CURRENT & FORTHCOMING...
MICROCOSMS — SOLO EXHIBITION
Berkshire Botanical Garden Leonhardt Galleries (BBG) | Stockbridge, MA
PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024 (5-7pm)
DURATION: JUNE 7, 2024 – AUGUST 4, 2024
LOCATION: 5 W Stockbridge RD, Stockbridge, MA 01262
Peter D. Gerakaris applying finishing touches to “Peregrine Icon” for MICROCOSMS, a forthcoming Solo Exhibition at the Berkshire Botanical Garden Leonhardt Galleries
ABOUT: The creator of the “Spotted Owl Mosaic” – a site-specific public installation that resides in the BBG’s outdoor garden – Peter D. Gerakaris of Cornwall, Conn., will present an indoor solo exhibition of mixed-media artworks that engage myriad nature-culture motifs through vibrant, pluralistic strands. Seeking to mend culture’s fragmented relationship with the environment, Gerakaris’ exhibit not only invites viewers to discover conceptual threads amongst these diverse strands, but to connect these themes with the surrounding garden environment. With an interdisciplinary approach, the artwork showcases numerous environmental motifs, including endangered and rare flora/fauna, pollinators, and topographic-inspired imagery, all rendered with dynamic coloration and a verve for placemaking.
EXHIBIT SPECIAL EVENTS:
CROSS-TALK: Co-Presentation by Kent dur Russell (Director Emeritus, Icon Museum & Study Center) & Peter D. Gerakaris (Artist)
DETAILS: COMING SOON
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THINK TWICE
Carol Corey Fine Art | Kent, CT
OPENING RECEPTION: NOVEMBER 18, 4-6pm
DURATION: NOVEMBER 18, 2023 – DECEMBER 23, 2023
Think Twice 2023 is the third iteration of the gallery’s December group exhibition of works by gallery and invited artists. The works are hung in pairs for context and comparison.
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WINTER HOURS BEGIN NOVEMBER 5, 2023
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 11 TO 4
UN/NATURAL SELECTIONS: WILDLIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
The Huson River Museum | Yonkers, NY
OCTOBER 13, 2023 – JANUARY 14, 2024
Un/Natural Selections - Opening Reception at Hudson River Museum
From Julie Buffalohead and Kiki Smith to Walton Ford and James Prosek, the artists in this exhibition represent another stage in the evolution of animal art.
Wild animals have been present in art since the first artists painted images on cave walls or carved figures in stone tens of thousands of years ago. Today’s artists continue to use animal imagery as away to address humanity’s interconnectedness with the natural world.
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art, organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art, explores the meaning of these creative expressions within the context of contemporary art. Featuring a diverse group of more than forty artworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s permanent collection, the exhibition offers a wide range of styles in a variety of media, divided into four thematic sections: Tradition, Politics,Science, and Aesthetics. These realms act as overlapping chapters, investigating the ways we use animal imagery to tackle human concerns and responsibilities.
The title of this exhibition is a play on Charles Darwin’s concept of natural selection from his pivotal writing, On the Origin of Species (1859). Darwin’s ideas contributed much to the development of wildlife art in the late nineteenth century, as artists began to represent animals in natural habitats, enacting natural behaviors. From Julie Buffalohead and Kiki Smith to Walton Ford and James Prosek, the artists in this exhibition represent another stage in the evolution of animal art: choosing to represent animals in alternative, unnatural spaces—spaces more often directly linked to civilization than to wilderness.
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Troy Abbott • Timothy Berg and Rebekah Myers • George Boorujy • John Buck • Julie Buffalohead • Mark Dion • Mark Eberhard • Dave Eggers • Juan Fontanive • Walton Ford • Scott Fraser • Peter Gerakaris • Gillie and Marc • Penelope Gottlieb • Starr Hardridge • Nicola Hicks • Dennis Hlynsky • Barbara Kassel • Zoe Keller • Wendy Klemperer • Kollabs, Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey • Emily Lamb • Ruth Marshall • Wendy Maruyama • Robert McCauley • William Morris • Marc Petrovic • James Prosek • Shelley Reed • Preston Singletary • Allison Leigh Smith • Kiki Smith • Shawn Smith • Lauren Strohacker and Kendra Sollars • William Sweetlove • Leslie Thornton • Paul Villinski • JenMarie Zeleznak
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art is organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Generous support provided by Art Bridges.
Selected Objects (courtesy of the National Museum of Wildlife Art & the Hudson River Museum)
White-Faced Owl Icon (Reprise) — 23 in. x 23 in. (includes archival shadowbox frame), Hand-embellished unique work w/ gold leaf & gouache over archival pigment print on fine art paper in archival frame. Created specially for "Western Visions" at the National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson, WY). SOLD
WESTERN VISIONS ART SHOW
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART
Western Visions® is the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s largest and longest-running signature events of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival.
OPENING: SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
TIME: 5 - 9:30pm
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Sept 9 - Exhibit Opens
Sept 13 - Artist Only Welcome Reception
Sept 14 - Gala, 5 - 9:30pm
Sept 15 - Open to Public
Oct 1 - Last Day of Exhibit
VIEW BEHIND-THE-SCENES PROCESS CLIP HERE
ARTWORK STATEMENT: WHITE-FACED OWL (REPRISE)
Peter D. Gerakaris’ interdisciplinary artwork filters Nature-Culture themes through a kaleidoscopic, global lens. The artist’s distinctive approach spans painting, murals, public installations, works on paper, origami sculptures, mosaics, & Neo-Byzantine icons.
Set within a luminous context of metaphysical symbolism and Byzantine brushwork, Gerakaris’ “Icon Series” transposes endangered and exotic flora and fauna from around the globe as the iconographic characters of our contemporary natural environments.
“White-Faced Owl Icon (Reprise)” is a hand-embellished print version of the original painting that was commissioned for a private collection in Johannesburg, South Africa. Honoring indigenous species of Kruger National Park, these exotic owls are flanked by a Sunbird and Amur Falcon. Meanwhile, the Byzantine rock outcrops allude to the Drakensberg Mountainscape — an environment with parallels to Wyoming’s own Yellowstone and Teton Range.
Inspired by the rich traditions of Cretan-Venetian icon painting, Gerakaris relishes the processes of gold leafing and painting on wooden panel by hand — a sacred process by which the object and picture ultimately frame a view into another dimension.
In addition to meditating on his own Cretan-Greek ancestry, the artist’s genuine fascination with art history and love for the natural world — coupled with an urgency to mend the Nature-Culture divide — form the core of this intimate series.
Peter Gerakaris (United States, b. 1981), Caravan (Owl), 2012. Oil on canvas. 84 x 84 inches. Purchased with funds generously donated by Adrienne and John Mars, National Museum of Wildlife Art. © Peter Gerakaris. M2016.042
UN/NATURAL SELECTIONS: WILDLIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
The James Museum | St. Petersburg, FLA
JUNE 10 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Drawn from the collection of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Un/Natural Selections centers on wildlife images from the last two decades that dynamically confront categorizations and speak to the significance of wildlife in art – in unconventional ways.
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art is organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Generous support provided by Art Bridges.
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Pygmy Owl Icon, Gouache and gold leaf on panel, 13.25 x 13.25 inches. 2021
SHE THEN TURNED AWAY: CURATED BY JAMES SALOMON
Carol Corey Fine Art | Kent, CT
OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2023
RECEPTION FROM 5 TO 7 PM
She Then Turned Away is an exhibition curated by James Salomon, with furniture and objects from Maison Gerard, New York. The concept is based on a fictional short story written by Salomon.The narrative is about a woman experiencing deep sorrow in cutting ties with important, meaningful objects she has acquired through her years. The story takes place in her living room, as she contemplates these items one last time. The objects and their stories will be told within the prose.
ARTISTS: Alexis Rockman, Anna Condo, Barry Blitt, Bill Jensen, Cynthia Wick, Donald Baechler, Dozier Bell, Fitzhugh Karol, John Gordon Gauld, Kara Walker, Mark Mennin, Matthias Meyer, Ned Smyth, Nicholas Howey, Peter Gerakaris, Richard Pasquarelli, Robert Wilson, Roz Chast, Tim Nighswander, Tina Scepanovic, Toni Ross, and William Stuart.
NOT ONLY PAPER | 不僅於紙
Group Exhibition at HTC Taiwan
Curated by AHM GALLERY
亞億藝術空間 AHM Gallery is at 宏達基金會HTC Foundation
3 d · New Taipei City, Taiwan · #最新展覽 #認識藝術家 - 藝術家 生田宏司 介紹 · 亞億藝術空間很榮幸受HTC宏達國際電子總部之邀，推出「#不僅於紙 」
2023 NOT ONLY PAPER GROUP EXHIBITION
參展藝術家 Artists:
Bill Pangburn
Koji IKUTA
Peter D. Gerakaris
Renee Magnanti
展覽期間 Duration ｜ 2023.03.13-05.26
展覽地點 Venue｜ HTC宏達國際電子總部（ 新北市新店區中興路三段88號1樓 ）
開放時間 Time｜每日11:00-16:00 (六日公休)
About: AHM gallery is honored to curate a group exhibit entitled "NOT ONLY PAPER" at the HTC Headquarters, showcasing diverse & unique sensibilities for art on paper.
Dates: March 13 - May 26, 2023
Venue: HTC Hongda International Electronics Headquarters (1F, No. 88, Sec. 3, Zhongxing Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City).
*Please contact the Gallery for more details regarding your visit.
UN/NATURAL SELECTIONS
The Gibbes Museum of Art
Charleston, SC
Partial installation view of "Un/Natural Selections" — as previously seen at Whatcom Museum w/ "Caravan (Owl)" pictured on far right. Photo: Whatcom Museum Curator, Amy Chaloupka (*All artworks pictured are included courtesy of The National Museum of Wildlife Art Permanent Collection)
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - APRIL 16, 2023
Gallery 8 & 9
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art, considers the diverse ways contemporary artists use animal imagery to address humanity’s interconnectedness with the natural world. Comprised of works exclusively from the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s permanent collection, this exhibition offers a wide range of works in a variety of media divided into four thematic sections: Tradition, Politics, Science, and Aesthetics. These realms act as overlapping chapters, investigating the ways we use animal imagery to tackle human concerns.
The title of this exhibition is a play on Charles Darwin’s concept of natural selection from his pivotal writing, On the Origin of Species (1859). Darwin’s ideas contributed much to the development of wildlife art in the late 1800s, as artists began to represent animals in natural habitats, enacting natural behaviors. The artists in this exhibit represent another stage in the evolution of animal art: choosing to represent animals in alternative, unnatural spaces—spaces more often directly linked to civilization than to wilderness.
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art is organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Generous support provided by Art Bridges.
*Gerakaris' painting has been featured in educational programming at the Gibbes Museum in tandem with the exhibition.
BURROWING OWL ICON
Created for the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
THE BUNKER Art Space 2022 Holiday Tree
Burrowing Owl Icon - Tondo Ornament - 4 in. diameter, Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Special painting for Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at THE BUNKER Artspace (West Palm Beach, FL). Holiday Tree Project, 2022
Behind-the-scenes glimpse of Neo-Byzantine Process
PENUMBRA TONDO
Los Angeles Commission
Penumbra Tondo - Acrylic on canvas over panel, 60 in. diameter (152.4 cm). Commissioned for Private Collection (LA, CA). 2022
ABOUT THE ARTWORK: Inspired by heirloom flora growing in the client’s California garden — contrasting the welcoming Plumeria and thorny Bougainvillea vines — this tondo casts botanicals as dramatic characters on a penumbral stage. Evoking the color, light, and detail seen in twilight shadows, Penumbra Tondo invites us to explore the liminal space between light and dark.
Behind-the-Scenes Video: Painting process on Instagram
MICRO SOLO SALON
NEWBURGH, NY
Kabuverdianu Accordion Book, Mixed media on paper & wood, 18 in. x 3 in.
Junkanoo Masquerade (Remix), Hand-embellishments w/ iridescent pigments, acrylic, & gouache over unique, archival fine art print on paper. 16 in. x 16 in. (w/ archival shadowbox frame). 2022
NEWBURGH, NY – A Micro Solo Salon will be on view at Holden Fine Arts, where Gerakaris will exhibit an intimate selection of Accordion Book Sculptures & Masks inspired by residencies & travels in the Cape Verde Islands & Caribbean. As part of a diverse group of artists who've taken over this renovated Victorian house, each room will function as a self-contained show open to the public as part of Newburgh Open Studios (NOS) 2022.
Gallery Location: 85 Grand St, Newburgh, NY
Dates: Sept 24 - Sept 25, 2022
Hours: 12-6pm
Please visit the NOS site for all details
Find NOS updates Instagram
Caravan (Owl) as featured on cover of Whatcom Museum Fall 2022 Newsletter
WHATCOM MUSEUM
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art
As part of the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Permanent Collection, “Caravan (Owl)” flies to the Pacific Northwest’s Whatcom Museum (Bellingham, WA) on its first leg of this exhibit’s national tour. Un/Natural Selections explores the diverse ways that contemporary artists employ animal imagery to address humanity’s interconnectedness and ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Comprised of approximately 50 artworks (c. 2000-2019) exclusively from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition offers a wide range of works in a variety of media divided into four thematic sections: Tradition, Politics, Science, and Aesthetics. These sections act as overlapping chapters, investigating the ways we use animal imagery to tackle human concerns. Read Catalogue Essay by Curator Tammi Hanawalt, Ph.D on “Caravan (Owl)”
Dates: September 10, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, noon - 5pm
Location: Lightcatcher Building
250 Flora Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Exhibition Details & Web Site
Partial installation view of "Un/Natural Selections" — as seen at Whatcom Museum w/ "Caravan (Owl)" pictured on far right. Photo: Whatcom Museum Curator, Amy Chaloupka (*All artworks pictured are included courtesy of The National Museum of Wildlife Art Permanent Collection)
LONGHOUSE RESERVE
ONWARD — Exhibit, Auction, & Gala 2022
AquaVerse Origami Sculpture - Silver leaf, gouache, and acrylic on paper over yupo & dibond with painted figurines & mirror, 10 × 22 × 9 in. Unique work. 2022
VIEW ARTSY AUCTION
Gala & Exhibit (in-person): Saturday, July 23rd • 6pm onward
Artsy Auction Closes: Saturday, Jul 23, 2022 • 9:30pm EDT
Location: 133 Hands Creek Rd, East Hampton, NY
Please visit the LongHouse site for all Gala Details
Gerakaris has created "AquaVerse Origami Sculpture" specifically for LongHouse Reserve's 2022 ONWARD Summer Auction, which culminates with a Gala & in-person exhibit the evening of July 23rd. The annual LongHouse Summer Benefit & Auction is a highlight of the Hamptons' summer social season and raises funds to support educational and public programs for all guests to LongHouse, while also giving back to participating artists. Offered with no buyer’s premium, the works assembled in ONWARD span a myriad of media, genres and eras to tempt collectors of many tastes. Browse lots and place bids before the auction closes on Sat, July 23rd at 9:30pm EDT.
AquaVerse Origami Sculpture - Detail - Silver leaf, gouache, and acrylic on paper over yupo & dibond with painted figurines & mirror, 10 × 22 × 9 in. Unique work. 2022
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
ETHAN COHEN GALLERY AT THE KUBE ART CENTER
Curated by Joseph Ayers & Ethan Cohen
Birds of a Feather - Gallery Installation view at The KuBe Art Center w/ Gerakaris’ Praiadise Origami Sculpture (bottom-center) & AquaVerse I Reprise (left-center) in Beacon, NY
Video clip preview of Praiadise Origami Sculpture (Edition)
Peter D. Gerakaris has two artworks — Praiadise Origami Sculpture (Edition) & AquaVerse I (Reprise) — featured in Birds of a Feather at The KuBe Art Center in Beacon, NY. KuBe repurposes the site of a former high school as a space to promote international exchange of culture and art.
PRESS RELEASE EXCERPT: Ethan Cohen Gallery is pleased to present Birds of a Feather, a group exhibition of over eighty artists that will be on view from June 4th through July 31st, 2022. This exhibition showcases works by artists living and working in Beacon and beyond, alongside works by artists from around the world who are part of Ethan Cohen Gallery’s global program…
GALLERY LOCATION: 211 Fishkill Ave, Beacon, NY 12508
OPENING: Sat, June 4, 4-6pm
EXHIBITION DATES: June 4 - July 31, 2022
EXHIBIT & GALLERY INFO: www.ecfa.com
AquaVerse I Reprise - Gallery Installation View - Hand-embellished with print with silver leaf and acrylic, 25 in. x 25 in. (w/ archival museum frame). 2022. Uniquely hand-embellished limited edition of 5
THE FELLS | JOHN HAY ESTATE
Summer Exhibition Series
Floating World Accordion Sculpture (Edition) - Hand-embellishments w/ cutouts & gouache on archival pigment print on paper with wood & painted figurine, 3 in. x 25 in (7.6 × 63.5 cm). ©2013-2022. Peter D. Gerakaris. Limited Edition of 10 Uniquely Hand-Embellished Works
Location: 456 Route 103A, Newbury, NH
Dates: June 6 - October 10, 2022
Main House, 1st Floor Gallery: Wed-Sun + Mon Holidays, 10am-4pm*
*Until Sep 5
The Fells Art Committee has curated Gerakaris' "Floating World Accordion Sculpture (Edition)" in a group exhibit with diverse artworks evoking the natural wonders of the Lake Sunapee Region. Visitors are invited to explore The Fells Main House Gallery & tranquil gardens, which feature an array of artwork & sculpture encompassing 83.5 acres of natural beauty. EXCERPT: Learn the legacy of diplomat and statesman John Milton Hay; tour the 22-room Colonial Revival home; explore the forests, walk the woodland trails; and enjoy the renowned gardens. The Fells is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a preservation project of The Garden Conservancy.
Middlemist Rose Icon - 13 in. x 13 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Commissioned for the collection of Rare Earth Alchemy (REÅLEA — Santa Rosa, CA)
MIDDLEMIST ROSE ICON – SPECIAL COMMISSION
Unveiling: April 2nd, 2022
Location: Rare Earth Alchemy, 125 Foley St Unit B, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Set within a luminous context of metaphysical symbolism and Byzantine brushwork, the Middlemist Rose Icon is the latest addition to the artist’s Icon oeuvre as a special painting commissioned by Rare Earth Alchemy (REÅLEA). The Icon Series transposes endangered species of exotic plants and creatures from around the globe as the iconographic characters of our contemporary natural environments. Inspired by its namesake – the Middlemist Rose – this particular work showcases a fantastical hybrid flower flanked by a glowing, yet distressed gold surface. Actually a member of the Camelia family, only two of these “rose” plants are known to exist worldwide – an environmental preciousness and rarity that resonates with both REÅLEA’s mission and the artist’s vision.
Inspired by the rich and vibrant traditions of Byzantine Icon painting, Gerakaris relishes the processes of gold leafing and painting on wooden panel by hand — a sacred process by which the object and picture ultimately frame a view into another dimension. Here, the flower provides a meticulously detailed and hypnotic focal point in tension with the panel’s charred, chipped, and tarnished edges.
As the series presently evolves, the artist has begun conceiving of each work as an archeological fragment that entices its audience’s imagination. The latest paintings, such as the Middlemist Rose Icon, deploy a more poignant, antique feel through their distressed materiality. Here, the artist intentionally abrades fragile gold leaf, while chiseling away and burning the edges of wooden panels. These fragmented edges and marred surfaces are meant to echo our society’s fractured relationship with an increasingly distressed natural environment. This work also offers additional layers of symbolic interpretation and intrigue as cameos by a vibratory pelican and enigmatic serpent complete the triadic composition.
In addition to meditating on his own Cretan-Greek ancestry, the artist’s genuine fascination with art history and love for the natural world — coupled with an urgency to mend the Nature-Culture divide — form the core of this intimate series. With this icon, the artist has embraced the challenge of confronting a visual cliché head-on: a gilded flower, which adamantly refuses to be just another “pretty picture”.
Behind-the-Scenes Process: preparing the wood panel, gilding w/ gold leaf, & painting
SPOTTED OWL MOSAIC: ACQUIRED FOR BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN (BBG) PERMANENT COLLECTION OF ART
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
A brief glimpse of the process behind creating this site-specific installation
A brief documentary about artist Peter D. Gerakaris' "Spotted Owl Mosaic" and the collaborative process behind the creation of this site-specific installation for the Berkshire Botanical Garden (Stockbridge, MA).
Botanical Diptych - Original artwork by alumnus Peter D. Gerakaris ‘03 for Cornell Alumni Wine Limited Edition 2021 Collection
Botanic Diptych - Limited edition wine label artwork ©2021. Peter D. Gerakaris. a.r.r.
CORNELL ALUMNI WINE: LIMITED EDITION 2021 COLLECTION
Several Cornell alumni were involved in the creation of the limited edition 2021 Alumni Wine collection. It features wines by County Line Vineyards by Eric Sussman ‘90 and Hosmer Winery by Cameron Hosmer ‘76, selected by sommelier Thomas Pastuszak ‘06, with label artwork by Peter D. Gerakaris ‘03.
Botanic Diptych interweaves Gerakaris’ signature botanical motifs with his hand-painted interpretation of the Cornell Botanic Gardens as imagined from a bird’s eye perspective. The sinuous topography, exotic flora, and panoramic format play off one another in a vibrant game of call and response. Ultimately, this tableau unfurls organically as two intertwined vignettes honor the campus’ natural features and our globe’s many precious ecosystems.
The imagery’s interconnectedness also references the possibility of interdisciplinary study across myriad fields at Cornell. With both labels placed side by side, the artwork becomes a complete set.
READ ARTICLE IN CORNELLIANS
THE ‘ART’ OF WINE [CORNELLIANS EXCERPT]
The paired labels for the 2021 collection feature colorful artwork by Gerakaris—painted motifs that marry elements of the Cornell Botanic Gardens and references to the campus map. If viewed side by side, they create one continuous image.
LONGHOUSE RESERVE: 2021 ARTSY AUCTION
”LongHouse Shares” Summer Benefit
Featuring a fresh work from Peter D. Gerakaris’ AquaVerse Series
PLS CLICK HERE TO BID ON ARTWORK
Online Auction Details w/ Artsy:
Bidding open now! Closes Sat, July 24h
Gala details: “Say Yes”Gala Tickets
AquaVerse I Reprise, 2021. Hand-embellishments w/ silver leaf & acrylic over archival pigment print on fine art paper. 20 × 20 in. From an edition of 5 uniquely hand-embellished prints
BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN: MOSAIC INSTALLATION
”Taking Flight” Sculpture Exhibit — Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody
Featuring Peter D. Gerakaris’ first outdoor, site-specific mosaic installation
Artists: Concha Martinez Barreto, Tracey Emin, Peter Gerakaris, Rachel Owns, Ian Swordy, & Immi Storrs
June 11 — October 31, 2021
5 West Stockbridge Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262
berkshirebotanical.org
Spotted Owl Mosaic translates Peter D. Gerakaris’ vibrant painting and site-specific design into mosaic, presenting the endangered owl as a Neo-Byzantine icon of our contemporary environment. Enveloped by plants, this architectural garden folly welcomes the public through a nostalgic sense of place — like a fragment of civilization reclaimed by nature. The mosaic process itself — which literally creates new imagery from broken fragments — underscores notions of rebirth and the mending of society’s fractured relationship with the environment.
Spotted Owl Mosaic (Pictured Above: Artwork Detail) — A Site-Specific Installation by Peter D. Gerakaris for the Berkshire Botanical Garden, translated into mosaic by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios
81 in. x 92 in. x 12 in., Glass Mosaic on stucco wall with live plants. ©2021. Peter D. Gerakaris. This project was made possible through a generous grant from the Berkshire Botanical Garden Board of Trustees
Caravan (Owl Painting) - Museum Installation View, 84 in. x 84 in., Oil on canvas. National Museum of Wildlife Art Permanent Collection (Jackson, WY). Purchased with funds generously donated by Adrienne & John Mars. Image courtesy of National Museum of Wildlife Art.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART
Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art
Peter D. Gerakaris’ “Caravan (Owl)” has been selected from the Museum’s Permanent Collection for this special exhibit which explores the diverse ways that contemporary artists employ animal imagery to address humanity’s interconnectedness and ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Comprised of approximately 50 artworks (c. 2000-2019) exclusively from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition offers a wide range of works in a variety of media divided into four thematic sections: Tradition, Politics, Science, and Aesthetics. These sections act as overlapping chapters, investigating the ways we use animal imagery to tackle human concerns. Read Catalogue Essay by Curator Tammi Hanawalt, Ph.D on “Caravan (Owl)”
May 22—September 22, 2021
National Museum of Wildlife Art
2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, WY
Exhibition Details & Web Site
Pygmy Owl Micro Icon, 1 in. x 1 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2020. An original hand-painted commission for Joanna Strassburg Fisher’s Palazzo Gritti Dollhouse Project
MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN: The Fisher Dollhouse: A Venetian Palazzo — Peter D. Gerakaris has created his first micro, site-specific painting commissioned for Joanna Fisher's miniature Palazzo Gritti Dollhouse launching at the Museum of Arts & Design (NYC) May 8th, 2021. Pygmy Owl Micro Icon is displayed amongst a diverse collection of contemporary art created by more than ten international artists including Michele Oka Doner, Dustin Yellin, Ryan McGinness, & more, many of whom had the unique opportunity of working in miniature for the first time.
EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE
May 8—September 26, 2021
Museum of Arts & Design (MAD)
2 Columbus Circle, NYC
https://madmuseum.org/
ECOART PROJECT AWARD RECIPIENT + EARTH DAY EXHIBITION
Peter D. Gerakaris is one of five artists selected by a distinguished jury to receive the 2021 EcoArt Project Award & Exhibit — an honorarium prize for artists whose work focuses on environmental themes. This award culminates in a gallery exhibit entitled Earth Day Initiative 2021 at 14th St + Union Square in Manhattan, NY. This project is also part of REBOUND-NYC and EARTH DAY EXPERIENCE programming.
GALLERY LOCATION: 7 East 14th St., New York, NY
OPENING 1: Thurs, April 15, 4-8pm
OPENING 2: Sat, April 17, 4-8pm
EXHIBITION DATES: April 15 - April 27, 2021
CURRENT PRESS:
The National Herald
The Art Newspaper
MSN
View Details & Announcement here
View Press Release here
View Earth Day Experience Press Kit
Jungle Oculus Tondo, 48 in. diameter, Acrylic on canvas. 2020 (Learn more about this painting here)
Artist in the studio with Jungle Oculus Tondo - April, 2021
2020 LONGHOUSE SHARES on ARTSY
Peter D. Gerakaris has contributed a hand-embellished edition of “Floating World Accordion Sculpture” for LongHouse Reserve’s benefit show
DATES: Bidding now LIVE on Artsy through Thurs, July 30, 2019
BID ON WORK W/ ARTSY: LongHouse Shares: Benefit Auction 2020
ABOUT: COVID-19 has hit hard, affecting each of us and each of the cultural institutions that define our communities. In these unprecedented times, LongHouse Shares takes the annual fundraising auction for LongHouse Reserve in a new direction, for the first time offering its donating artists, designers and other supporters to share in up to half the proceeds from sale of their contributions. LongHouse Shares offers an unparalleled array of curated work representing fine art and design from around the globe. Bid on over 100 lots, including artwork by Derrick Adams, Ai Weiwei, Cindy Sherman, Shirin Neshat, and Daniel Arsham; and bespoke design from B&B Italia, Paola Lenti and Ligne Roset. Each work ships from a different location, as noted on the individual lot page. Please reach out to specialist@artsy.net for any further information.
Floating World Accordion Sculpture (Edition) - Detail
“COSMIC BRIDGE” UNVEILED!
A permanent, hand-painted NYC Percent for Art Public Art Commission spanning over 116 ft that welcomes everyone to the newly renovated PS101k in Brooklyn.
View More: Click these links to view the Project Portfolio & to read the Project Description.
Details: Acrylic on shaped Dibond panel. Collection of the NYC Dept. of Education Public Art for Public Schools. Commissioned by the NYC Dept. of Education NYC School Construction Authority Public Art for Public Schools Program in collaboration with the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program. New school addition designed by PKSB Architects. ©2019-2020. Peter D. Gerakaris. a.r.r.
Catalogue: Click here to request a full PDF catalogue about this project
“Cosmic Bridge” — Lobby Entrance Perspective w/ “Nautilus Vignette” (right)
“COSMIC BRIDGE” — A NYC Percent for Art Program commission, this permanent, hand-painted mural installation with acrylic on modular Dibond panel is a site-specific artwork for PS101K Brooklyn (New York) measuring approximately 116 ft long x variable height. Collection of the NYC Department of Education, Public Art for Public Schools. Commissioned by the NYC Department of Education, NYC School Construction Authority Public Art for Public Schools program in collaboration with the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program. New school addition designed by PKSB Architects.
“Jungle Oculus Tondo - Amazona Versicolor Reprise”, Hand-Embellished, unique print w/ gouache & acrylic over archival pigment on paper, 24.5” x 24.5” w/ frame (21” x 21” unframed), 2020. Donation courtesy of Heather James Fine Art
CONTEMPORARY ART BENEFIT @ DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY
Peter D. Gerakaris has created a special new work entitled “Jungle Oculus Tondo - Amazona Versicolor Reprise” for this year’s Friends Seminary Benefit Auction. Please see details below re the cocktail preview for the art available at the 2020 Auction. Proceeds from this year's Art Auction will fund Faculty and Staff Professional Development.
PREVIEW VENUE: David Zwirner, 34 E. 69th St.
PREVIEW RECEPTION / COCKTAIL RECEPTION: Feb. 11, 2020 — 6-8PM
PREVIEW RSVP REQUIRED: Please email rsvp@friendsseminary.org with your name, number of guests, and "Art Preview" in the subject line
VIEWING OPEN TO PUBLIC: Feb. 12, 2020 — 10am-6pm
View artworks and bid online here: http://artsy.net/friends-seminary
MYKONOS BIENNALE 2019 - APATHIA
Curated by Lydia Venieri
Peter D. Gerakaris has created Pandora’s Box, a special pop-up origami sculpture for the 2019 Biennale to be exhibited in the Treasure Hunt on Delos Island.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
https://mykonosbiennale.com
Pandora’s Box Origami Sculpture for Mykonos Biennale 2019. Gouache, acrylic, mirrored mylar, & paper on yupo w/ painted figurines in mirrored box. Approximately 26 in x 8 in x 6 in (66.04 cm x 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm). 2019. Exhibited as part of Antidote Treasure Hunt on Delos Island.
APATHIA
Time has aged, fashion repeats itself and the future looks nostalgic. With order globalism has created a new civilization/culture, excessively controlled, unprotected and depressed. Ambition for power and money floats without substance like a bored familiar junkie who has abused everyone and everything. Ancient cities, and treasures of nature disappear. People and animals are abused and all this in a world that is educated with democratic principles and religions touting love. The mind refuses to understand and the repugnant visions accumulate in the bowels of existence. A Pandemic of indigestion overcasts humanity. This serenity is not reminiscent peace. Its an uncomfortable silence, a charged stillness. It is the Silence of the Lambs. Is it love that gives them the power to survive the bloody centuries? Their healing look gifts forgiveness and they who feels it know the answer. —Lydia Venieri
Pandora’s Box Origami Sculpture (opening sequence) for Mykonos Biennale 2019
TREASURE HUNT - ANTIDOTE
Boxes with the label “Antidote” have been sent to 38 artists around the world. The artists returned the boxes with a piece of art inspired by the theme - Antidote. The boxes will be hidden on the sacred island of Delos. A treasure hunt will be organized, where visitors will scatter around the island to find the “treasures”. Our long term goal is to attain the first floating museum - maybe an old war ship- where the artworks of the Mykonos Biennale will be exhibited, the museum of Archipelago. 2019 Antidote artists include: Francisco Alvarado-Juarez, Michelle Andrade, Dimitris Barouchos, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Medri Davide, Christofilogiannis Dionysis, John Duff, Thalia Gatzouli, Maria Georgoula, Peter D. Gerakaris, Cris Gianakos, Zhen Guo, Kleopatra Haritou, Zoe Keramea, Peggy Kliafa, Barbara Knight, Amanda Kyritsopoulou, Konstantinos Ladianos, Thanasis Lalas, Eirini Linardaki, Afrodite Liti, Jenny Marketou, Steve Miller, Ilias Papailiakis, Valia Papastamou, Hara Piperidou, Sebastian Piras, Patsy Pitts, Joanna Przybyla, Hamid Razmkhah, Georgia Sagri, Nikolaos Sarlis, Angelos Spyropoulos, Vicky Stamatopoulou, Nikos Tranos, Kostis Velonis, Ioanna Vlachou, Fiona Walsh
THE WATERMILL CENTER
Tabula Rasa
Peter D. Gerakaris’ Tropicália Tsunami Remix 2.0 will be exhibited in The Watermill Center’s 26th Annual Auction
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019 @ 6:00 PM – MIDNIGHT
https://www.watermillcenter.org/tabularasa/
Presented by
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Honoring
KATHARINE RAYNER & CARRIE MAE WEEMS
Described as an enchanted forest and performance art extravaganza, the Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit unites the worlds of art, performance, music, theatre, design, architecture and fashion. All funds raised support The Center’s year-round Artist Residency and Education Programs that provide a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore and develop new work.
Cocktails: Art installations, performances, silent auction, 6:00 – 8:00PM
Dinner: Live auction by Simon de Pury, 8:00 – 10:00PM
After-Party: Dessert, dancing, DJ set, 10:00PM – MIDNIGHT
Location: 39 Watermill Towd Road, Water Mill, NY 11976
TROPICÁLIA TSUNAMI REMIX 2.0, 2019, Gouache & acrylic over archival pigment print on fine art paper, 21 × 43 in (53.3 × 109.2 cm)
CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE
INSIDE, OUTSIDE, & BEYOND
The Timarete Hellenic Festival and Consulate General of Greece are pleased to announce “Inside, Outside, & Beyond”, curated by distinguished artist Antonia Papatzanaki. The exhibit features artwork by 23 established and internationally known Greek and Greek-American artists with an Opening Reception on Tuesday, June 4th, 6-8pm at the Consulate’s gallery (downstairs on the premises).
This exhibition also provides an exciting opportunity for the public to acquire authentic artworks through an Online Auction, hosted on the Paddle8 platform via a streamlined bidding process. The auction will launch with bidding on June 4, 2019 and close on June 18, 2019. Profits will benefit the Academy of Hellenic Paideia “Sponsor a Student” program, which provides Academy scholarships to underprivileged children.
PRESS RELEASE
PADDLE8 AUCTION
Opening Reception: Tuesday, June 4, 6-8pm
Location: 69 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075
Exhibition on view: June 4 - 28, 2019
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 2:30pm
Auction: Goes live on June 4, 12pm EST
ORDER EXHIBITION PRINT CATALOGUE
Ventana Atlantis Tondo, 35 in. diameter, Acrylic & mixed-media on canvas over panel. 2017. Click here to see more from the Ventana Series
KENTLER INTERNATIONAL DRAWING SPACE
100 WORKS ON PAPER BENEFIT - MAY 18, 6pm
OVER 100 ARTISTS generously donate original drawings & works on paper in support of our 17th Annual Benefit, celebrating our 29th year! To showcase the high caliber of these donated artworks, we present them to the public as a small works show prior to the ticketed event.
https://kentlergallery.org/Detail/exhibitions/423
Kick-Off Reception: Meet & Thank the Artists: Saturday, May 4, 6-8pm
Join us as we kick off our "100 Works on Paper" Benefit exhibition!
Exhibition on view: May 4 - 12, 2019 / Hours: Thurs. - Sun., 12 - 5pm
BENEFIT: Saturday, May 18, 6pm
PURCHASE ONE TICKET: $300 ($350 for Ticket Holder with Guest)
GO HOME WITH ONE GREAT WORK OF ART!
Don't miss the Early Bird Special: $250 - Tickets are limited
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
Tropicália: Piton Remix, Gouache, iridescent pigments, & mixed-media on paper, Framed w/ archival, UV-filtering shadowbox frame, 16.5 inches x 16.5 inches. 2019
SALON ICON - SHORT VIDEO DOC
Brief video providing a glimpse inside the recent multi-sensory, solo presentation of "Icon Series" paintings by artist Peter D. Gerakaris (January, 2019). Curated by Heather Topcik at The Society for Domestic Museology, the artworks were also accompanied by an original ambient soundtrack by composer Trevor Gureckis & Byzantine-inspired menu by Joel Topcik.
Read the curatorial essay & view full documentation here
不僅於紙 NOT ONLY PAPER
3-Person Exhibition at AHM Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)
Artists: Bill Pangburn, Peter D. Gerakaris, Renee Magnant
Reception: Saturday, January 12, 2019 - 3pm
Duration: January 11, 2019 - February 17, 2019
Venue: 6F, No. 31, Lane 236, Dunhua S. Rd., Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan
Gallery Hours: Sunday to Tuesday 1:00-7:00pm (Closed on Monday)
Web Site: https://www.ahm-culture.com/
Contact: e: news@ahm-culture.com | t: 02-8772-4787
Gerakaris will exhibit 4 new mixed-media works on paper & an origami sculpture from his ongoing Ventana Series
Ventana Eden East Study, Gouache, silver leaf, & mixed-media on paper, 20 in. x 20 in. ©2018-2019. Peter D. Gerakaris. a.r.r.
NEW PRINTSHOP HAS LAUNCHED! DEC. 2018
Browse a selection of prints from the inventory and find out how to commission a special work…
Junkanoo Masquerde, 43 in. x 24 in., Archival pigment print on fine art paper, Unique Artist’s Proof, 2018 — View in Printshop
Special hand-embellished print commission In Situ in the Collector’s home (Brooklyn, NY)
Proofing print commissions in the studio…
PRIVATE “WHITE-FACED OWL ICON'“ COMMISSION LANDS IN JOBURG, S. AFRICA
After having been exhibited & reviewed by press in NYC, the “White-Faced Owl Icon” commission flies to its new home in Johannesburg (S. Africa), with an intimate unveiling & presentation by the artist (October, 2018).
Unveiling “White-Faced Owl Icon” commission in Joburg. Artist Presentation hosted by Gerakaris Family Wines (Oct. 2018)
TRANSPLANTS: GREEK DIASPORA ARTISTS
Curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos for the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery.
CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW IN QUIET LUNCH MAGAZINE
Location: 860 11th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Opening Reception: May 2, 2018. 5:30-8pm
Dates: May 2 - June 28, 2018
Symposium: May 2, 2018. 4-5:30pm. The artist will join Dr. Nicholas Alexiou, Dr. George Andreopoulos, & Jonathan Goodman
Detail of White-Faced Owl Icon
JUNGLE OCULUS TONDO: PRIVATE COMMISSION (LA)
Jungle Oculus Tondo is a large-scale, site specific painting commission for a private collection in Culver City, LA. More info: click here to view this project
Location: Private Collection (Culver City, Los Angeles)
Dates: Installed February, 2018
Jungle Oculus Tondo - Click here to see more
VENTANA 2.0 @ GOOGLE NYC
Ventana 2.0 is a solo project for Google NYC that reconfigures two large paintings from the artist’s Ventana Series – the Eden and Babylon vignettes –into one mural-sized diptych. Please note: viewings by appointment only.
Location: 111 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011
Dates: Oct 21, 2017 - Jan 15, 2018
CALL & RESPONSE
Wave Hill Sun Room 10th Anniversary Alumni Group Show Curated by Gabriel de Guzman
Location: 649 W 249 St, Bronx, NY 10471
Dates: Sept 10 - Dec 3, 2017
Peter D. Gerakaris featured on Wave Hill's MicroSite
View "Spectrumorphosis" Sun Room Installation (2007)
Ventana Origami Sculpture - Click here to view more
Ventana Origami Sculpture: Installation View (Photo: Stefan Hagen)
WESTERN VISIONS
Group exhibition at the National Museum of Wildlife Art
Artworks created by artists from the Museum's Permanent Collection
Location: 2820 Rungius Rd, Jackson, WY 83001
Exhibition Dates: Sept 8 - Oct 8, 2017
*Caravan (Owl) resides in the Museum's Permanent Collection & is currently on view in the longterm exhibition Exploring Wildlife Art
Spotted Owl Icon I, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2017. Click here to view more from the Icon Series
PETER D. GERAKARIS: VENTANA
Solo Exhibition at FXFOWLE Gallery
Location: 22 West 19 Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY
Opening Reception: Sept 7, 2017. 6-8pm
Dates: Aug 21 - Sept 29, 2017
Peter D. Gerakaris: Ventana - Installation View at FXFOWLE, Paintings, works on paper, origami sculpture, & custom wallpaper. Co-Curated by Deborah Davis & READart. FXFOWLE Gallery (New York, NY). Click here to view artworks from the Ventana Series | View the Ventana Gallery Installation at FXFOWLE
MASQUERADE - SOLO EXHIBIT WITH HEATHER JAMES FINE ART
Heather James Fine Art is pleased to present “Masquerade”, a special online exhibition featuring the latest paintings by Peter D. Gerakaris.
Click here to view the exhibition
Click here to view the artworks on Artsy.net
Location: 45188 Portola Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Dates: Mar - Aug, 2017
JUNKANOO MASQUERADE
Large-scale, site-specific artwork commissioned for the WARWICK HOTEL BAHAMAS Permanent Collection
Location: Warwick Paradise Island, Bahamas
Date: Launches Oct, 2016 - Permanent Installation
Junkanoo Masquerade - A permanent, site-specific artwork commissioned for the Warwick Hotel Paradise Island (Bahamas). Acrylic & mixed-media on canvas. 132 in. x 66 in. Click here to view the work in situ & to learn more about this special commission
PETER D. GERAKARIS x MODIFY
Collaboration Courtesy of Art Markit
Peter D. Gerakaris teams up with Modify Watches to launch a collection of three fresh designs
Interactive design: Mix & match any design w/ up to 16 interchangeable strap colors. All custom designs are available in either a lightweight water-resistant "Sport" model, or stainless steel "Leisure" model. These watches are proudly hand-assembled in San Francisco. View full collection
FASHIONING ART
Group exhibition exploring the dialogue between art & fashion, curated by ArtMuse / Natasha Schlesinger
Location: The Surrey Hotel, 20 East 76 St, New York, NY
Dates: Sept 8, 2016 - Jan 15, 2017
View press coverage in W Magazine
Peter D. Gerakaris' MoonGate Nocturne Tondo I (right) from Umbrella Girl Series, Installation view from Fashioning Art Group Exhibition at The Surrey Hotel in NYC. Also pictured: Chuck Close's Kate Moss tapestry from permanent collection (left) & Evie Falci's Kybele (center) in Fashioning Art.
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POLYMORPHOUS
Group exhibition at Cluster Gallery curated by Joel Carreiro
Location: Cluster Gallery, 200 6th Street, 3E, Brooklyn, NY
Date: September 9, 2016 - September 31, 2016
FLOATING GARDEN
A site-specific, mixed-media solo installation by Peter D. Gerakaris commissioned for The Surrey Hotel's Private Rooftop Garden
Curated by Natasha Schlesinger as part of 'Art Speak' and Frieze Week NY 2016
Please Click Here to View the Artwork
Please note: The rooftop garden is PRIVATE. If you wish to inquire about a Private Tour, please contact The Surrey Hotel
Location: The Surrey Hotel, 20 East 76th St, New York, NY
Dates: May, 2016 - October 15, 2016
TROPICALIA REMIX
Solo Exhibition at West Palm Beach Art Armory
The Armory Art Center is pleased to present Peter D. Gerakaris' latest solo exhibition "Tropicália Remix"
Curated by Heather Zises, Founder (READ)art / Ambient Soundtrack by Trevor Gureckis / Co-organized by The Cornell Club of Eastern FLA
Armory Art Center - East Gallery: 1700 Parker Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
February 29 - March 19, 2016
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm / Sat, 9am-4pm
ARTWALK NY 2015
Peter D. Gerakaris donates 'Dragon Tsunami Mask AM Remix' courtesy of ART MARKIT
Please Click Here to View the Artwork
Exhibition & Auction Benefiting the Coalition for the Homeless
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
November 17, 2015 - 6:30pm
PETER D. GERAKARIS x ART MARKIT PRINTSHOP
Peter D. Gerakaris Launches Two Special Print Editions with Art Markit
Please Click Here to Acquire Prints
Please Click Here to Read the 'Art to Art' Interview
Printshop Collaboration launches October, 2015
PETER D. GERAKARIS x PRINT ALL OVER ME (PAOM)
Tropicália Art Leggings Collaboration
Please Click Here to Acquire Art Leggings
This collection of vibrant, wearable art comes out of Tropicália solo installation
PAOM launches collection on September 8, 2015
Wild: Group Exhibition
Gallery Nine 5, New York, NY
June 17 - August 31, 2015
10th Anniversary Human Fund Gala
Peter D. Gerakaris donates 'Carnivale Kriol Mask Remix' benefiting art education in Cleveland Public Schools
The Music Box, Cleveland, OH
July 22, 2015 - 6:30pm
Tropicália: Cornell Tech Solo Exhibition
Commissioned by Cornell Tech NYC on Roosevelt Island, Peter D. Gerakaris created Tropicália, a 2,000 sq ft immersive, mixed media, site-specific installation
Curated by Kendal Henry / Ambient Soundtrack by Trevor Gureckis / Supported by the Eisenberg Family
Cornell Tech PopUp Site: Gallery RIVAA, Roosevelt Island, NY
June 16 - July 31, 2015