Stephanie Peek

Statement:

Reflecting the anxiety of abundance,
I have floated tulips, roses and other flowers from
17th century still life paintings through the dark smoky
atmosphere of my earlier paintings of night gardens.

The dramatic light and rich colors refer to the work of Dutch
painter Rachel Ruysch. The softer, lighter paintings reflect
the melancholy of early 18th century French painter Jean
Antoine Watteau.

Suspended in silence, flowers speak for me – of fragile
beauty and the ephemeral nature of worldly delights. I find
that painting can be a site of meditation, suspending time,
making time irrelevant, and can put me in touch with that
which does not decay.

Solo Exhibitions

2009    Triangle Gallery "Uncertain Riches"
2007    Thoreau Galleries, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2006    Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
2005    Friesen Seattle, Seattle, WA
2003    Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Califia Books, San Francisco, CA
2002    Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Friesen Galley, Seattle, WA
2000    Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999    Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1998    Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1997     Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Comune di Rignano, Florence, Italy
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1993    California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008    “Beatific Soul,” New York Public Library, New York, NY
“Time Will Tell," Triangle Gallery
“Small Works,” Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley
“Annual Exhibition,” Heritage Bank
“Nature: Themes and Variations,” Argazzi Art

2007
"The Camo Show," San Marco Gallery, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA (catalog)
The Annual Show, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Work by Gallery Artists, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006    
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Works, San Rafael, CA
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005    UC Berkeley Art Alumni Group Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
CirCA Gallery, Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
"Looking Back and Seeing Forward,"
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004    Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
MoveOn.org, ICAN Gallery, San Francisco

2003    MR Wolfe & Associates, San Francisco, CA
"Surface," Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
"Arcadia: Artists Celebrate Trees," SomArts Gallery, San Francisco

2002    "Celestial Musings," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001    The Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Florence, ITALY
"40th Anniversary, Part II," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
"Gems," Friesen Gallery. Seattle, WA
Sussman Memorial Art Exhibition, UC Berkeley, CA

2000    Califia Books, San Francisco, CA
The Gap Inc., San Francisco, CA
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Minot State University, Minot, ND
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
Sanchez Art Center, Pacfica, CA

1999    Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA
City College of San Francisco, CA
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Artists' Alliance, Tahoe, CA
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

1998     Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mad River Post, San Francisco, CA
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Hayward State University, Hayward, CA
Emmie Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
Artists' Alliance of California, Pacifica, CA
Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA

1997     Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
Gallery of the University of California, San Diego, CA
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Shasta College Gallery, Shasta College, Redding, CA
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1996     University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Museo d'Art Extremeneno e Iberamericano, Badajoz, Spain

1995    Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA
The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994     Grey Gallery, New York University, New York City, NY
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
Amos Eno Gallery, New York City, NY
Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA

1993     S.F. Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
Lewis & Clark State College, Lewiston, ID
Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

1992     Mills College, Prieto Gallery, Oakland, CA
Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Selected Awards

2008    S.E.C.A. Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2004    S.E.C.A. Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1997    Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, Italy
Borsa di Studio, Comune di Rignano, Florence, Italy
1996     J. Ruth Kelsey Travel Grant
1995    Susan B. Irwin Scholarship in the Visual Arts
1994     Virginia McPheter-Stoltz Fellowship

Selected Bibliography

2008    San Francisco Examiner, Anne Ray, "The Eye," July 21, 2008.
2006    Artweek, Frank Cebulksi, December 2006/January 2007, Vol.37, Issue 10, pp.15-16.
2005    Inquiring Mind, Fall, Vol. 22, No. 1 (front and back covers)
2003    Kyoto Journal, Carl Freire, Kyoto JAPAN, Summer/2003, #54, pp. 42-29
Coast, Lauri Mendenhall, August 2003, pp. 161-171
Artweek, Christine Brenneman, February, Vol. 34, Issue 1, p.13
2002    San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, Section D, p.12, December 28, 2002
San Francisco Examiner, Bill Picture, Section C, p. 1, March 4, 2002
2001     San Francisco Examiner, Anne Crump, Section C, p. 2, March 9, 2001
2000     Inquiring Mind, Spring, Vol. 17, No. 1
Christian Science Journal, October,Vol. 118, No.10, p13
The Press Enterprise, Riverside CA, Devorah L. Knaff, February 1
The Poly Post, Riverside, CA, Jared Paul, January 25
Califia, Autumn 2000
NextMonet, Julie Nelson 2000
1999    Christian Science Journal, December,Vol. 117, No. 12, p.23
IONS, Noetic Sciences Review, Dec 99 - Mar 00, #50. p.8
1998    Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 15
Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID, October 20
1997    "Giardini del Sogno," Comune di Rignano, Florence, Italy
Corriere della Sera, Florence, Italy, August
Artweek, Casey Fitzsimmons, July
1996    Journal of Art & Ideas, University of California at Berkeley, CA
Quintero, Fernando, "Works by Seven Student Artists," Berkleyan, May
1995    Time Capsule: A Women's Anthology for the Fourth Intl. Women's Conference, Beijing, China
1994    "Bay City Bests," San Francisco Examiner Magazine,
Rina Keppler, May 1
1993     KALX Radio "Women in the Arts," aired 90.7FM, October 12, Berkeley, CA
"Promotional Copy," Editor Robin Kahn, Publisher Mimi Somerby, New York, Creative Time, NY