PETER SUCHECKI

439 W. 49th Street #18, Oakland CA 94609
suchecki@redstartstudio.com
website: http://www.redstartstudio.com

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The consistent thread that runs through my work is an interest in pattern and repetition as observed and experienced in nature and in culture. This interest has led to specific investigations into the poetical relationships between science, mathematics and art. My working process tends to be systematic, often beginning with a hypothesis or conceptual framework. This process has naturally lent itself to the iterative artistic mediums that are technology-dependent: photography, textiles, printmaking & digital media.

EDUCATION:

MFA, Printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1995
BFA, Printmaking, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME, 1992
BA, History, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 1983

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Artist 2004-PRESENT: Video Production & Post-Production, 3d Animation, WWW Media & Printed Matter
Contributing Writer Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, (1998 to 2001)
Assistant Professor Printmaking, Design and New Media 1997-2001: Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
Instructor 1995-1996: John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN. Taught several night courses in bookmaking, figure drawing and acrylic painting.
Associate Instructor 1992-1995: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Teaching Assistant-Sculpture 1992-1993: Maine College of Art Early College Program, Portland, ME
Assistant Printer 1991: Vinalhaven Press, Vinalhaven, Maine. Responsible for inking, proofing, printing and curating of a series of etchings by the Artist Robert Cumming.
Creative Director 1985-1988: Merritt Group Marketing & Sales, Inc.

VOLUNTEER WORK:

UC Botanical Garden Education Department , Berkeley, CA
Maine York County Audubon, York County ME
Portland Area Arts Commission Grant Approval Committee, Portland ME
Return the Tides Tidal Restriction Project, Portland ME
Indochina Arts Partnership Sister School Program

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Tissue of Riddles, Art Building, Bloomington, IN, 2003
Zero Portfolios, Zero Station, Portland, ME, 2003
Images Cinema, Video-screening of “Universal Solvent”,Williamstown, MA, 2003
Video-screenings of “Convolute”:Alabama Filmmakers Co-op, Huntsville, AL, 2003
Lundabio (Puffin Cinema), Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003
Brighton Michigan Film Festival, Brighton, MI, 2003
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Oakland Opera Theater, Oakland, CA, 2003
The Library of Babel, Indiana University Fine Arts Library, Bloomington, IN, 2003
Beautiful Confusion, Zero Station, Portland, ME, 2003
Twitchell, Wolyniec, Suchecki, Zero Station, South Portland, ME, 2001
Maine New Media Arts Project, on-line exhibition, 2001
Print Portfolios, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, 2001
Back Cove Park: Heart of Portland, Area Gallery, Portland, ME, 2001
Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, ME, 2001
Short Videos, Keystone Theatre, Portland, ME, 2000
Invisible Cities, June Fitzpatrick Alternative Space, Portland, ME & U. of Hawaii, Manoa, HI, 2000
Score, voice-performance, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, 1999
Group Show, Hay Gallery. Portland, ME, 1999
Northern Light Cosmic Sound: A Multimedia Happening, Southworth Planatarium, Portland, ME, 1999
Point of View, Hinge Gallery, Portland, ME & National Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999
Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, ME, 1999
ko-kek-ko!, voice-performance, Out of Cake, Portland, ME, 1998
Puzzles & Curious Problems, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME, 1998
Small Print & Artist Book Exchange, traveling exhibition, New Zealand and Australia, 1998
Tyler Print Invitational, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Posted, Elements Gallery, Portland, ME, 1998
Birdy, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1997
Unbound: Art in Bookform/Book as Artform, Heron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, 1997
A Sense of Unity, John Waldron Arts Center, Rosemary Miller Gallery, Bloomington, IN, 1997
Ordinary Logic, Storefront Installation, BC Magazine, Bloomington, IN, 1996

PUBLICATIONS:

"Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life. Earth Analogues for Possible LIfe on Mars: Lessons and Activities". Interactive DVD and workbook for NASA Astrobiology Institute Eduction and Public Outreach project.

"Duane Hanson," Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 2001.

"Donald Judd," Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 2001.

"Tibor de Nagy," Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 2001.

"Jean Michel Basquiat," Scribner's American Biography, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 1998.

"Keith Haring," Scribner's American Biography, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 1998.

"James Johnson Sweeney," Scribner's American Biography, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, NY, 1998.

"Mathematical Recreations–Advanced Book," Redstart Press, Bloomington, IN, 1996.

"Sculpture: The Past Three Decades," Dictionary of American History, Scribner's  & Sons, New York, 1998.

"The New Geography of the Print," The New Art Examiner, May 1995.

REVIEWS AND LECTURES:

Droppo, R., Suchecki, P.C., Simonelli, G., and Pratt, L.M., 2006. “Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life: a Workbook and DVD for High School Instruction” Poster presentation, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Annual Meeting, September, Baltimore MD.

Droppo, R., Suchecki, P.C., and Pratt, L.M., 2006: The Intersection of Science and Art at Lupin Mine: The Poetics of Place. Abstract, oral presentation, Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) March, Washington DC.

Rory L. Aronsky, "Microcinema's Independent Exposure – Autumnal Edition," FilmThreat, September, 21, 2003.

Chris Thompson, "Flat Files: Zero Station's Beautiful Confusion," Portland Phoenix, May 16, 2003.

Phillip Isaacson, “Zero Station off to impressive start,” Maine Sunday Telegram, April 6, 2003.

Chris Thompson, "Eyes wide shut," Portland Phoenix, September 13, 2001.

Chris Thompson, "Ecollaboration Back Cove: conservation conversation," Portland Phoenix, July 13, 2001.

"Lusus Numerorum," Baxter Society lecture, Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME, 2000.

Stuart Nudleman, "MECA faculty exhibition at River Tree Arts," York County Coast Star, May 26, 1999.

Phillip Isaacson, "MECA faculty boldly shows its stuff, "Maine Sunday Telegram, January 25, 1998.

Laurie Schreiber, "Wingspread opener intrigues with variety," The Bar Harbor Times, July 10, 1997.

Tom Rhea, "Autistic License: Peter Suchecki at the Waldron," Bloomington Voice, February 20-27, 1997.

Eva Marer, "Bookmakers Do It with Spine," BC Magazine, Bloomington, IN, Spring-Summer Issue, 1996.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

MFA Printmaking Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Fine Arts Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Joanne Waxman Memorial Library, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES:

Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, 2004
Artist-in-Residence, Kala Institute, Emeryville, CA, 2003
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, 1998
Tuition Scholarship & Assistantship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1992-1995