JASON PETERS BIOGRAPHY


Jason Peters statement:
My installations investigate the relationships of actual space, environment and materials with the viewer's inherent and often programmed opinions of them. My goal is to challenge intrinsic perceptions by suggesting that the objects of our reality are not always what they seem. I use found objects because they help redefine prescribed meanings and values, especially when assembled into entirely different structures. The question I want the viewer to ask is, "Are these familiar objects just as recognizable when serving an entirely different purpose? And just as important, does their transformation modify their value?" In the instance of 110 used tires reconfigured on the surface of an 12-foot sphere, the viewer is challenged to assess the evolution of the tires from once functional objects, to castoffs and the substance of a structure, whose existence within a functional space is itself transient. Equally significant is the alteration of the space in which the "new structure" is installed. The installation creates a chaotic moment that appears to be a natural occurrence and thereby tests the pre-existent purpose of the space. People encounter such installations as a speed bump in their perceived reality. Once the installation is removed, the memory of that "bump" is a lingering consciousness of the limitations we impose when restricting reality to face value alone.


Education
1995-1999 MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLAGE OF ART, Baltimore, MDBachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and a Minor in Asian Art History 


Exhibitions:
Solo Shows
2005
The Space in-Between, Supreme Trading, Curator CraigShillitto, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Continually Becoming, Center for the Contemporary Arts,curator Kathleen Hannigin, Santa Fe, NM Residencies

2007
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2006
Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA 

Group shows
2006
Factory In-stalled, Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA
YMCA Benefit Art Auction, CuratorsSupreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
Tooth and Nail, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005
SCOPE, Micro/ Scope, Curators Mary Mattingly and PaulMiddendorf Hamptons, NY
WATERWAYS, curators Renee Vara, Mary Mattingly, Venice, Italy

2003
d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge festival, curator Joy Glidden,d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY

2002
Winter Auction 2002, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge festival, curator Joy Glidden,d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
15”x15”, Maryland Institute Of Art, Baltimore, MD
Barometer, curated by F.I.T. graduate students, hosted byCynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
Basement, Steven Kraus Project, New York, NY

1999
ORB-E, Competition Finalist, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
OPTIONS 99, 9th Biennial Exhibition, curator Victoria Reis,Washington Project Space, Washington, D.C.
Cloudwatch, Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD1999 Strarscape, curator Lonnie Fischer, Baltimore, MD   
Thesis Show, Maryland Inst. Collage of Art, Baltimore, MD
Student Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD1998 Cloudwatch, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD

1998
Show With Heart, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1997
Student Show, Baltimore, MD1996 Student Show, Baltimore, MD 


Publications
2006 July
Italian VOUGUE, Fall fashion spread, Bruce Weber

2006 July
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mary Thomas

2006 June
Pittsburgh City Paper ,Gregory Knepp

2004 Nov.
Santa Fe Reporter, Zane’s World, Zane Fische

2004 Nov.
Santa Fe/North, About Art, Tom Collins 


Awards
1995-1999
Presidential Scholarship

1998
Betty Cooke ’46 Scholarship
Art History Department Award1995 Sculpture Department Award.

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