Gugger Petter
Resume
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
1949-70 Denmark
1970-73 Italy
1973-83 Mexico
1983-86 Belgium
1986- USA
Education
1967-68 Den Frie og Merkantile Kunstskole, Copenhagen, Denmark
1970-73 Academy of Fine Art, Rome, Italy
Public Collections
The White House Collection, Washington DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Royal Danish Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Public and Private Collections
Danielle Steel, San Francisco, CA
Murray & Ruth Gribin Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Anita & Ron Wornick Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Charles & Edwina Milner, Santa Fe, New Mexico/Austin, TX
Elizabeth Colton, New York, NY
Cecilie Rohwedder, London, England
Bjarne & Grete Bladbjerg, Danish Ambassador, Denmark
Mark & Barbara Horwitch, Chicago, IL
Henrik Wern, Danish Counsul, Antwerp, Belgium
Andree Arty, Brussels, Belgium
Roberto Pesaro, Mexico City, Mexico
Pietro Migliaccio, Rome, Italy
Henrik Trautner, Ministery of Agriculture, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rita & Robert Roberts, Sonoma CA
Robert & Sharon Salomon, Woodside, CA
Martha Windfield, London, England
Alice Meade, Mill Valley, CA
Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Charles & Nancy Curley, Larkspur, CA
Sam Lieber and Mary Rubin, NY
Harold Rosenbaum, Philadelphia, PA
Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia, PA
Dave Bagshaw & Wendy Petersmyer, Atherton, CA
Layne Gray, San Francisco, CA
John and Carol Hamilton, Woodside, CA
Jonathan Zakin, Honolulo, HI
Shawn Byers, Woodside, CA
Jaqueline L Young, San Francisco, CA
Ellen & Morey Filler, San Francisco, CA
Judy Kneppers, Walnut Creek, CA
Paul & Megan Segre, Sonoma, CA
Susan Mc’Baine, San Francisco, CA
Linda Meier, Athertom, CA
Russell & Margarite Coles, MN
Bruce & Leslie Lane, Bethesda, MA
Sylvia & Eric Elsessor, Sausalito, CA
Commissions and Permanent Installations
Southwest Bank, St. Louis, MO
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi, MI
Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Redwood City, CA
El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
Young & Rubicam, San Francisco, CA
Nordstron, Florida, Texas, Nevada, California and Seattle
Grupo Pliana, Mexico City, Mexico
Arch. Marc Pariente, Mexico City, Mexico
Industrias Polifil, Mexico City, Mexico
Schubert & Reed, San Francisco, CA
Martin & Deidra Silverman, San Rafael, CA
Stephen & Helen Jaffe, Greenbrae, CA
Textel, Mexico City, Mexico
Kate Ganz, Santa Fe, NM
Martha Windfield, London, England
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2001 News Works”, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2000 “The Daily News”: Newspaper Art by Gugger Petter, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art
.......................... Museum, San Francisco, CA
1998 “New Work by Gugger Petter”, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1996 Newspaper Weavings”, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 “Wandtapijten”, Textile Art Gallery, Leuven, Belgium
1980 Grupo Polifil, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 SOFA West: Santa Fe, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 SOFA New York, Jane Sauer Gallery, New York, NY
2009 SOFA West: Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2009 palmbeach3 International Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL
2007-08 "The Wornick Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2007-10 "Pulp Function", Fuller Craft Museum, MA
2008 SOFA Chicago, Jane Sauer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2008 Beijing Art Salon International Art Fair, Jane Sauer Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 SOFA New York, Jane Sauer Gallery, Navy Pier, New York, NY
2008 Palmbeach3 International Art Expo, Jane Sauer Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2007 "Creatures of Magic & Myth", Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma, CA
2006 "Menagerie", Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
2005-06 "Beyond the Weave", Oakland Museum of California/ Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
2004 Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, NY
1999-...........“San Francisco International Art Exposition”, Robert Berman Gallery,
2003 ...............San Francisco, CA
2001-03 SOFA Chicago, Mobilia Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001-03 SOFA New York, Mobilia Gallery, Seventh Regiment Armory, NY
2002 Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2002 “Intersection”, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Looming Large”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2002 Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 “Figurative”, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “Dorn, Petter, Schulman”, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2001 “Fabrication”, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2001 “Shoes”, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999/2000 “Bow Wow, a Dogs Life”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1999/2000 “California Craft”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1999/2000 “Animals in Art”, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AL
1998/1999 “Toys in Contemporary Art II” d.p. Fong Galleies, San Jose, CA
1998 “Individual Artist Grants” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1998-2001 “Art Herning ‘98”, Galleri Torso, Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark
1998 “Nordic 5 Arts”, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1997 “Fiberart International ‘97” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
1997 “4th International Betonac Prize” Odder Museum, Odder, Denmark
1997 “4th International Betonac Prize” Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1997 “4th International Betonac Prize” Textilmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1996 “4th International Betonac Prize”, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
1996 Galleri Torso, Odense, Denmark
1996 Works Gallery, Sonoma. CA
1995 “Materials: Hard & Soft”, Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
1995 “The Strong Clear Line”, Timothy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 “Paper/Fiber XVIII”, The Art Center & Gallery, Iowa City, IA
1995 “International 95”, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1995 “Downtown Partnership”, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 “Northern Lights Exhibit”, San Francisco Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
1993 Marin Arts Council Grantees 2’nd Annual Artist Exhibition Town Center Hall,
......................... Corte Madera, CA
1993 “1992 Individual Artist Grant Recipients”, Claudia Chapline Galley, Stinson Beach, CA
1993 “1992 Individual Atrist Grant Recipients”, Summer House Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1991 “Levity Allowed”, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1991 Arthemis, Mexico City, Mexico
1989 Gloria Ferrer, Sonora, CA
1986 “Belgische Wandtapijt en Tekstilelsculptuur”, Asput Kunstcentrum, Halle, Belgium
1986 “Small Expressions”, Convergence ‘86, Toronto, Canada
1986 “Den Permanemte”, Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 “Terre, Feu, Laine et Fibres”, Salle des Metiers D’Art, Brussels, Belgium
1985 “Keramieken, Brons en wandtapijten” Provinciemuseum Van Humbeeck-M. Piron, ..........................Leuven, Belgium
Awards and Grants
1999 Juror’s Award, “Fiber Art”, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1999 First Place in Sculpture- Best Entry by a California Artist, -Award of Distinction,
......................... “1999 Art Show at the Dog Show”, Wichita, KS
1998 First Place, “Toys in Contemporary Art II”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
1998 Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Art Council, San Rafael, CA
1997 Juror’s Choice Award. “Fiberart International ‘97”, Center for the Arts, PA
1995 Second Place, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
1995 Honorable Mention, 27th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Galleries, Fremont, CA
1995 Honorable Mention, “International ‘95” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992 Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
1992 Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, CA
1991 Second Award, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
1990 Best in Show, “Celebration of Sight” Redlands Host Lions Club, Orange County, CA
1989 Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Santa Rosa, CA
1987 Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Chico, CA
1987 Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, San Rafael, CA
Bibiography
Santa Fe New Mexican, USA
Santa Fean, USA
American Craft USA
Fiberarts, USA Sep/Oct 2002, (cover page), USA
De Grafiske Fag, Denmark
Fiberarts Design Book, USA # 2+6
Bo Bedre, Denmark
Het Laatste Nievws, Belgium
Marin Independent Journal, Marin County, CA, USA
West Art, CA, USA
Coastal Post, Marin County, CA, USA
Pacific Sun, Marin County, CA, USA
Marin Messenger, Marin County, CA, USA
The Drifting News, Marin County, CA, USA
Commuter Times, Marin County, CA, USA
Diablo Arts, CA, USA
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
Artweek, USA
Lectures
2000, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
2001, California College of Art and Craft, Berkeley, CA