R E S U M E
Peter Merts
 
San Rafael, CA    (415)492-8248
mail@petermerts.com
 
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Pozytyw (Poland; July); Statue of Liberty portfolio
2004 Conde Nast Traveler Magazine (Spain; December); article on Statue of Liberty project
2004 Conde Nast Traveler Magazine (USA; July); article on Statue of Liberty project
2004 The Buenos Aires Herald (Sunday, January 4) — illustrated review by art critic Alina Tortosa
2003 The Buenos Aires Herald (Sunday, May 4) — article on the Solitude portfolio by art critic Alina Tortosa
2002 La Fotografia Actual (Spain) - vol 92 (Aug/Sept); 4 page feature
2002 Foto Mundo (Argentina) - #410 — two page feature
2002 Black and White Magazine - April, #18 — four page Spotlight feature
2001 Modern Maturity Magazine — five editorial images
1999 Geo Saisson (Germany), November — one page portfolio feature
1999 The Sunday Review (Independent on Sunday, London) — four page portfolio feature
1999 The Gallery, Newsweek Online (www.Newsweek.com; week of July 4) — portfolio featured
1997 Photo Metro (San Francisco) v.16, issue 146 — cover plus eight page portfolio and interview
 
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Aldo de Sousa - Galeria de Arte /Buenos Aires Photo - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Little Cumberland Island portfolio
2007 Compass Point Gallery - San Francisco, CA - Bread & Roses portfolio
2006 El Borde Arte Contemporáneo - Buenos Aires, Argentina (XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia) - the Little Cumberland Island portfolio [with artist Margarita Wilson-Rae]
2006 Foto Galería F.C.E. - Córdoba, Argentina (XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia) - Hombres y la Masculinidad (Men and Masculinity)
2004 Mill Valley City Hall - The Bread & Roses Portfolio
2004 XIII Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia, Buenos Aires (Pura Gallery) - Hombres y la Masculinidad (Men and Masculinity)
2002 XII Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia, Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural Recoleta) - Soledad (Solitude)
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grantees’ Exhibit, Marin Community Foundation, Novato
2004 "Water Images", Watermark Fine Art Photographs and Books, Houston
2004 "Verde, que te quiero verde" (representations of the Argentine landscape), Buenos Aires
2004 “Cultural Artifacts”, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
2003 Center for Photographic Art (Carmel, CA), Center Awards Juried Exhibition
2003 Photo Review Competition (published in The Photo Review, Summer 2003)
2003 Houston Center of Photography Juried Memberhip Exhibition
2001 Houston Center of Photography Juried Memberhip Exhibition
2000 Casa da Fotografia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000 Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1998 UC Berkeley Extension Galleria, San Francisco
1997 Alliance Francaise Gallery, San Francisco
1996 San Francisco Airport
 
COLLECTIONS
Houston Museum of Fine Arts — Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
 
AWARDS
2004 Marin Arts Council — Individual Artist Grant
2001 Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts — honorable mention, Vision 2001 (Assignment Earth)
1999 San Francisco Bay Guardian Annual Photography Contest — honorable mention (photo-essay)
1998 San Francisco Bay Guardian Annual Photography Contest — second place (documentary) and honorable mention (documentary)
1998 National Arthritis Foundation Photo Contest — second place
1985 Big Brothers of America National Photo Contest — first place
 
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2006 presented slide lecture at Foto Galería F.C.E. - Córdoba, Argentina (Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia XIV)
2006 served as juror for Marin Arts Council Community Arts Partnership Grant
2004 presented slide lecture at Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia XIII (Buenos Aires)
2003 published technical article in Foto Mundo (Argentina)
2002 presented slide lecture at Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia XII (Buenos Aires)
2001 taught a 3-day photography workshop sponsored by the YMCA’s Arts & Humanities Program

1992 - '94

led docent tours and trained new docents at Friends of Photography Gallery, San Francisco
 
EDUCATION
B.A., Duke University (including one year at Exeter University, England)
photographic education — various courses at UC Berkeley Extension, and self-taught
 
VITAL DETAILS
born 1950 in Albany, Georgia — where the Kinchafoonee Creek meets the Muckalee