Kirk Pedersen (American, born )

Timeline

1982
B.A. Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska
1985
Instructor, A.S.U.C. Studio, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1986
M.A. San Francisco State University
1987
Visiting Artist, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
1988
Guest Lecturer, Midland College, Midland, TX
1989
Visiting Artist, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1991
Visiting Artist, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1996
Guest Lecturer, University of Akron, OH
1996–1998
Adjunt Professor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997–1998
Adjunct Professor, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
1998
M.F.A. Claremont Graduate University (Karl Benjamin Painting Fellowship)
2000
Guest Lecturer, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
2002
Guest Lecturer, Art Forum, Santa Ana College, CA
2005
Guest Lecturer, Phoenix Art Organization, Long Beach, CA
2005
Guest Lecturer, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
2006
Visiting Artist, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
2007
Guest Lecturer, The Attached Secondary Art School of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
2007
Guest Lecturer, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
2008
Guest Lecturer, Fudan University—Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai, China
2008
Guest Lecturer, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2008
Guest Lecturer, Petterson Museum of Intercultural Arts, Claremont, CA
2008–2009
Visiting Professor, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
1998–2016
Professor of Art, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
(Chair 2002-present / Co-Chair 2000-2001)

Exhibitions

2015
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2015:
Wintry Mix, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2012:
RED, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2011
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2011:
SILVER, 25th Anniversary Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2010:
Art Chicago 2010, Atrium Gallery. Chicago, IL
2009
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2009:
Kirk Pedersen: Urban Paintings and Photographs, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (solo)
Do Not Enter, Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, Pomona, CA (solo)
Kirk Pedersen: Urban Asia, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Art Chicago 2009, Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kirk Pedersen - Renmin University, Beijing, China
2008
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2008:
Kirk Pedersen: Urban Paintings and Photographs, traveled to; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China; Ucity Art Museum of Gaungzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China; Art Gallery of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China (solo)
Choose One, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Small Works, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Abstraction, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2007:
Kunst 07 Zurich International Art Fair, Walter Bischoff Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2006:
Urbanscapes, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Eine Ausstellung IM Deutsch-Amerikanischen Zentrum / James-F. Byrnes - Institute E.V., Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
Kirk Pedersen: Urban Landscapes, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA (solo)
Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Paper, Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Selections, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
Kirk Pederson exhibitions in 2005:
Urban, Penn College- Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
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
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
2000
Recycled Paper III, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000
Convergence, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2000
Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA (solo)
2000
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska (solo)
1999
Recycled Paper II, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998
Recycled Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998
The Urban Series, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1998
Claremont Graduate School--East Gallery, Claremont, CA (solo)
1997
The Urban Series, Riverside Art Museum, CA (solo)
1997
Recycled Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996
Surface Lies, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1996
New Work: From Darkness to Light, David Jacobs Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1996
Watermarks: Contemporary Watercolors, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
1996
Watermarks, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1995
Gallery Artists, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1995
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE (solo)
1995
Watercolors: Connoisseurship, Technique and Exploration, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
1994
City Art, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
1994
35th Invitational Works on Paper Exhibition, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
1994
Contemporary Urban Still Life, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1994
Urban Series: 1989-1994, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
1993
Bank of America, World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1993
State of the Art ’93, The New England Fine Art Institute’s National Invitational Exhibition of American Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1993
Recent Acquisitions, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1992
One Square Foot, Gensler and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Desert Ruins/Road Relics, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI (solo)
1992
Ventura College, Ventura, CA (solo)
1991
Desert Ruins/Road Relics, University of California, Riverside, CA (solo)
1991
Road Relics and Urban Foundations, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
1991
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (solo)
1990
Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH (solo)
1990
Group Exhibition, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1990
54th Annual National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1989
The Urban Series, Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL/Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL (solo)
1989
Infrastructure, Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (solo)
1989
Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1988
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
1987
Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
1987
Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1987
Nebraska Weslyan University, Lincoln, NE (solo)
1987
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE (solo)
1987
Three Abstract Painters, Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX
1987
North Dakota Print/Drawing Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1987
First Prints Biennial Expo Campinas 1987, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1986
Watercolor U.S.A. 1986--The Monumental Image, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1986
Watercolors, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA
1986
12th Annual Print Exhibition, Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1986
Driven to Abstraction, Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
1986
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
1986
Stanford University, CA (solo)
1985
Five Views, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1985
11th International Print Exhibition, Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1985
Works on Paper, Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX
1984
All California ‘84, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1984
Fish: An Exhibition, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
1984
Aqueous ’84, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
1983
Invitational Watercolor Exhibition, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
1983
Holt National Painting Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA

Public Collections

Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
State of Washington: Kelso, Spokane, WA
The Attached Secondary Art School of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Ucity Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
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
Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Riverside Art Museum, California
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
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
Petersen Automobile Museum, Los Angeles
Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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
Liaoning Provincial People’s Government, Department of Cultural Affairs, Shenyang, China
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Gallery of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
College of Engineering, Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder
Dalian Polytechnic University, School of Art and Design, Dalian, China
Eine Ausstellung IM Deutsch-Amerikaniscen Zentrum / James-F. - Byrnes Institute E.V., Stuttgart, Germany
Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Literature

2009
Brouws, Jeff and David Pagel. Kirk Pedersen: Urban Asia, Zero + Publishing, Inc., Diamond Bar, CA.
English (US)

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