Andrea Peterson
Part-time Faculty
1104 S. Wabash, Rm. 202
apeterson@colum.edu
Phone: (312) 344-6788
www.hookpotterypaper.com
Education
1994 MFA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1989 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1987-85 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Professional Experience
Current Owns and Co-operates Hook Pottery Paper, art studio
1996-94 Dieu Donne' Papermill; Artistic Assistant, NYC
Teaching
2007-96 Columbia College; Interdisciplinary Arts and Art & Design
Dept.,
2007-01 Oxbow, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck,
MI
1998 Peninsula Art School; Fishcreek, WI
1997-96 Gallery 37, City of Chicago, Art in the High Schools
1996-94 New School for Social Research, NYC
Dieu Donne' Papermill, NYC
Center for the Book Arts, NYC
Grants/Fellowships
2003 Billiteri Fellow
Exhibitions
2007 Embracing the Target, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art
Center, Chicago, IL
Interactive Fibers, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2006 Bursting Regenerate, Beverly Shores Museum and Gallery,
Beverly Shores, IN
1 + 1=one, environmental site specific installation,
Laporte County, IN
Paper Road, Papermaker Museum, Steyrermuhl, Austria
Paper Road, Deggendorf Museum, Germany
Women's Initiative Regional, traveling art exhibition in NW
Indiana
Connective Fibers, East Lansing, MI
2005 Bricolage, Theil Gallery, South Suburban College, South
Holland, IL
Some of my friends, The Paper Studio,
Tempe, AZ
artfestation, Tom Clinton Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Bursting; Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Hooked Up; Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Center for the Book and
Paper Arts
2004 1+1=one; environmental site installation; Lubeznik Center for
the Arts Michigan City, IN
Scribbling Embrace; site installation, LubeznikCenter for the
Arts, Michigan City, IN
2003 The Garden Show; Vesuvius Gallery, Glenn, MI
Area Artists; Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2002 1+ 1= one, environmental installation at Jon Hook Woodfired
Pottery
Columbia on the Beach, John Blank Center for the Arts,
Michigan City, IN
Primal Instincts:In Celebration of Women and Poetry Month;
Tampa, FL
2001 Plants and Sex, Dawning Gallery, Chicago, IL
12 squared, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
Paperfire, Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College,
South Holland, IL
1+1=one; environmental site specific installation, Jon Hook
Woodfired Pottery, Laporte, IN
2000 First Works, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Pages, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts,
Chicago, IL
Archibookture, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper
Arts, Chicago, IL
1999 Considering Beginnings; Columbia College Center for Book
and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
1998 Paper at the Edge; Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Pulp Works: A Survey of Contemporary Paper Artists;
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Book/Art/Book; Artist Bookworks Houston/Houston Public
Library, Houston , TX
1997 Focus on the Arts; Highland Park Library, Highland Park, IL
Papermaking Exhibition; Scott Foresman Publishing, Co.,
Glenview, IL
1996 Pulp Fusion; Columbia Art Center, Dallas, TX
Paper Works; Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
Pun Intended; Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Prints and Pots; Crema Arts Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Women Making Their Mark; Katherine E. Nash Gallery,
Minneapolis, MN
Lawsuit of the Elements; Crema Arts Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Third Annual Papermaker's Show; Art Gallery
Cuyahoga Community College, Highland Hills, OH
1994 Making Books; Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Conferences
IAPMA International Artist Paper Maker�s Association
The Friends of Dard Hunter
Visiting Artists Lectures
2007 Oxford, England Fiber, Pigments and the Fine Arts of Paper,
to present summer of 2007 at International Artists and Paper
Maker's Association (IAPMA)
2006 Steyermuhl , Austria Paper Conceptual Malleability,
presented at IAPMA(International Artists and Paper Maker's Association)
South Bend, IN, Indiana University, Eastern Papermaking
Methods
Paper Conceptual Malleability, presented at
The National Friends of Dard Hunter Meeting, Chillicothe, OH
2005 Syracuse University, Pulp Drawing/Eastern Papermaking,
Syracuse, NY
Scoula de Graphica, Venice , Italy; Deckle Box/Embossing
Papers for Unusual Printmaking Papers
2001 The Friends of Dard Hunter, National Paper Conference,
Dalton, MA
"Toil, toil. Boil and Plant fibers"
2000 The Friends of Dard Hunter; National Paper Conference,
Atlanta, GA
Innovative Stenciling Techniques,
1997-95 Highland Park High School; Focus on the Arts
"Japanese Papermaking", Highland Park, IL
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Uris Educational Center,
"Asian Papermaking", NYC
Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University;
"History of Papermaking", NYC
Learning Alliance, "Recycling Paper", NYC
Gallery Representation
Hook Pottery Paper, LaPorte, IN
1104 S. Wabash, Rm. 202
apeterson@colum.edu
Phone: (312) 344-6788
www.hookpotterypaper.com
Education
1994 MFA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1989 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1987-85 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Professional Experience
Current Owns and Co-operates Hook Pottery Paper, art studio
1996-94 Dieu Donne' Papermill; Artistic Assistant, NYC
Teaching
2007-96 Columbia College; Interdisciplinary Arts and Art & Design
Dept.,
2007-01 Oxbow, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck,
MI
1998 Peninsula Art School; Fishcreek, WI
1997-96 Gallery 37, City of Chicago, Art in the High Schools
1996-94 New School for Social Research, NYC
Dieu Donne' Papermill, NYC
Center for the Book Arts, NYC
Grants/Fellowships
2003 Billiteri Fellow
Exhibitions
2007 Embracing the Target, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art
Center, Chicago, IL
Interactive Fibers, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2006 Bursting Regenerate, Beverly Shores Museum and Gallery,
Beverly Shores, IN
1 + 1=one, environmental site specific installation,
Laporte County, IN
Paper Road, Papermaker Museum, Steyrermuhl, Austria
Paper Road, Deggendorf Museum, Germany
Women's Initiative Regional, traveling art exhibition in NW
Indiana
Connective Fibers, East Lansing, MI
2005 Bricolage, Theil Gallery, South Suburban College, South
Holland, IL
Some of my friends, The Paper Studio,
Tempe, AZ
artfestation, Tom Clinton Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Bursting; Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Hooked Up; Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Center for the Book and
Paper Arts
2004 1+1=one; environmental site installation; Lubeznik Center for
the Arts Michigan City, IN
Scribbling Embrace; site installation, LubeznikCenter for the
Arts, Michigan City, IN
2003 The Garden Show; Vesuvius Gallery, Glenn, MI
Area Artists; Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2002 1+ 1= one, environmental installation at Jon Hook Woodfired
Pottery
Columbia on the Beach, John Blank Center for the Arts,
Michigan City, IN
Primal Instincts:In Celebration of Women and Poetry Month;
Tampa, FL
2001 Plants and Sex, Dawning Gallery, Chicago, IL
12 squared, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
Paperfire, Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College,
South Holland, IL
1+1=one; environmental site specific installation, Jon Hook
Woodfired Pottery, Laporte, IN
2000 First Works, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Pages, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts,
Chicago, IL
Archibookture, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper
Arts, Chicago, IL
1999 Considering Beginnings; Columbia College Center for Book
and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
1998 Paper at the Edge; Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Pulp Works: A Survey of Contemporary Paper Artists;
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Book/Art/Book; Artist Bookworks Houston/Houston Public
Library, Houston , TX
1997 Focus on the Arts; Highland Park Library, Highland Park, IL
Papermaking Exhibition; Scott Foresman Publishing, Co.,
Glenview, IL
1996 Pulp Fusion; Columbia Art Center, Dallas, TX
Paper Works; Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
Pun Intended; Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Prints and Pots; Crema Arts Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Women Making Their Mark; Katherine E. Nash Gallery,
Minneapolis, MN
Lawsuit of the Elements; Crema Arts Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Third Annual Papermaker's Show; Art Gallery
Cuyahoga Community College, Highland Hills, OH
1994 Making Books; Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Conferences
IAPMA International Artist Paper Maker�s Association
The Friends of Dard Hunter
Visiting Artists Lectures
2007 Oxford, England Fiber, Pigments and the Fine Arts of Paper,
to present summer of 2007 at International Artists and Paper
Maker's Association (IAPMA)
2006 Steyermuhl , Austria Paper Conceptual Malleability,
presented at IAPMA(International Artists and Paper Maker's Association)
South Bend, IN, Indiana University, Eastern Papermaking
Methods
Paper Conceptual Malleability, presented at
The National Friends of Dard Hunter Meeting, Chillicothe, OH
2005 Syracuse University, Pulp Drawing/Eastern Papermaking,
Syracuse, NY
Scoula de Graphica, Venice , Italy; Deckle Box/Embossing
Papers for Unusual Printmaking Papers
2001 The Friends of Dard Hunter, National Paper Conference,
Dalton, MA
"Toil, toil. Boil and Plant fibers"
2000 The Friends of Dard Hunter; National Paper Conference,
Atlanta, GA
Innovative Stenciling Techniques,
1997-95 Highland Park High School; Focus on the Arts
"Japanese Papermaking", Highland Park, IL
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Uris Educational Center,
"Asian Papermaking", NYC
Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University;
"History of Papermaking", NYC
Learning Alliance, "Recycling Paper", NYC
Gallery Representation
Hook Pottery Paper, LaPorte, IN

















