Conrad Wilde Gallery presents artist Cory Peeke

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	Cory Peeke – Artist Statement: Collage is the vehicle by which I explore social and cultural conceptions of identity. Through direct appropriation from a variety of sources, including health manuals, child rearing texts, how-to and vintage children’s coloring books as well as found photographs, I construct evocative and often humorous juxtapositions of text and image in order to illuminate our society's reactionary and often ridiculous relation to identity stereotypes. Whether related to race, personal style, gender distinction or socio-political movements, color has historically played an active role in the construction of these identity concepts. Color is enduringly linked with nearly all of the better-known racial and sexual prejudices. As David Batchelor writes in his book Chromophobia: “…colour is made out to be the property of some ‘foreign’ body-usually the feminine, the oriental, the primitive, the infantile, the vulgar, the queer or the pathological.” My interest in color and its relationship to classification and identity, coupled with my love of discarded materials, has led to my work with paint samples, the kind available at most any hardware store. The samples act as a nod to both the act of appropriation (sampling) and the element of decoration inherent in the work. The experiments with found color allow me to investigate its use as a nearly subliminal communicator of meaning. The paint swatch pieces, though more subtle and less focused on the subject of sexual identity than my earlier work, are, however, a natural evolution of my investigation of the subject. The paint swatch series subtly acknowledges and contends with ideas of sexual, gender, racial and class stereotyping associated with particular colors as well as certain design professions. While the use of mundane discarded minutia (found photographs, tags, children’s coloring book images, etc.), elegant little remnants of the everyday allow the work to be viewed not only as art, but as vestiges of our daily existence. Resume Education 1999 M.F.A., College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1991-92 Graduate Study, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1991 B.F.A., Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Exhibitions Solo & Two Person: 2006 TBA, University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg, SC 2005 Works On Paper, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 TBA, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA Food, Shelter & Identity, Lockhaven University, Lockhaven, PA (with Jeannette Cole) 2003 Color Me, Beautiful, University Gallery, Eastern WA University, Cheney, WA 2003 Cheryl Coon/Cory Peeke, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern OR University 1998 Self-Assembled, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI (with Brant Schuller) 1997 Cory Peeke, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH 1994 100 Mile Radius II, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN 1994 Recent Works, Sons and Daughters, Grand Rapids, MI 1993 Cory Peeke, Kirsch-Beck Gallery of the Sturgis Council of the Arts, Sturgis, MI Group: 2005 Honored Artists of Eastern Oregon, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2005 Grand Opening, Eldean Studio Gallery, Macatawa, MI 2005 EOU Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2004 Three Great Minds, One Great Show, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2004 The Human Form, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2004 Rendering Gender, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO 2004 Artists of Eastern Oregon, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2004 Wallowa Valley Exhibit, Joseph Community Center, Joseph, OR 2004 Open Spectrum, TW Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT 2004 Faculty/Student Exhibit, Hoke Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2004 Beyond Paper 2, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2003 Corkery Hahn, Metivier & Peeke, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2003 A Little Night Music, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA 2003 Artist Trust Annual Auction Exhibition, Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, WA 2002 Beyond Paper, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2002 Pride Along the Mississippi, Odin Gallery, LaCrosse, WI 2002 Premier Exhibition, LGBT Community Center Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002 Stroke 2, Secluded Alley Works (SAW), Seattle, WA 2002 Recalled Assemblages, Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, WY 2002 Beyond Paper, Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2002 Pride Along the Mississippi, Odin Gallery, LaCrosse, WI 2002 Premier Exhibition, LGBT Community Center Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002 Stroke 2, Secluded Alley Works (SAW), Seattle, WA 2002 Recalled Assemblages, Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, WY 2002 Collage/Assemblage/Montage, Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA 2001 Visions of the Self: Queer Identities In Question, Student Center Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2001 Stroke, Secluded Alley Works (SAW), Seattle, WA 2001 You and Eye: Art Responds to Prejudice, A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Many Different Sides, Matrix Arts, Sacramento, CA 2001 Queer Art, Richard Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 2001 Word/Text/Language, Claypool-Young Gallery, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, KY 2001 Artist Trust Annual Auction Exhibition, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 Tackling Masculinity, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2000 From the Ground Up, Snoqualmie Valley Outdoor Installation Exhibition, Duvall, WA 2000 For Adults Only, Eleven East Ashland, Phoenix, AZ 1999 The End, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Lewis-Clark Annual Exhibition, Lewis-Clark Center for the Arts, Lewiston, ID 1999 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Prichard Gallery, Moscow, ID 1999 One/Another, Hartung Theater, Moscow, ID 1999 Photocopier Art: An Exploration, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 1999 We're All Family, Adell McMillan Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1999 New Media, Frank Center for the Creative Arts, Sheperd College, Sheperdstown, WV 1998 Works In Progress, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID 1998 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID 1998 Photo Annual, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Nude/Naked, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL 1998 1st and 2nd Year Graduates Exhibit, SUB Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1998 UI Juried Show, SUB Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1998 Jump Start '98, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1998 Borderland, Gallery III, Washington State University Museum, Pullman, WA 1998 Spokane Sampler, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA 1997 Works In Progress, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID 1997 Myth America, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1997 Out, Loud and Proud '97, Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Jump Start '97, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1996 After These Messages, Student Center Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1996 Big Deal: A Benefit for Visual Aid, SOMAR Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 1996 Out, Loud and Proud, Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996 Text Art, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 1996 Jump Start '96, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 1995 14th Michigan Biennial: The Language of Imagery, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1995 Jump Start '95, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 1994 Recoup Art, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1994 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI Awards & Honors 2005 EOU Faculty Scholars Grant ($5616) 2004 Honored Artist, Don Gray-juror, “Artists of Eastern Oregon,” Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR ($200 and special exhibition) 2004 First Place, Tom Dimond-juror, “Wallow Valley Arts,” Joseph, OR 2004 EOU Faculty Scholars Grant ($5616) 2000 Artist Trust GAP Grant ($1000) 1999 Betty Bowen Award Finalist 1999 Juror's Award, Gail Siegal-juror, "Lewis-Clark Annual Exhibition," Lewis Clark Center for the Arts, Lewiston, ID 1999 First Place, Ross Coates-juror, "One/Another," Hartung Theater, Moscow, ID 1998 University of Idaho Travel Grant ($900) 1998 Liberace Foundation Grant ($1000) 1995 Invited to participate in the 14th Michigan Biennial, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI 1993 Second Story Award, "Michigan and Indiana Regional," Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI 1992 Art Matters Inc. Fellowship ($1000) 1992 Juror's Award, Ed Paschke-juror, "Kalamazoo Area Show," Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI Bibliography 2004 Jessica Rasmussen, “Exhibit Playfully Explores the Nature of Gender in Society,” Truman State University Index, September 30 2004 “Artists of Eastern Oregon” Exhibition Catalog 2003 Cara Lorello, “Color Me Beautiful, Art Exhibit ‘Peeke’s’ Student’s Curiosity,” The Easterner, October 9 2003 Sheri Boggs, “Color Outside the Lines,” Inlander, October 2 2003 Jeff Petersen, "Changing of the Guard," The La Grande Observer, October 2 2003 Julianne Crane, “Peeke’s ‘Color Me Beautiful’ Explores Society,” Spokesman-Review, October 2 2003 Peter Stekel, "Art is Something Other Than What’s On the Wall,” Kirkland Courier, June 2002 Jeff Petersen, "Form and Content Merge," The La Grande Observer, September 26 2001 Allan Gordon, "'Queer Art: The Construction of Gay and Lesbian Identity' at UOP's Richard Reynolds Gallery," Artweek, April 2001 Paula Sheil, "Venture Into Identity," Stockton Record, March 4 2000 David Horton, "'Tackling Masculinity' at WORKS/San Jose," Artweek, November 2000 Regina Hackett, "Filling the Gaps," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 3 1999 Alec Clayton, "The End: Tacoma Art Museum Northwest Biennial Competition,"Art Access, September 1997 Paul N. Samra, "Redefining the Myth," On-the-Town, September 1996 Jeffrey Winter, "Get 'Em Before They're Gone," San Francisco Bay Times, November 28 1996 Robin Ward, "Homo Assemblage," Bay Area Reporter, June 27 1996 Amy Braun Heiney, "Language Adds Drama To Exhibitions' Works," Grand Rapids Press, May 19 1995 Roger Green, "A View of AIDS," Grand Rapids Press, March 14 1995 Roger Green, "Exhibit Reveals Michigan Artists Edgy Side," Ann Arbor News, January 21 1995 "Language of Imagery: 14th Michigan Biennial," Exhibition Catalog 1994 James Houghton, "Collages Convey Message," South Bend Tribune, July 10 1990 "Inner Meanings: A Look at Personal Sentience," Exhibition Catalog 1990 Kiana Dicker, "Exhibit Deals in Inner Truths," Tribune Newspapers, December 28 Professional Experience 2003 Gallery Director/Assistant Professor of Art, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2001 Outreach Manager, The Children's Museum, Seattle, W 2000-01 Art Studio Monitor, Department of Education, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2000 Technical Director, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999 Technical Director, The Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA 1999 Adjunct Instructor, College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1998-99 Graduate Instructional Assistant (Instructor of Record), College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1994-95 Graduate Instructional Assistant (Instructor of Record), College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1987-90 Youth Program Instructor, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Lectures & Panels 2005 Visiting Artist, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 2003 Visiting Artist, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 2003 Panelist, “White Ribbon Campaign-Tough Guise film discussion,” Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2003 Panelist, “Partnering for Success a Diversity Forum,” Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2002 Visiting Artist, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2001 Guest Speaker, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 2000 Guest Speaker, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 1999 Visiting Artist, Foundations Department, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA 1999 Guest Speaker, Queer Student Association, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1998 Guest Speaker, DePree Art Center, Hope College, Holland, MI 1998 Guest Speaker, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Service & Leadership 2005 Juror, Arts For All-Student Exhibit, La Grande Arts Commission, La Grande, OR 2004 Juror, Grande Ronde Camera Club Annual Competition, La Grande, OR 2004 Board Member, Union County Cultural Coalition, Union County, OR 2004 Committee Member, Arts For All-Student Exhibit, La Grande Arts Commission, La Grande, OR 2004 Curator, “Social Constructions,” Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2003 Chair, Permanent Collection Acquisitions Committee, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2003 Chair, Exhibitions Committee, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2003 Faculty Advisor, Eastern Oregon University’s Moviemaker’s Club, La Grande, OR 2003 Faculty Advisor, Eastern Oregon University’s GLBT Student Association, La Grande, OR 2002-03 Art Gallery Committee Member, Seattle LGBT Community Center, Seattle, WA 1996-97 Volunteer, Visual Aid: Artists for AIDS Relief, San Francisco, CA 1994-95 Visual Arts Committee Member, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1991-92 Exhibition's Technician, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1990-91 Administrative Intern, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 1990-91 Presidential Search Committee Student Representative, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI






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