ARA PETERSON
Born 1973 in Boston, MA
Lives in Providence, RI

Education

1997 B.F.A. in Film/Video/Animation, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Wotcha, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY     
2005 The Wedge, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Selected Video 97-05, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
The 59th Minute: Video Art on the NBC Astrovision by Panasonic, Times Square, New York, NY, organized by Creative Time
The Gallery Show,  Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Netherlands
Into Me/Out of Me, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Love is Colder than Death, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Slow Burn, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland
Panic Room, The Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

2005 Hypnogoggia, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery in collaboration with Deitch Projects, Buffalo, NY
Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
The Jewleigha Set, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

2004 Tedious Limbs Exhibit, curated by Devin Flynn, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Color Wheel Oblivion, curated by Chris Perez, Marella Arte Contemporanea Mareilia Art, Milan, Italy
Wiggin Village, A Project by Jim Drain and Ara Peterson, Curated by Lawrence Rinder, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
Video Screening Program, curated by Rene Morales, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
The Transparent Eyeball, curated by Duncan Hamilton, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, UK
Domestic Porn, as Forcefield, curated by Monika Szczukowska, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Bizarre Love Triangle, collaboration with Jim Drain and Eamon Brown, Matress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Steve Lafreniere and Bob Nickas, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Collection (or how I spent my year), curated by Bob Nickas, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Tedious Limbs Exhibit, curated by Devin Flynn, Flynn Farm, Los Angeles, CA

2003 Group Show, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
It Happened Tomorrow, collaboration with Eamon Brown and Jim Drain, Biennale D'arte Contemporian de Lyon, Lyon, France
Piled High, Tokyo, Japan
Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Body of Work, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
Paper Rodeo Group Show, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
Window Installation, collaboration with Jim Drain, H.P., Bjoux, France; Tokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan
Regarding Amy, Kaleidoscope installation with Jim Drain, Green Naftali Gallery, NY, NY

2002 The Kids are Alright, curated by Joe Bradley, ATM Gallery, NY, NY
Group Show, collaboration with Jim Drain, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Flashpapers, collaboration with Jim Drain, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Third Annual Roggabogga, as Forcefield, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Selected Events

2004 Cinema Series II, presented by Artprojx, Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK
Black Dice Light Show, Volume, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Video Whoopie Cushion, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA
Optimo: Manifestations of Optimism in Contemporary Art, collaboration withJim Drain,Marfa Ballroom, Marfa, TX, USA
Prospectif Cinema, collaboration with Jim Drain, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Fear and Anger, AS220, Providence, RI, USA

2003 NUEVA Video Festival, Tokyo, Japan
New Tech Lo-Fi and a Synthetic Video Revival, Ocularis, Brooklyn, NY
Filmstock, Curated by Carlo McCormick, Adidas Store SoHo, New York, NY
UV, audio/video performance, Andrew Kreps Gallery. New York, NY
UV, audio/video performance, Bard College. Annondale on the Hudson, NY
Plate Techtonics Light Show, Monahassett Mill, Providence, RI

2002 Zombie Vision Light Show, Brown University, Providence, RI
Photation, Movies With Live Soundtracks, Providence, RI
High Dessert Test Site, with Jim Drain, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA

1997 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France
Ann Arbor Film Festival Ann Arbor, MI

Articles

2006 Schneider, Claire, Extreme Abstraction. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, July 2005

2005 Sheets, Hilarie M., “Where magic Mushrooms Bloom,” ArtReview, February 2006
Schwendener, Martha, “Jim Drain and Ara Peterson, ‘Hypnogoogia’,” Time
Out New York, November 24 - 30, 2005
Cotter, Holland, “Ara Peterson: Selected Videos 97-05” New York Times, May 27, 20
Laster, Paul, “Psychedelic Solutions”, artkrush, April
Orden, Abraham, “Jim Drain & Ara Peterson”, artus, March/April 2005
“Ara Peterson,” SF Gate, June 2005
Tschida, Anne, “Arts & Entertainment: Visual Arts: Color Does Wild Dance At The    
Moore Space,” The Miami Herald, February 2005

2004 Finkel, Jori, “Front Page: Miami Beach In December: Cool Stuff,” Art In America,                           
December
Robert, Nickas, “GOREFEST 2004, “ VICE Magazine, vol. 11, n. 1, 2004, p. 46