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Jay Peterzell
USA
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About
Jay Peterzell
Jay Peterzell graduated from the New York Academy of Art in 2023 with an MFA in painting. He paints both abstractly and representationally, loving the expressiveness of the one and the specificity and pathos of the other. He lives in New York.
Artist Statement
Painters are the luckiest of all creative artists.
There is always the world, ready to be represented. And always the self, expressed in
any representation.
Even if his object is the chaos within or the image he creates is abstract, the
materiality of painting or drawing connects him to the physical world. Or her to the
physical world. Besides, she can work standing up and keep moving around.
Perhaps this physical character of showing is fundamental: why objects expose
themselves to us, why women take off their clothes, why my dog makes me watch him
run around the yard – and when my other, more-creative, dog used to leave half-dead
animals on the rug why I always told her how lucky she was. “What a lucky dog!”
Education and Professional Experience
New York Academy of Art, MFA in painting 2023
Foundry Gallery, Washington DC 2015 - 2021
Freelance writer 1996 - 2015
Time Magazine, investigative/national security correspondent 1986 – 1995
New College, BA in philosophy 1974
Columbia University 1970
Awards
CollexArt Purchase Award 2024
UK National Portrait Gallery finalist for annual portrait competition 2024
International ARC Salon Competition finalist (still undecided) 2025
AXA Art Prize Exhibition 2022
Daler-Rowney and Artists Info, Totally Abstract, featured in video of finalists 2017
Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD, Strokes of Genius, Juror’s Choice Award 2015
Solo Exhibitions
Foundry Gallery, Now What, Washington DC December 2019
La Pop, Save the World Pop-Up, Washington DC December 2017
Foundry Gallery, New Paintings December 2017
Foundry Gallery, Some Women December - January 2016
Foundry Gallery, Three Women December 2013
Foundry Gallery, Paintings After Hitler January - February 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions
New York Academy of Art, MFA Exhibition 2023
New York Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition 2022
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD, Strokes of Genius October - November 2020
Foundry Gallery, Unforgotten May - June 2020
Embellish Fine Art, Silver Spring MD, Artists Showcase January -February 2020
Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD, Strokes of Genius November 2019
Hill Center, Washington DC, Regional Juried Exhibition January - March 2019
Silo118 Gallery, Santa Barbara CA, Body September - November 2017
Silo118 Gallery, Santa Barbara CA, Artists: Max Gleason, Jay Peterzell & Dillon
Samuelson May 2017
Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD, Strokes of Genius October - November 2016
Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD, Strokes of Genius October - November 2015
Foundry Gallery, The Passing Moment January 2015
Press
James John Magner, “Voices,” landscape painting featured in article about art and nature
on Substack, PTSD and Art, Sept. 24, 2023
Mark Jenkins, "In the Galleries: Jay Peterzell," The Washington Post, December 20, 2019
review of 2019 solo at Foundry Gallery, "Now What," images
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-time-capsule-
retrospective-highlights-jazzs-influence-on-frank-stewart/2019/12/18/69617d10-2019-11ea-
86f3-3b5019d451db_story.html
Jim Magner, "Art in the City, Artist Profile REvisit: Jay Peterzell," The Hill Rag, December
2019
profile on occasion of Foundry solo, images
https://hillrag.com/2019/12/21/art-in-the-city-4/
https://hillrag.com/2019/12/21/art-in-the-city-4/jay-peterzell/
Phil Hutinet, "Depeche Art: Foundry Gallery," Mid City DC Magazine, December 2019, p.
28
review of 2019 solo at Foundry Gallery, "Now What," image
https://issuu.com/capitalcommunitynews/docs/mid-city-dc-magazine-december-2019
Jan Auker, "Jay Peterzell: New Paintings," East City Art, November 22, 2017
review of 2019 solo at Foundry Gallery, images
https://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-artnotes-jay-peterzell-new-paintings/
L.D Porter, "Tower of Art," Santa Barbara Magazine, Fall 2017, p. 106
article about Silo118 gallery's show "Body," mention of my work
https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/153_fall_2017
Becky Little, "Bare Necessity: 'Some Women' at Foundry Gallery," Washington City Paper,
December 18, 2015
review of 2015 solo, images
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/article/13047437/some-
women-at-foundry-gallery-reviewed
Mark Jenkins, "In the Galleries: The Passing Moment," The Washington Post, January 10,
2015
review of Foundry group show, mention of my work
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-using-heat-to-
create-several-kinds-of-artworks/2015/01/07/ff895392-94f7-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html
Jean Lawlor Cohen, "Jay Peterzell's Art at Washington's Foundry Gallery"
Washington Where, December 2015, p. 10
feature about 2015 solo, image
https://www.wheretraveler.com/washington-dc/play/jay-peterzells-art-washingtons-foundry-
gallery
Mark Jenkins, "Galleries: Jay Peterzell," The Washington Post, December 20, 2013
review of 2013 solo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/dc-gallery-shows-new-work-
paradigm-shift-how-do-we-arm-ourselves/2013/12/19/8cb3d5c0-6638-11e3-997b-
9213b17dac97_story.html
Jean Lawlor Cohen, "Co-opting," Washington Where, January 2014, p. 11
review of 2013 solo, image
Jim Magner, "Artist Portrait: Jay Peterzell," The Hill Rag, December 2013
profile and review of 2013 solo, with images
http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/content/art-and-city-8
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