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George Peck [b. Budapest, Hungary] is an artist currently based in New York City, NY and Buskirk, NY.
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EDUCATION
City College of New York, B.A. 1963
Yale University, 1964 – 1966, visiting student
Hunter College, 1966 – 1967, visiting student
TEACHING
Visiting Professor, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, 1995
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024. When in Roma...
Black Spring Books, Brooklyn, NY
2018. BOOKBURN / Library of Books Burned*
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
*in collaboration with Hugo Perez
2013. DREAMSTATE
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
2009. Ladies and Gentlemen…
Little Synagogue Gallery, Eger, Hungary
2005. Projected Paintings
Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2003. The Escapist in Color
Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY
2002. Layered Time Layered Paint (Selected Paintings Spanning Thirteen Years),
Kiscelli Municiple Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2000. Varfok Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1999. Kate Ganz Gallery USA, Ltd, New York, NY
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
1998. Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
1997. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
1996. Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
1995. Kunsthalle (Mücsarnok), Budapest, Hungary.
Törökfürdõ (Turkish Bath), Budapest, Hungary.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
1994. Amerika Haus, Frankfurt, Germany.
1990. Image Gallery, Stockbridge, Mass.
1985. Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, NY.
1983. Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, NY.
1980. Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
1979. Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY.
1977. Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. Farbmalerei (Color Painting), Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany2020. Magoly-Nagy 125, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019. From The Paintbrush to the Camera: works by László Moholy-Nagy and his Hungarian Contemporaries, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Germany
2018. Bridging Boundaries, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington, DC
2016. GAMEclip, MODEM: Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
2016. LIGHT YEAR 13: THE BODY PREVAILS, Brooklyn, NY
2010. Dash Gallery, New York, NY
2010. Mediating the Message, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York, NY
2009. Mélyvíz, Applied Arts Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2008. Random Utterness, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, NY
2007. The Black Madonna, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
2004. Die Farbe hat mich II (The Color Has Me II), Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
2003. Seeing Red, Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting, Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2002. Color – A Mind Of It’s Own, Kunsthalle (Mücsarnok), Budapest, Hungary
2001. Monochrome/ Monochrome?, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY.
2000. Directions, Janos Gat Gallery, New York, NY.
1999. Acrylic/Plastic, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
1997. Variations of Structure, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
1997. After The Fall, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY.
1996. Current Geometries in Abstraction, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
1996. Sight Uncertain, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
1994. Moveable Feast of American Art, American Embassy, Bonn, Germany.
1993. Selections 93, Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY.
1992. Abstraction and Reality, Montgomery Center, Jersey City, NJ.
American Abstract Artists Persistence of Abstraction, Traveling Exhibition.
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS.
1989. American Abstract Artists, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY.
1983. Content in Abstraction: The Uses of Nature, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
1980. Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY.
1979. In the Realm of the Monochromatic, The Renaissance Society, New York, NY.
1976. Artists Invite Artists, Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019. Seibel, Brendan. “A Burning Need for Art.” Creative Cloud, Adobe.
2008. Baker, R.C. “The Abstract Desert – Random Utterness.” The Village Voice.
2005. Agnes Berecz PhD. “Review: Moving Images.” Art Magazine, March-April 2005. p.4546
2003. Fyfe, Joe. Review, “The Escapist – In Color.” Art Critical, September 2003
2002. Sturcz, János. PhD. “Layers of Paint, Layers of Time” Budapest: Kunsthalle Műcsarnok.
2002. Fehr, Michael. “Everybody is Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue.” Color – A Life of its Own. Kunsthalle Műcsarnok, Budapest. p. 38-43.
2001. Wei, Lilly. “George Peck’s Monochromes” December, 2001.
2000. Edit Andras PhD. “His Genes.” Elet Es Irodalom (Life and Literature), 50th Issue.
2000. Goodman, Jonathon. “George Peck Works On Paper 1993-1999.” Art on Paper, Volume 4, p.7677
2000. Edit, Andras. “Painting at the Crossroads: George Peck exhibitions at Kate Ganz and Trans Hudson Gallery.” Rope Dance: Studies in American Fine Art at the End of the Millennium. p. 102 - 109
2000. Edit, Andras. “The Genes of the Painting: George Peck’s Exhibition at the XO Gallery.” Rope Dance: Studies in American Fine Art at the End of the Millennium. p. 166-168
1999. Koplos, Janet. “Dematerializing the Canvas.” Art In America. p.134-137.
1997. Goodman, Jonathan. “Review.” Art In America. p. 93.
1996. Rayner, Vivien. “ART REVIEW; A Gallery’s Farewell to This Side of the River.” The New York Times. June 30, 1996
1995. Sturcz, János. PhD. “George Peck: Composite Pictures.” Budapest: Kunsthalle Műcsarnok, 1995.
1994. Rayner, Vivien. “ART; Images Made by Slicing and Reassembling.” The New York Times. 1994
1987. Wei, Lilly. “Talking Abstract.” Art In America. July 1987. p. 80-97.
1985. Rayner, Vivien. “Review.” The New York Times. 8 February 1985: p.C32.
1983. “Untitled Drawing” BOMB, no.8, 1983, p. 72-72
1980. Yoskowitz, Robert. “GEORGE PECK.” Arts Magazine. February 1980.
1978. Russell, John. “ART: What’s Happening at the Frick Collection.” New York Times. June 30th, 1978
1978. Lubell, Ellen. “REALM OF THE MONOCHROMATIC.” Susan Caldwell Gallery. June, 1978.
1978. Ratcliffe, Carter. “NEW YORK LETTER.” Artscribe No. 14. October, 1978.
1978. Morgan, Stuart. “EBB TIDE: New York Chronicle.”
1977. Zimmer, William. “George Peck | Sam Tachakalian: Susan Caldwell.” Arts Magazine. December 1977.
FILMS AND VIDEOS
2002. Layered Time – Layered Paint Film by Gyorgy Beck. 12 minutes, 12 seconds.
2002. George Peck. Interview: Duna TV. 3 minutes, am and pm.
Budapest, Hungary, September 29, 2002.
1997. “Mü-Terem-Tés” (Art Magazine). George Peck; Master Class.
Interview by Katalin T. Nagy. Danube T.V., Budapest, Hungary
19 December 1997.
1995. Making of a Painting, George Peck 1995. Dir. Istvan Javor.
Fekete Doboz (Black Box), Budapest, Hungary. 1995.
8 minutes.
1994. George Peck at Trans Hudson Gallery. Dir. Sherry Daniels. 1994.
PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST
1987. Peck, George, et al. “Talking Abstract”
Art In America, July 1987: p. 80 – 97.
1982. Wei, Lilly and Peck, George. “Liubov Popova: Interpretations of Space.”
Art In America, (Vol. 70, no. 9) October 1982: p.94 – 104.
SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Best Products; Richmond, Virginia.
Brooklyn Museum of Art; Brooklyn, New York.
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts (Szépmúvészeti Múzeum); Budapest, Hungary.
Cincinnati Central Trust; Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kiscelli Museum, Municipal Art collection, Budapest Hungary
Grey Art Gallery, New York University; New York, NY.
High Museum of Art; Atlanta, Georgia.
Osthaus Museum; Hagen, Germany
Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, NY.
Moderna Museet; Stockholm, Sweden.
Museum of Applied Arts; Budapest, Hungary.