Peter Kennedy Hooven (1934 - 1991)

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Education:

1961  M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

1958  B.A. Fine Arts, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

1952  Oakwood High School, Dayton, OH

 

Career:

1971-91     Professional Portrait Painter, Truro, MA

1962-71     Chairman Printmaking Department, Instructor of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art

1960–61     Designer Consultant, Creative Buildings, Inc. Urbana, IL

1956-58     Assistant R.M., Metcalf Associates Stained Glass, Yellow Springs, OH

1956-57     Instructor of Painting, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, OH

1955-1956  Draftsman & Illustrator, Tech Art Corporation, Dayton, OH

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AWARDS/COMMISSIONS:

1959 Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

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1960 Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

 

1963 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY

 

1964 Brooklyn Museum of Art-Purchase Award, Brooklyn, NY

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1965 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, New York, NY

1976 Massachusetts Council of the Arts Fellowship

 

Exhibitions:

1956  “Group Exhibition” A. Mickiewicz Museum, Warsaw, Poland

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1957  “A. Mickiewicz Exhibition” Art of Today Gallery, New York, NY

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1958  “Group Exhibition” Provincetown Arts Festival, Provincetown, MA

         “Group Exhibition” Art Directions Gallery, New York, NY

         “Peter K Hooven” Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH (SOLO EXHIBITION)

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1959  “26th Biennial Contemporary American Painting” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

         “Group Exhibition” Art Directions Gallery, New York, NY

         “Group Exhibition” Provincetown Arts Festival, Provincetown, MA (Purchase)

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1960  “Bay Printmakers' Society VIth National” San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
         “Bay Printmakers' Society VIth National” Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA

         “9th Annual Illinois Valley Exhibition of Painting” Peoria Art Center, Peoria, IL (Prize-Honorable Mention)
         “Group Exhibition” H.C.E. Gallery, Urbana, IL

         “Group Exhibition” Provincetown Art Center, Provincetown, MA
         “Mid States Exhibition” Evansville Arts & Sciences, Evansville, ID (Purchase)

 

1961 “Northwest Printmakers 32nd International” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

        “Northwest Printmakers 32nd International” Portland Art Museum, Portland, MA

        “Group Exhibition” San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
        “Fine Arts Festival-Paintings & Prints” H.C.E. Gallery, Urbana, IL

 

1962  “Group Exhibition” University NY, Potsdam, NY

         “Memorial Exhibition for Ilya Schor” Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY

         “2nd Annual Knoxville Art Center National Exhibition” Frank H. McClung Museum Art Gallery Knoxville, TN

         “Group Exhibition Invitational” American Federal of Arts, New York, NY (traveling exhibition)

 

1963  “Group Exhibition” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (Purchase)

         “Louise Comfort Tiffany Awardees” The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

1964  “National Print Exhibition” Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY(Purchase)
         “7 Young Painters-Invitational” Yale University, New Haven, CN
         “Group Exhibition” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

         “Group Exhibition” Fendrick Gallery, Washington D.C.

         “Northwest Printmakers 35nd International” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

         “Group Exhibition Invitational” American Federal of Arts, New York, NY

 

1965  “1st Annual Drawing Exhibition” Bucknell University, Bucknell, ID (Purchase)

         “Group Exhibition” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

         “Group Exhibition” United States Information Agency (Purchase)

         “Group Exhibition” Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA

         “32nd National Graphic Arts & Drawing Exhibition” Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
         “Group Exhibition” Burkee Art Gallery, Rockford, IL (Purchase Award)

 

1966  “Group Exhibition” University of Hawaii-Invitational

         “by Maryland Artists-Juried” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (Purchase)
         “Group Exhibition Invitational” American Federal of Arts, New York, NY

 

1967  “20 Prints-Invitational” State University of NY, Oneonta, NY

         “Group Exhibition” IFA Gallery, Washington D.C.

         "S.A.G.A. 48th Annual" The Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY

         “Group Exhibition Invitational” American Federal of Arts, New York, NY

 

1968  “Peter K Hooven” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (SOLO EXHIBITION)

         “Group Exhibition” Young Collectors Gallery, Baltimore, MD

         “Group Exhibition” Burkee Art Gallery, Rockford, IL

 

1969 “Group Exhibition” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

        “The Land for Pleasant Living-Group Exhibition” WCBM Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

        “Group Exhibition” IFA Gallery, Washington D.C.

 

1973  “Group Exhibition” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA

 

1974  Pisces Gallery, Nantucket, MA

 

1975  Pisces Gallery, Nantucket, MA

 

1976  Pisces Gallery, Nantucket, MA

         Pisces Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

 

1978  Artworks Gallery, Boston, MA Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

         Daemon Gallery, Buffalo, NY (SOLO EXHIBITION)

 

1979  Gallery, Richmond, VA

 

1980-82 Graphics Etc. Gallery, Provincetown, MA 1980-81

            The Schoolhouse Gallery, North Truro, MA

 

1981-82 The Grange Gallery, Carlisle, MA

 

1982 “Contemporary Boston Portraits” Boston University, Boston, MA

 

1983  Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

 

1984 “The Nude B/W” Cape Code Photo, Orleans, MA (SOLO EXHIBITION)

        “Murals Summer Exhibition” Antique Auto Museum of Boston, Boston, MA

         Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA

 

1985 “American Artist-National Art Competition,” Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY

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1986 "Group Exhibition" Tennyson Gallery, Provincetown, MA
 

COLLECTIONS:

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Museum of Evansville, Evansville, ID
New York Times, New York, NY
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Burpee Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA

United States Information Agency, Washington D.C.

Vermont Academy, Vermont
City of Truro, Truro, MA

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& NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: