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JAMES J. PETERSON [email protected] 2007 MFA, Painting and Drawing, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2004 BFA, Illustration, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CAPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 TV Show Artstar, season two, Documentary about six artists working in NY, Gallery HD 2007 TV Show, Mark Kostabi’s Title This TV Show, Guest Celebrity New York, NY 2006-2008, Gallery Director/Owner, Fifty50 Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 Art Institute of Chicago, Contracted to Handle and Install Jeff Walls exhibit, Chicago, IL 2007 Juror, South Suburban College, Selected Best of show for local exhibit, Chicago, IL 2006 Second Moon the Movie, Chicago, IL, Production Crew 2006 Broke City, Poster design to be used in feature film, Provo, UT 2006 Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, Banner Design 2006 Esquire Magazine, Colaboration with Ethan Coen, Moscow, Russia, Illustrations pg.44-45 March issue 2005 Intellectual Property the Movie, Los Angeles, CA, Lead Art Department Designer, in charge of set fabrication, building key props, drawings for animatied title sequence. 2005 Silver Culture Pictures, Los Razos Film and Music Video, Studio City, CA | 2nd Camera Assistant, On set Spanish to English interpreter (look for me on the extras) 2004 Visual Development, spec script written by Scott Elder commisioned by Disney 2004 Nickle Pete, NXT Dream, Los Angles CA, Visual and concept development 2003-2004 CSI Miami, Burbank, CA, Production Assistant, (Continuous Freelance over two seasons) 2004 Mach 3 Razor Commercial, Burbank, CA, Image G, Production Assistant, Instalation and break down of precision motion control camera equiptment 2004 Music Video for Maroon 5, Burbank, CA, Image G, Production Assistant, Instalation and break down of precision motion control camera equipment 2004 Chevrolet Commercial, Burbank, CA, Image G, Production Assistant, Instalation and break down of precision motion control camera equipment 2004 BMW Commercial, Los Angeles, CA, Image G, Production Assistant, Instalation and break down of precision motion control camera equiptment 2003 One South Studio, Pasadena, CA, Designer, Movie cover and poster design (Freelance)SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2008 Gescheidle, Snooping for a new Lexis of Peace, Solo show, Chicago, IL 2007 Scope Art Fair, Gallery HD, Miami, FL 2007 Deitch Projects, Art Parade 3, New York, NY 2007 Dumbo Art Center, Under the Bridge, Brooklyn, NY 2007 G2 Gallery, Danger Rabies, Chicago, IL 2007 32nd&Urban Gallery, Get Fit, Chicago, IL 2007 La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Everyone Plus the Kitchen Sync, Los Angeles, CA 2007 G2 Gallery, Agitated History, Chicago, IL 2007 Dogmatic Gallery, Micromentalist, Chicago, IL 2006 Copro Nason Gallery, 15 Year Aniversary Group Art Show, Los Angeles, CA 2006 Fifty50 Gallery Bentnames, Chicago, IL 2006 Deitch Projects, Art Parade 2, New York, NY 2006 Fifty50 Gallery, Outtakes, Chicago, IL 2006 Dogmatic Gallery, Narrative Sequences Characters, Chicago, IL 2005 The Hive Gallery, Five Year Aniversary, Group show/Manuel Ocampo, LA, CA 2005 Copro Nason Gallery, Bergamot Invasion, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Art Annex, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 Hanger 1018, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 Otra Mas, Puerto Escondido, Oax., Mexico, Installed painted mural 2004 Pasadena Armory, Pasadena, CA, Group showPUBLICATIONS 2008 New City Chicago, Tip of the Week, Review, David Mark Wise 03-18 2008 Cultural Chicago, Snooping for a New Lexis of peace, Review, Alicia Eler 04-02 2008 Flavor Pill, Snooping for a new lexis of peace, Review, Patricia Courson 04-00 2007 Artnet, Shooting Artstar season II, Artnet News 11-02 2007 Flash Art online, Artstar season II, Nicola Trezzi 11-09 2007 Artforum.com, The Micromentalist, Lori Waxman 04-20 2007 Chicago Journal, Let’s get small, Jake Austen 04-20 2007 Chicago Reader, Giving it all away, Sert Stabler 04-20 2007 Lumpen magazine, Manifesto Show, issue 104 2007 Cannibal flower, Book One, Work and bio featured 2006 Jaime Gross, The New York Times, “Slaughterhouses to Art Houses“ December 2006 Laura Oppenheimer, Chicagoist, “NYT Discovers Chicago Is Sort of Cool“, December 4th 2006 Juxtapoz Magazine, “Gallery spotlight“ December issue #722006 2006 Justin Sondak, Centerstage Chicago, Gallery reviewwww.jamesjpeterson.comwww.jamesjpeterson.com

My Interests

Movies:

TAXI DRIVER.

Television:

N/A

Books:

Three cups of tea. GRaham Greene's Monsier quijote. Kitchen Confidential.

Heroes:

CHE, I LOVE HIS LINE OF T-SHIRTS, HEAD BANDS AND HATS.