Sammy Peters Works Biography
SAMMY PETERS
American b. 1939
EDUCATION
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Arts Center School of Arts and Drama, Little Rock, AR
San Francisco Mime Troupe, San Francisco, CA
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS / Since 2000
2019 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (forthcoming)
Sammy Peters: Then and Now Survey Exhibition, Angelo State University, San Marcos, TX (forthcoming)
2018 Sammy Peters: Recent Work; Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2017 Sammy Peters: Then and Now Survey Exhibition; Butler Center Galleries/Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR
Sammy Peters: Then and Now Survey Ancillary Exhibition; Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Sammy Peters: Then and Now Survey Exhibition; Memphis, TN
Sammy Peters: Then and Now Survey Exhibition; University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR
2015 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR
2013 LewAllen Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
2011 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2008 The Heights Gallery, Little Rock, AR
Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
2007 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003 Hendrix College, Conway, AR
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2002 New Gallery, Houston, TX
Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / Since 2000
2018 Winfield Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
M A Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2017 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
2015 Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR
2014 Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
2011 Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Exhibition, Morrilton, AR
2010 Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
2009 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY
Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
2006 Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
2003 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Contemporanea, Hot Springs, AR
Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
AWARDS and FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Edwards Trust Lectureship, Angelo State University
2003 VSC Press Printmaking Fellowship
2001 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2000 MacDowell Fellowship
1992 M-AAA/NEA Fellowship
1967 Juror’s Award, 10th Delta Annual
1965 Juror’s Top Award, 10th Annual Mid-South Exhibition 1965
Juror’s Special Mention Award, 6th Dixie Annual
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Technical College, Russellville, AR
Atkins Insurance Corporation, Little Rock, AR
Baptist Rehabilitation Institute, Little Rock, AR
Brooks-Pollard Advertising, Little Rock, AR
The Communications Group, Little Rock, AR
The Entergy Corporation, Jackson, MS
Regions Bank, Little Rock, AR
Gene Hackman, Santa Fe, NM
Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Palazzo Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Hot Springs Fine Arts Center, Hot Springs, AR
McDonalds, London, England
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, Little Rock, AR
Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, Petit Jean, AR
The Rose Firm, Little Rock, AR
The Venetian Resort Hotel, Macao, China
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Southland Corporation, Dallas, TX
Stephens Incorporated, Little Rock, AR
Twin City Printing, North Little Rock, AR
University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, AR
Bank of America, Little Rock, AR
Arthur Young & Company, Little Rock, AR
JPMS Cox PLLC, Little Rock, AR
CATALOGS
2017 Sammy Peters: Then and Now–Butler Center Galleries. Essay by Peter Frank, 30 color plates
2016 Sammy Peters: Then and Now–Memphis College of Art. Essay by Peter Frank, 30 color plates
2016 Sammy Peters: Then and Now–University of Arkansas / Fort Smith. Essay by Peter Frank, 28 color plates
2015 Disparate Acts Redux: Bailin, Criswell, Peters; Introduction by Leslie N. Peacock, essay by Warren Criswell, 13 color plates
2007 Silent Metronome, Works from 2006-2007; Sammy Peters interviewed by Ruth Pasquine, Ph.D., 18 color plates
2001 Sammy Peters/ Portals and Intentions, LewAllen Contemporary, solo exhibit, essay by Peter Frank, 22 color plates
1994 Sammy Peters/ Paintings on Paper and Canvas, The Arkansas Arts Center, solo exhibit, essay by Donald Kuspit, introduction by Townsend Wolfe and Ruth Pasquine. 16 color plates
1989 Baser Matter, Traveling Exhibition, 14 color plates, Essays by John S. Slorp and Lloyd W. Benjamin
1986 Dated Works, Traveling Exhibition, 10 color plates, Essay by Michael Preble
VISITING ARTIST / WORKSHOPS
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 1989, 1991, 2016
Hendrix College 1996, Conway, Arkansas
Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX 1994
Arkansas Arts Center 1986, 1988, 1990
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1988, 1990
