Pete Driessen/Visual Artist
Artist Resume © January 1, 2011
Studio: 681 17th Avenue NE #117, Minneapolis, MN 55413 (612)-782-9185
Web/Email:www.petedriessen.com, pete@petedriessen.com
Blog: www.petedriessen.blogspot.com
Selected Solo Exhibitions
11 Three Butterflies/Grand Opening, TuckUnder Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
11 Divorce/Artists Discovery Letter, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
10 Curatorial Cult Cult/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
10 Nauticalia Tentacalus, They Won’t Find Us Here Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
10 Gorgonica/New Works in Process, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
09 Delirious Drone/New Works in Process, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
09 MN Saints Artist of Game, MnArtists.org/MN Saints, MN Saints Stadium, St. Paul, MN
09 Waseca Fleet, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN
06 ExtraOrdinary PanCapitalist Renditions/The Triptychs, California Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
01 Pancapitalist Oscillations, Stevenson Gallery, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
99/00 Art in the Mayors Office /Minneapolis Arts Commission/City Hall, Minneapolis, MN
98 Sway from the Swarm, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
96 Engagement: Recent Objectifications, Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
94 New Works, Jack Wold Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
93 New Works, Caffe Solo, Minneapolis, MN
93 Faces, Waseca Arts Center, Waseca, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
11 Inside/Out/The Art of Self Portrait, Hennes Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
11 Hudson Healing Arts Center, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
10 The Drawing Club, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
10 Foot in the Door 4, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
10 Sandwich Bar for Peace Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
10 Summer Invitational, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
08, 09 Midway Drawing Rally, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
09 Summer Funk, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
08, 09, 10 Cache © the Casket, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
08 Collecting Collections, ARP Release, Art of This, Minneapolis, MN
08 Translating Politics, Unconvention, Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
08 Havel, Driessen, Johnson, 801 Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
08 Northern Exposure, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
08 NEMAA Fall Art Exhibition, Grain Belt Brewery Complex, Minneapolis, MN
07, 08, 09, 10 $99. Sale Fundraiser, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
07 MN Biennial 3D-II, MN Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN Juror: Jennifer Jankauskas
07 Nuestra Frida, Art Jones Gallery, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
07 Mush, Mush, Masculinity, Ephemera Space Gallery, St. Paul, MN Juror: Patricia Briggs
07 Minnesota Emerging Artists Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
07 Painting with Fire/War Murals, Chen Gallery, CCSU, New Britain, CT
06 Art for Change/A Peace Campaign, Winnebago Gallery, Madison, WI
04 Fundamentalism, Tyler St. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
04 Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
04 Calling, CVA Biennial Faculty Exhibit, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
04 Art of War, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
03 Art on the Plains 6, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND Juror: Joan Rothfuss
03 Nin Una Mas (Not One More), Mira Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
00, 03 College of Visual Arts Biennial Faculty Exhibits, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
02-04 Art of Today: Artists from MN & ND, Rolling Plains Gallery, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (Tour)
01 In Heat: An Erotic Art Exhibition, Fugitive Art Center, Nashville, TN
01 ANA 30, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Juror: Peter Schjeldahl
01 Century 2/New Glass & Paintings, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
01 HotHouse, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
00-01 MSAB Artist Assistance Fellowship Exhibition, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
00 Flesh, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
00 Necessary Differences II, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (as Artist/Curator/Producer)
00 Artists of the New Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Juror: James Yood
00 Foot in the Door Show/ MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
00 Breck Art Faculty Exhibit, George R. A. Johnson Gallery, Breck School, Golden Valley, MN
99-00 On the Edge 1999.999. Millennium Exhibit, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
99 ANA 28. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Juror: Peter Plagens 9
9 Civic Responsibility, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
98, 99 Erotica 98 & Erotica 99, Art Jones Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
98 The Opening, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA. Juror: Susan E. Ryan
98 MSAB/RCA/Studio 125 Time Capsule, Franconia Sculpture Park, Schaefer, MN
98 Art Orgy, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund Benefit Art Auction, Art & Us, Minneapolis, MN
97 Vital Intersections/The City, Art & Faith/L ‘art et la foi en ville /CIVA Biennial, Montreal, Canada
96 Where Do You Draw the Line? , Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
95 Soap Factory Benefit /Volunteer Show, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
95 Necessary Differences, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
95 Expressions of Devotion: A Collection of American Religious Art, Premier Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
95 Minnesota State Fair 84th Annual Art Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
95 Hopkins, MN: A City Becomes a Gallery, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
92 The Circle of Found Art & Functional Art, Wilensky Arts, Minneapolis, MN
85 Bachelor of Art Senior Exhibit, Catherine Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Selected Education
96-98 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art/Painting, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
86-88 Post-Graduate Diploma in Graphic Design, Portfolio Center, Atlanta, GA
83-85 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
80-82 Major in Visual Communications, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Awards/Honors
10 Giant Steps Scholarship, Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul, MN
09 First National Bank, Corporate Art Grant, Waseca, MN
09 Culligan Soft Water, Corporate Art Grant, Waseca, MN
01-05 Bush Faculty Development Grants, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN -(Seven grants)
01 Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, Carnegie Arts Center, Mankato, MN -Juror
00 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council/Small Arts Grant - (As Artist/producer)
00 Minneapolis Arts Commission/Neighbourhood Arts New Presenters Grant - (As Artist/producer)
00 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Assistance Fellowship
99 Minneapolis College of Art & Design/Jerome Foundation Fellowship Grant - (Semi-finalist)
Selected Corporate Commissions/Permanent Collections
Blockbuster Video, Little Falls Housing Part, Metropolitan Interiors, MidAmerica Entertainment, Paradox Management,
Plains Art Museum Study Collection (Fargo, ND), Waseca Art Center Permanent Collection
Sandwich Bar for Peace Gallery Permanent Collection(Minneapolis)
Selected Lectures/Panels/Workshops
10 Curatorial Cult Cult/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
09 Waseca Fleet, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN, Opening Talk
08 MN Biennial 3D-II Slide-A-Rama, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
06 ChromOrgasm: Chromancing the Color Moshpit, SECAA Conference, Nashville, TN, Panel Chair
04 Chromancing with Hues: Color & Its Interlocutors, MACAA Interplay Conference, UMN, Mpls., MN
02 Pancapitalism: The Development of Socio-political Symbolism in my Artwork. CVA, St. Paul, MN
02 War & Peace, Rhogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Invited Artist/Panellist
01 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Assistance Fellowship (2D), MSAB, St. Paul, MN Panellist
00 Art, Politics, & Protest. Salon Artisimo, Art Jones Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Invited Panellist/Artist
99 Civic Responsibility, Katherine Nash Gallery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, Artist Talk/Slide Lecture
96Five Minute Slide Lecture, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, Juried Slide Lecture
Selected Performances/Distributions/Participations
11 Artist Divorce Discovery Letter, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN (As Artist/Signed Limited Ed. Text)
10 Curatorial Cult Cult/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN (As Artist)
10 The Drawing Club, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN(As Artist/Participant)
10 We Work Here/A Conversation on Art, Economics, & Community, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN (As Participant) (www.worksprogress.org)
10 List of Curating Praxis, Techniques & General Thoughts That Go Thru a Curators Brain When Preparing, Producing, & Curating the Spatiality of a Prominent Museum Based Exhibition, Mpls., MN
10 Tent Services w/Peter Haakon Thompson/Katherine Nash Gallery/UMN, Minneapolis, MN
(Tent Rental/Survey) (As Participant) (www.tentservices.org)
10 A Random List of Nearly 200 Emotional & Confused Thoughts That Go Thru a Deceived & Betrayed Artists Mind When Going Thru a Difficult Divorce, Minneapolis, MN(Signed Limited Ed. Of 100 Copies)
10 Rebranding the MAEP Theme Song, MAEP Meeting, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
09-10 Mnartist.org Artist Baseball Cards, Mnartist.org/Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Signed Limited Ed. of 500 Artist Cards)
09 An Aesthetic List of 99 Art Critic Beers & Ales with Prices Separated into 3 Categories. Minneapolis, MN (Signed Limited Ed. Of 100 Copies)
09 Status Via Proximity: My Selected Notes on Alco 60 Sheet Memo Pad. In TC Daily Planet/Arts Orbit, Minneapolis, MN, 3/20/09. (Artists Review Notes)
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog/2009/03/15/elizabeth-peyton-notes-toward-review.html
09 Hootenany, Common Room, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN(As Artist/Participant)
08 An Arbitrary Short List of Forty Past & Present Mark Makers and Their Selected Renderings in Somewhat Random Order, Monster Drawing Event, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
(Signed Limited Ed. Of 100 Copies)
08 The Neurotic & Obsessive Collectors Selected List of 110(+10 Bonus) Duplicated Art & Design Mailers, 1990-2007. As Received at the Artists Studio. Randomly Chosen From Moving Boxes, in No Order. Collecting Collections/ARP, Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Signed Limited Ed. of 100 Copies)
06 Triangulation Statement, ExtraOrdinary PanCapitalist Renditions, California Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Series of 100 signed copies)
05 Painting, Pancapitalism, & Pumpkin Pie Survey, Minneapolis, MN (As artist/Survey)
01 Do It!, SooVac, Minneapolis, MN (As participant/CAE True Crime)
01 Painting at the Edge of the Flat World Prize, ARMS-Performance/Distribution, Minneapolis, MN,(Series of 12 mailers)
01 Question Curation, ARMS-Performance/Distribution-Minneapolis, MN, (Advertisement)
00 Severed Pancapitalist Phallus Rolodex, Foot in the Door Show/MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Mpls. MN (as artist)(Series of 8 random artwork changes)
99 In Honor of Civic Responsibility: 50 Selected Quotes..., Civic Responsibility, Katherine Nash Gallery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN. (Series of 50 signed copies)
98 Jack & the Beanstalk, Lunch Celebration Reading, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.(as artist)
98 I Slept With Linda Montano-Palm Reading, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.(as participant)
98 Star Spangled Banner, Louise W. May Cabaret Performance, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier,VT. (as participant)
97 Literary Disruption, with Martha Fleming, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. (as participant)
96 Ideas for the fan club/I quit the fan club, with Christian Phillip-Mueller, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.(as participant)
96 Microwaved Check/Banking Disruption System, Minneapolis, MN & Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. (as artist)
96 Rejected Taxi Ride, with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. (as participant)
Selected Bibliography/Press Links:
Abbe, Mary. Art Review/Out of the playpen, into the gallery. Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 21, 2007. www.startribune.com/entertainment/art/11917131.html
Berg, Emma. ART ON THE WALL: A Conversation with a "Regular Joe" Collector, Named Cate. In Access+Engage, MnArtists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?rid=164292
Carlson Gustafson, Amy. Walker Show inspires artist to express their ‘Frida experience.’ St. Paul Pioneer Press, Friday, November 30, 2007, p. 1E, 3E.
Driessen, Pete. Deceptive Media: Barthes, Foucault, Chomsky, and the U.S. Army School of Americas Torture Manual. Vermont College, Montpelier, VT , 1997. (Unpublished Document)
Driessen, Pete. Status Via Proximity: My Selected Notes on Alco 60 Sheet Memo Pad. In TC Daily Planet/Arts Orbit, Minneapolis, MN, 3/20/09. (Artists Review Notes) http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog/2009/03/15/elizabeth-peyton-notes-toward-review.html
Driessen, Pete. Process Paper/Studio Statement. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. (MFA Thesis/Public Document)
Haga, Charles & Richard Sennott(photo). Exhibit Showcases Civic Responsibility. Minneapolis StarTribune: Thursday May 6,1999, p. B1, B5.
Hager, Ruth Ann. Waseca Fleet Exhibit runs through July 25. In Waseca County News, June 17, 2009. www.wasecacountynews.com/news.php?viewStory=3084
Iverson, Kate. Art-A-Whirl at a Glance: A Concentrated Guide to Northeast. In City Pages/Dressing Room. (Mention) blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2010/05/art-a-whirl_at.php
Iverson, Kate. Gallery 13 Summer Invitational. In Secrets of the City. 6/30/2010. (Image/Mention) www.secretsofthecity.com/events/189455
Hanson, Doug. These Artists are Doing it for Themselves. Minneapolis StarTribune, Oct. 27, 2000, Freetime, pg. 12-13. (Quote)
Klefstad, Ann. Seeing the 3D Biennial at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Mnartists.org, December 10, 2007. www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=171403
Klefstad, Ann. Art/Minnesota Biennial: 3D ll. The Rake, December 2007, p. 22.
Klefstad, Ann. Art/Nuestra Frida (Our Frida). The Rake, December 2007, p. 22-23.
Lieu, Loosely. Ruling: Minnesota Biennial 3D-ll. ARP! (A Real Publication), Vol.1, Issue 3, p.19.
McElhatton, Heather(Producer) Word of Mouth Arts: Necessary Differences II, NPR, St. Paul, MN, Oct. 20, 2000 (Radio Interview)
Meyers, Lisa. Artist Evolves Theme of Faces in Paintings. Waseca County News, January 5,1993, p. 1A, 3A.
Millett, Matt. Weekend Count Down/Ten Great Things to Do: #1-Art-A-Whirl. St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, May 15, 1998, p. 1D. (Work cited)
Morstad, Marya. ArtMatters: Art A Whirl. Minneapolis, MN: KFAI Radio, May 14, 2010. (Group Radio Interview) www.kfai.org/node/27991
Morstad, Marya. ArtMatters: Necessary Differences II. Minneapolis, MN: KFAI Radio, Oct. 13, 2000. (Group Radio Interview)
Morstad, Marya. Artifacts. NEMAA Art-A-Whirl. Minneapolis, MN: KFAI, May 18, 1999. (Group Radio Interview)
Peiken, Matt. MMAA: Minnesota in three dimensions. Walker Art Center Blog. blogs.walkerart.org/visualarts/2007/11/19/mmaa-museum/
Peiken, Matt. Three Minute Egg. Art A Whirl Part Three, blip.tv/file/2135001 May 16, 2009. (Video)
Roberts, Chris. Art Hounds/Minnesota Public Radio, 06/10/09, Artist Studio/Radio Interview minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/10/art_hounds/
Roberts, Chris. Art Hounds/Minnesota Public Radio, 09/01/2010, Radio Interview minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2010/09/art-hounds-closing-open-field-funny-people-and-a-folk-opera.shtml
Sartor, Nancy. The Unconvention/Translating Politics. Unconvention Website, September, 2008. theunconvention.com/projects/translating-politics
Stulen, Scott. Drawing Monsters/Walker Blog, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN: blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2008/12/10/drawing-monsters
Stulen, Scott. Play Ball/Walker Blog, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN: blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/05/20/play-ball
Selected Web Collections:
Berg, Emma. ART ON THE WALL: A Conversation with a "Regular Joe" Collector, Named Cate. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?rid=164292
Bloom, Ken. MASHUP. In Access+Engage Issue 16.2, April 22, 2007. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=143851
Driessen, Pete. Drones, May 2010. Mnartists.org. mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=264495
Driessen, Pete. ExtraOrdinary PanCapitalist Renditions/The Triptychs, Nov. 2007. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=120637
Driessen, Pete. Gomer Pyle/Jim Nabors. May 2010. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=264819
Driessen, Pete. Phallic, Phalli/Penis, Penial. May 2010. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=264638
Driessen, Pete. W’s as a Visual Element, May 2010. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=264516
Driessen, Pete. Waseca Fleet. May 2010. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=264811
Foot in the Door IV, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, February-June 2010. www.artsmia.org/foot-in-the-door-4/detail.php?qstring=739W
Foot in the Door, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, January-April 2000. www.artsmia.org/foot-in-the-door/2000entry.cfm?r=1&c=201
Mush, Mush, Masculinity. Ephemeral Space, St. Paul, MN. September, 2007. ephemeralspace.wordpress.com
Nuestra Frida (Our Frida). In Access+Engage, November 28, 2007. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=169441
Sheets, Monica. Minnesota Emerging Artists Gallery, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Mnartists.org. www.mnartists.org/tourHome.do?action=start&rid=161371
Valentinas Nightmare. UMN Center for Genocide and Holocaust Studies, Minneapolis, MN, 2004. www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/responses/driessen/
Selected Professional Affiliation/Related Education/Community Activism
ARMS (Aesthetic Resistance Movement & Minneapolis Secession), Founder & Ombudsman 1998-05
College Art Association, Member 1996-2011
Creative Capital, Strategic Planning Workshop, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
Mid-America College Art Association, Past Member; MACAA Interplay Conference, Concepts into Practice Panel Chair, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, 2004.
Minneapolis Arts Commission/Neighborhood Arts New Presenters Program-Advisory Panel, 1999-2002
Mnartists.org: Member, Drawing Club Volunteer (2010), Field Day Volunteer (2009-10), State Fair Volunteer (2008)
Necessary Differences, Minneapolis, MN: Member(Painters Dialogue Group)(93-08)/Steering Committee/ Special Events
No Name Exhibitions @ the Soap Factory, Mpls., MN: Public Affairs Coordinator/Volunteer Staff 95/99-01
Northeast Minneapolis Artist Association(NEMAA): Member 1995-2011
NEMAA Arts District Task Force-Technical Advisory Board, Minneapolis, MN, 2002
Radical Art Caucus, Member, 2000-06, 10
Southeast College Art Association, Annual Conference, ChromOrgasm Panel Chair, Duke University, Nashville, TN, 2006.