Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists. Artist Kirk Pedersen is a frequent contributor.
Artist Kirk Pedersen is a frequent contributor. Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists.
Artist Kirk Pedersen creates bold, compelling wtercolors. Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists.
Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists. Artist Kirk Pedersen creates bold, compelling wtercolors.

Artist Kirk Pedersen

 

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Dior
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EDUCATION
  1998   Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A. (Karl Benjamin Painting Fellowship)
  1986   San Francisco State University, M.A.
  1982   Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska, B.A.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
      Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
David Jacobs Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  2006   Visiting Artist, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
  2005   Guest Lecturer, Phoenix Art Organization, Long Beach, CA
Guest Lecturer, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
  2002   Guest Lecturer, Art Forum, Santa Ana College, CA
  2000   Guest Lecturer, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
  1998-present   Professor of Art, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA (Chair 2002-present / Co-Chair 2000-2001)
  1997-98   Adjunct Professor, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
  1996-98   Adjunt Professor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
  1996   Guest Lecturer, University of Akron, OH
  1991   Visiting Artist, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
  1989   Visiting Artist, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
  1988   Guest Lecturer, Midland College, Midland, TX
  1987   Visiting Artist, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
  1985   Instructor, A.S.U.C. Studio, University of California, Berkeley

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
  2006   "Urbanscapes," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Eine Ausstellung IM Deutsch-Amerikanischen Zentrum / James-F. Byrnes - Institute E.V., Stuttgart, Germany
"Kirk Pedersen: Urban Landscapes," Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
  2005   "Urban," Penn College- Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
  2000   "Convergence," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  1998   "The Urban Series," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Claremont Graduate School--East Gallery, Claremont, CA
  1997   "The Urban Series," Riverside Art Museum, CA
  1996   "Surface Lies," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"New Work: From Darkness to Light," David Jacobs Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  1995   Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
  1994   "Contemporary Urban Still Life," In Collaboration, Santa Monica, CA
"Urban Series: 1989-1994," Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
  1993   Bank of America, World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
  1992   "Desert Ruins/Road Relics," Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Ventura College, Ventura, CA
  1991   "Desert Ruins/Road Relics," University of California, Riverside, CA
"Road Relics and Urban Foundations," Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
  1990   Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  1989   "The Urban Series," Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL/Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
"Infrastructure," Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
  1988   Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
  1987   Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
Nebraska Weslyan University, Lincoln, NE
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
  1986   Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
Stanford University, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  2006   Los Angeles City College, (three-person) Los Angeles, CA
"Paper, Paper," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Selections," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  2005   "With Spirit," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"California Landscape," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"California Visions: Art Auction XI," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Relatives Truths," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA
"2005 Philharmonic House of Design," Lemon Heights, Orange County, CA
  2004   CITIRAMA, St. Louis, MO
  2002   "Scale It," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  2001   "Painting and Sculpture Exhibition," California State University, Los Angeles, CA
  2000   "L.A. Abstractionists," INMO, Los Angeles, CA
"Recycled Paper III," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  1999   "Recycled Paper II," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  1998   "Recycled Paper," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  1997   "Abstraction," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  1996   "Watermarks: Contemporary Watercolors," Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
"Watermarks," Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
  1995   "Gallery Artists," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
"Watercolors: Connoisseurship, Technique and Exploration," Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
  1994   "City Art," Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
"35th Invitational Works on Paper Exhibition," Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
  1993   "State of the Art ’93," The New England Fine Art Institute’s National Invitational Exhibition of American Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
"Recent Acquisitions," University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
  1992   "One Square Foot," Gensler and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
  1990   "Group Exhibition," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
"54th Annual National Midyear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
  1987   "Three Abstract Painters," Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX
"North Dakota Print/Drawing Exhibition," University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
"First Prints Biennial Expo Campinas 1987," Sao Paulo, Brazil
  1986   "Watercolor U.S.A. 1986--The Monumental Image," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
"Watercolors," Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA
12th Annual Print Exhibition," Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
"Driven to Abstraction," Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
  1985   "Five Views," San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
"11th International Print Exhibition," Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
"Works on Paper," Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX
  1984   "All California ’84," Laguana Beach Museum of Art, Laguana Beach, CA
"Fish: An Exhibition," Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
  1983   "Invitational Watercolor Exhibition," Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
"Holt National Painting Exhibition," Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
      Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Eine Ausstellung IM Deutsch-Amerikaniscen Zentrum / James-F. - Byrnes Institute E.V., Stuttgart, Germany
Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Humbolt Arts Council - Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Inlingua: International School of Languages, Ferrara, Italy
Kalamazoo Art Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshokosh, WI
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scipps College, Claremont, CA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Southwest State University, Marshall, MN
Southwestern College, Wichita, KS
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
State of Washington: Kelso, Spokane, WA
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
University of California, Riverside, CA
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Villa Haiss Museum, Museum fur zeitgenossische Kunst, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
      American General Companies, Houston, TX
Baxter Healthcare International, Inc., Chicago, IL
B.D.O. Sideman, Torrance and Century City, CA
Billboard Publications, Inc. New York, NY
Central Bank, Denver, CO
Doric Development Corporation, Alameda, CA
Galbreath Company, Cleveland, OH
General Monitors, Singapore and Lakeforest, CA
Grubb & Ellis, Tuscon, AZ
Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, KS
Hibernia Bank, San Francisco, CA
Inlinua: International School of Languages, Ferrara, Italy
Josai Hospital, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
M-Bank, Houston, TX
Mountain Bell, Denver, CO
Novotel Bangkok, Thailand
Ohbayashi American Corporation, Los Angeles, CA and Tokyo
PacifiCare Health, Cypress, CA
Pentair, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Peterson & Company, Detroit, MI
Schiff Pharmaceutical, Taipei, Taiwan
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
Sofitel Silom Bangkok, Thailand
AT&T Southwestern Bell, St. Louis, MO
Steelcase, Grand Rapids, MI
Stouffer Hotel, Orlando, FL
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
United Services Automobile Association, Colorado Springs, CO
US West, Englewood, CO
VISA International, San Mateo, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  Catalogues   Frank, Peter. "Citiness: Kirk Pedersen’s Veristic Abstraction." Kirk Pedersen: Urban Landscape, Walnut, CA, Mt. San Antonio College.
Frank, Peter. The Urban Series: A Survey of Paintings from 1986 to 1996, 1997.
Reed, Jim, "Into Darkness: Recent Work of Kirk Pedersen, Kirk Pedersen: Recent Work, 1996: 2-3
Warren, Katherine V., "Desert Ruins/Road Relics," Kirk Pedersen: Desert Ruins/Road Relics, Manitowoc, WI: Rahr-West Art Museum/Riverside, CA: University of California,1991.
Doe, Donald Bartlett, "Memories of 10th Street: The Recent Paintings of Kirk Pedersen," Kirk Pedersen: The Urban Series, Mt. Vernon, IL: Mitchell Museum/Peoria, IL: Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1989.
Doe, Donald Bartlett, "The Process of Landscape: The Paintings of Kirk Pedersen," Kirk Pedersen, 1987.

Newspapers/Magazine Articles
  2005   "California Landscapes." (Long Beach Museum of Art), Antiques and the Arts Online, June.
"California Landscapes at Long Beach Museum." Art Knowledge News (online), July.
"Long Beach California Landscapes." Plein Air Magazine (online), June - July
  2002   “Kirk Pedersen, Los Angeles.” Art Forum (Santa Ana college Art Department Quarterly, California), November-December, 1-2.
  2001   Daniel, Jeff. "Kirk Pedersen: Convergence and Jeanine Coupe Ryding: Divers." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 7, F5.
  2000   Wolgamott, L. Kent, "A Man of Fashion," Lincoln Journal Star, October 8, 2000. Pagel, Ann, "Kirk Pedersen at Haydon Gallery," NebraskaStatePaper.com, October 5, 2000.
  1998   Daniel, Jeff, "Urban Scene gets Vibrant Rendering," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 19, 1998.
  1997   Daniel, Jeff, "Contrast Within Contrast Creates Startling Exhibit," St. Louis Post-
Dispatch, August 28, 1997.
Wright, John, "The Shape of the World," The Riverfront Times, Number 983, August 12, 1997.
  1996   Shinn, Dorothy, "Up-close Homage to Asphalt," Akron Beacon Journal, July 12,1996: A1.
"Straightforward Paintings Add Up to Whole New Show," Akron
Beacon Journal, September 15, 1996.
Shepley, Carol Ferring, "Reflections of the Self," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 14, 1996.
Pincus, Robert L. "City Scenes Unequal to Task at Hand." The Plain Dealer, October 3, 1996
  1995   Ineck, Tom, "Nebraska Native’s Art Reveals Details of our Lives," Lincoln Star Journal, January 1, 1995.
  1992   McKinnon, Lisa, "Artist Paints Life Into the Discarded," The Ventura County Star Press, September 1, 1992.
  1991   Knaff, Devorah, "On the Road Again: Kirk Pedersen at U.C. Riverside," Artweek
(San Jose, CA), October 10, 1991
"Paintings Find Beauty in Ruins," The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA), October 1, 1991.
"The City, Up Close and Personal," The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA), October 1, 1991.
  1990   Moehl, Karl, New Art Examiner (Chicago, IL), January 1990 (review).
  1989   Klein, Jerry, "Lakeview Art Show Is Exciting," Journal Star (Peoria, IL), September 3, 1989.
Simmons, John, "Watercolor Show Has Appeal Locally and Nationally," The News Leader (Springfield, MO), September 3, 1989.
Weinger, Alice B., "Kirk Pedersen: The Urban Series," Lakeviews (Peoria, IL), Fall 1989.
Shoup, Claire, "Lakeviews Features Pedersen Art Exhibition," Star Journal (Peoria, IL), August 10, 1989.
Artner, Alan G., Chicago Tribune, June 16, 1989. (review)
Landwehr, William C., "California Artist Sets Up Shop Here," Journal Star (Peoria, IL), June 1, 1989.
  1987   Howell, Camille, "Variety of Offerings at Exhibit has Broad Appeal," The News Leader (Springfield, MO), June 21, 1987.
Nixon, Bruce, "Many Bright Spots in Introductions," Dallas Times Herald, July 13, 1987.
  1986   Kutner, Janet, "Driven to Abstraction," The Dallas Morning News, September 10, 1986.
  1983   Morse, Marcia, The Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), February 6, 1983.
  1982   Locke, Donald, "Reading Artists’ Statements," New Times (Tempe, AZ), August 18-24, 1982

Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists.
Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists.

 

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Atrium Gallery, in St. Louis, Missouri, presents large works by strong regional and national contemporary artists.