Peter Fagundo
CV
b. 1971, St. Cloud, M N.
Lives and works, Chicago, IL.
Instagram @peterfagundo
847-834-1786
Education
MFA, 2003 Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
BS, 1997 Psychology and Fine Art (Double Major), Regis University, Denver, CO
Teaching Experience
2022- present Graduate advisor, The Department of Painting and Drawing,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 - present Instructor in Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
2008 - present Instructor in Contemporary Practices (The First Year Program,)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2018-2019 Instructor in Painting, Department of Art Theory and Practice,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2010 - present Instructor, Early College Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2005 -2006 Instructor in Art History and Studio Art, Fine Arts Department,
Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL
Instructor in Drawing, Fine Arts Department, South Suburban College,
South Holland, IL
2003-Instructor in Painting and Design, Department of Art Theory and Practice,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2001 Roving Substitute, Painting and Drawing,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Teaching Assistant with Susan Kraut in Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant with Deborah Boardman in TICA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1999 -2000 Instructor in Fine Arts, St. James Community Center, Chicago, IL.
Other Academic Experience
2023-present Chicago Scholars Faculty Mentor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022- present First Gen Fellows Faculty Mentor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009- present Faculty Academic Advisor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Awards
2000 Trustee Merit Scholarship in the Painting and Drawing Graduate
Dept. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Lectures/ Critiques
2011 FATE convention, St. Louis, MO "From the First Year Program to the Department of
Contemporary Practices: Recent Changes in Foundations at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago"
2012 Graduate Critique Panel, The School of the Art Institute of Chic ago
2011-present Graduate Critique Panel, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004 Panelist, Strategies for Post-Grad School, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2003 Visiting Artist, U IC Fine Arts Department, Chicago, IL.
Graduate Critique Panel, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2001 Visiting Artist, Akademie der Bilden Kunst, Munich, Germany
Exhibitions
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Ours is the Hand that Sews Time, with Jake Fagundo, MLeBlanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Lovely American Disaster, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
Baroque Response, Bianca Bova Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Vitruvian Core, Hans Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago, IL
The Bike Room, Chicago, IL
2009 ETF, Essential Transmutation Frequency, Evanston, IL.
2008 Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago, IL.
2004 boom, Oak Park, IL. Hudson Franklin, New York, NY.
2002 “The Stray Show” with The Suburban, Chicago, IL.
2001 Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago, IL.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Over Hang, curated by Roland Miller, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ambulance Chase, curated by Bianca Bova, Old Friends Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Nice Work, curated by Jake Fagundo, Sulk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Connect the Dots, curated by Alex Stark, Wellness Center Gallery,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Flame Spark, Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL
2018 Only Human, HG Inn, Chicago, IL
Shane Campbell Gallery, NADA Miami, Miami, FL
Shane Campbell Gallery, “Cloud, Fagundo, Perez, Suryajaya, Tippit”, Chicago IL
2016 Seerveld Gallery, Trinity College, Palos Heights, IL
2014 Iffy Conditions, Gag Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Nebraska Wesleyan University, "Rocket Run, Abstraction from Chicago",
Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2011 Working Together, Sugar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group show, Off Space, Devening Projects and additions, Chicago, IL
2010 Things To Be Next To, curated by Shannon Stratton and Kate Hackman,
3 Walls, Chicago, IL
Things To Be Next To, curated by Shannon Stratton and Kate Hackman, La Esquina, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, M O
P’s & Q’s, curated by Jeff Ward and Shannon Stratton,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2009 Paper Love, Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago, IL.
Artist Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Landscape Portrait Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007 Moreover: Practicing Representation + Abstraction, curated by Michelle Grabner,
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
Deborah Boardman: Studio Practice, Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2006 Best Played With a Straight Face, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY. 2005 Bulls Eye, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY.
Acuna Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2004 The Stray Show with Hudson Franklin, Chicago, IL. Renaissance
Society Benefit Show, Chicago, IL.
2003 The Stray Show with Hixson/ Dillon, Chicago, IL.
The Stray Show with boom, Chicago, IL.
2002 Art Point with boom and The Suburban, Miami, FL. The Stray Show with boom, Chicago, IL.
Tasty Dog with The Suburban at Krems, Vienna, Austria.
8.5 x 11 curated by Gabe Fowler, Body Builder- Sportsman, Chicago, IL. Road Kill, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Ideal Avalanche curated by Brad Killam and Michelle Grabner, the Pond, Chicago, IL.
2001 Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Projekt Raum 300, Akademie Der Bildene Kunst, Munich, Germany
Ontology, The Optimistic, Chicago, IL.
Art Star Hotel, Chicago, IL.
1999 Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1998 Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Bibliography
2024 Michelle Grabner, “A Bloodline Through Histories: A Review of Peter and
Jake Fagundo at M. LeBlanc” Newcity Chicago, October, 2024
Natalie Jenkins, “Adrift in Recombination” Chicago Reader, October, 2024
2019 Falkowski, Andrew “Painting the Erotic Plunders of Abstraction,
a Review of Peter Fagundo at Shane Campbell Gallery” Newcity Chicago, March, 2019
2010 Waxman, Lori. “Things To Be Next To 3 Walls” Chicago Tribune, December 10
Pearson, Laura. “Things To Be Next To at 3 Walls” TimeOut Chicago, December
Golden -McNerny, Regan, Review: “Things to be Next to/ 3 Walls”
New City, November 15
Self, Dana “Things to Be Next To” turns ordinary into extraordinary,”
Kansas City Star September 22
Studio Chicago Blog, “The Studio is Where You Are” October
Rosch, Brion Nuda , “The Things in our Lives (Home & Studio) Here and There (Inside and Out)” SFMOMA Open Space, August 27
Foumberg, Jason, Art Break: “Art House” New City, July
2009 One Day Only Peter Fagundo Examiner.com, July
2008 Episode 155, Bad at Sports, April
2005 Frank, Peter, “8 Artists Acuna-Hansen” artcurrents.org, Winter
Mattera, Joanne, “2005 Miami Report” Joanne Mattera Studio, December
2004 Artner, Alan, “Successful Variations on a Theme” Chicago Tribune, March
Curatorial Projects
ETF (Essential Transmutation Frequency) Evanston, IL. ETF is a unique place. It is my home, my
studio and a space where I curate work from artists whose work interests me. The work is seen in direct relationship to a domestic space.
- (As yet untitled) 3 SA IC Painting Graduate Students, February, 2010
- Emptiness Flowers, Titus O’Brien, October, 2009
- Essential Transmutation Frequency, Peter Fagundo, July, 2009
The Pond, Chicago, IL A curatorial project w ith Howard Fonda, David Coyle and Jeff Ward. The Pond organized group exhibitions in a storefront gallery, in Chicago’s Westtown area, that championed issues of artist’s intentionality, art objects’ discretion and the conversation between makers and viewers.
- Intentions, 2003
- You sure about this place? 2002, co -curated with Kathryn Hixson
- Aficionado, 2002
- Avalanche, 2002, co -curated with Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam
Collections
Museum Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Art Institute of Chicago
Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle
Residencies
2010 Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL