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Photographer Peter Merts' images revisit the artistic movement of romanticism from the 1900's where man vs. nature was a large source of inspiration. Unlike his counterparts from a century ago, the visual depth of Peter's landscapes respond on a more personal level. Peter was born and raised in the swamp country of southern Georgia, but the heat and bugs eventually chased him out. He graduated from Duke University, spent time in the English Lakes District and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and has settled for the time being near San Francisco. He works primarily in medium format, and has recently purchased a 4x5. He is old enough to remember the day a person first walked on the moon. [Courtesy of Watermark Fine Art Photographs & Books, September 2007] Education B.A., Duke University (including one year at Exeter University, England) Photographic education — various courses at UC Berkeley Extension, and self-taught Solo and two person exhibitions 2007 Bread & Roses portfolio, Compass Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 The Little Cumberland Island portfolio [with artist Margarita Wilson-Rae]El Borde Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia) 2006 Hombres y la Masculinidad (Men and Masculinity), Foto Galería F.C.E., Córdoba, Argentina (XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia) 2004 Bread & Roses Portfolio, Mill Valley City Hall 2004 Hombres y la Masculinidad (Men and Masculinity), XIII Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia, Pura Gallery, Buenos Aires 2002 Soledad (Solitude), XII Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia, Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural Recoleta) Selected group exhibitions 2005 Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grantees’ Exhibit, Marin Community Foundation, Novato 2004 "Water Images", Watermark Fine Art Photographs and Books, Houston 2004 "Verde, que te quiero verde" (representations of the Argentine landscape), Buenos Aires 2004 “Cultural Artifacts”, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver 2003 Center for Photographic Art (Carmel, CA), Center Awards Juried Exhibition 2003 Photo Review Competition (published in The Photo Review, Summer 2003) 2003 Houston Center of Photography Juried Memberhip Exhibition 2001 Houston Center of Photography Juried Memberhip Exhibition 2000 Casa da Fotografia, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000 Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA 1998 UC Berkeley Extension Galleria, San Francisco, CA 1997 Alliance Francaise Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996 San Francisco Airport Collections Houston Museum of Fine Arts — Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection Awards 2004 Marin Arts Council — Individual Artist Grant 2001 Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts — honorable mention, Vision 2001 (Assignment Earth) 1999 San Francisco Bay Guardian Annual Photography Contest — honorable mention (photo-essay) 1998 San Francisco Bay Guardian Annual Photography Contest — second place (documentary) and honorable mention (documentary) 1998 National Arthritis Foundation Photo Contest — second place 1985 Big Brothers of America National Photo Contest — first place |
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