinson, David. “Dusted. Works by Peter Sarkisian: a video installation at UCSD’s University Art Gallery,”
www.art-world.com, September 29, 2000 (Illus.)
Kelly, Douglas. “DKS List,” artnet.com/magazine, September 18, 2000
Halperen, Max. “Frenetic visions: Ackland’s intriguing video exhibit keeps up a fast pace,” The Raleigh News & Observer, (June 30, 2000): 20 (Illus.)
Dagen, Phillippe. “Rotella et Sarkisian, duex manieres de lever le voile des apparences,” Le Monde, Culture, February 17, 2000: 28 (Illus.) (France)
1999
Review. The New Yorker, November 8, 1999
Kendricks, Neil. “Videodrome: Tony Oursler, Peter Sarkisian and Bill Viola expand the dynamics of video art,” Ray Gun (October, 1999): 80-83 (Illus.)
Dikeau, Devon. An Interview with Peter Sarkisian.” Zing Magazine (Spring, 1999) (Illus.)
Shearing, Graham. “Through the Looking Glass: If you worry too much about the medium in Peter Sarkisian’s video art, you could end up missing some of the art,” Style, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, January 24, 1999 (Illus.)
Romero, Margie. “Projecting the Future of Art: Peter Sarkisian’s video installations push the boundaries of technology,” Ticket, January 14, 1999: 16-17 (Illus.)
1998
Kendricks, Neil. “Letting video out of the box: Sarkisian’s works lie somewhere between sculpture and cinema,” San Diego Union Tribune, October 15, 1998: 35 (Illus.)
Amy, Michael. Exhibition Review. Art in America (September, 1998): 123 (Illus.)
Bell, J. Bowyer. “Lost in Deepest, Darkest Chelsea,” Review, March 15, 1998
Haber, John. “By the Book,”
www.pixcentrix.co.uk, Winter and Spring 1998
Johnson, Ken. “Listings,” The New York Times, March 20, 1998
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice, March 25-31, 1998
Mahoney, Robert. “Review,” Time Out New York, March 26-April 2, 1998 (Illus.)
1997
MacNeil, WIlliam. "Film, Video Artist Escapes Constraints of Frames," Journal North, November 16, 1997: 6 (New Mexico) (Illus.)
McCloud, Katherine. "Eliminating Frames charges video with new energy," Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 31 - November 6, 1997: 12 (Illus.)
Cross, Guy. “Universe of,” The Magazine (November, 1997) 10-11 (Santa Fe) (Illus.)
SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Dusted. Text by Valerie Loupe Olson. Houston, Texas: The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002
Peter Sarkisian. Text by Dan Cameron, Thierry Davila, Louis Grachos and Dennis Jarret. Antibes, France: Musee Picasso Antibes, 2000.
Dusted. Text by Louis Grachos. New York, NY: I-20 Gallery, NY 1998.
GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Video Art. Text by Michael Rush, Thames and Hudson, United Kingdom, 2007
Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture. Text by Louis Grachos. Buffalo, New York: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2004
Il Viaggio dell’uomo immobile (The Journey of the Motionless Man), Edited by Sandra Salimano. Genova, Italy: The Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003
8th International Istanbul Biennial of Contemporary Art. Text by Dan Cameron. Istanbul, Turkey: Istanbul Biennial Foundation, 2003
Awakenings. Sedalia, Missouri: The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, 2002
Dusk. Texy by David Hunt. New York, NY: I-20 Gallery, 2000
Making Time: Consider Time as a Material in Contemporary Video & Film. Text by Peter Wollen, Amy Cappallazzo and Andriano Pedrosa. Palm Beach, Florida: Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2000
Stanze e Segreti (Rooms and Secrets). Text by Dan Cameron. Milan, Italy: La Rotonda della Besana di Milano, 2000
Illuminations: Contemporary Film and Video Art. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
Moving Pictures. Hartford, Connecticut: Real Art Ways, 2000.
21st Benefit Exhibition. New York, N.Y. New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000
RESIDENCIES
2002
Studio Program, Picasso Museum Antibes, France
GRANTS
2001
Nancy Graves Foundation Grant, New York