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Andrea Peterson
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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