Peter Schenck (B. 1983, New York, NY)
Lives and paints in Brooklyn, NY
Contact: schenckp@gmail.com
Instagram: @pbschenck
Education
2009 MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 BFA, Boston University, Boston, MA.
2005 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY.
2005 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Brain Fever, Curated by Nao Matsumoto, Lorimoto Gallery, Queens, NY.
2022 Vanitas, Curated by Michael Holden, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Comedy Cellar, Freight + Volume Gallery, New York, NY.
Down the Well, Galerie Sebastien Adrien, Paris, FR.
2016 Clear and Present Danger, Arts + Leisure Gallery, New York, NY.
2015 Touch and Go, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.
2014 One More Slice, Sunshine Art + Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
2012 Frozen By Fear, Space Camp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.
2011 All Good Things Must Continue, Le Meridien Hotel, Philadelphia, PA.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Appetites, Curated by Peter Schenck, Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
2023 Currents, Curated by Alex Feim, Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, NY.
Plastic Fantastic, Curated by Nick Lawrence, Readymade Gallery, Orleans, MA.
Terrible Fathers, Curated by Peter Schenck and Dominic Terlizzi, The Clemente, New York, NY.
Search & Rescue, Curated by Nick Lawrence, Readymade Gallery, Orleans, MA.
It’s Never Over, Curated by Dominic Terlizzi and Christine Stiver, St. Charles Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2022 Carnival, Curated by Katie Michel, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY.
2021 ARTMAGEDDON II, Curated by Robert Elstein, Ditmas Park Outdoor Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY.
Studio Jamz 3, Curated by Jeff Fichera, Fernando Pintado and Peter Schenck, Ridgewood Studios, Queens, NY.
2020 New Wave, Curated by David Williams, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 Rom Com, Curated by Jaqueline Cedar, Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall.., Curated from the Collection of Lise Curry, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY.
NYC to LI: NYC to Pine Hollow Country Club, Curated by Paige Beeber, Oyster Bay, NY.
Other Worlds: Bill Adams, Glenn Goldberg, Peter Schenck, Curated by Charles Braddock, 198 Allen Street Gallery, New York, NY
Monsters and Landscapes, Galerie Sebastien Adrien, Paris, FR.
2018 Universes, Curated by Sasha Bogojev, Tales of Art Gallery, Imola, Italy
Portraits, Galerie Sebastien Adrien, Paris, FR.
Summer of Love, Curated by Nick Lawrence, Freight + Volume Gallery, New York, NY.
While Supplies Last: Restock, Curated by Anthony White, Studio E, Seatle, WA.
#1, Galerie Sebastien Adrien, Paris, FR.
2017 Hide and Go Chic, Curated by Kenneth Heyne, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Et Tu, Art Brute, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.
Sitting Still, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY.
Got It For Cheap, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY.
FILTERGEIST, Curated by Til Will and Debbi Kenote, Open House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
In Paper We Trust, Curated by Sara Clarken, The Dot Project Gallery, London, UK.
Known Unknowns, Curated by Cait Carouge, Eleanor King and Michael Woody, New York, NY.
The Human Form, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Nurture Art Benefit, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
Ocotillo, Curated by Jonathan DeDecker, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
2016 Studio Jamz II, Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Running for Office, Curated by Maiza Hixson, SBCAST, Santa Barbara, CA.
30 Under 30ish, Victori + Mo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Chance Encounters, Curated by Maiza Hixson, SBCAST, Santa Barbara, CA.
Young Frankensteins, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY.
Fresh Start, Curated by Cris McCall, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA.
This Strange Game, Curated by Brigitte Mulholland and Michael Woody,Chelsea, NY.
2015 SELECT NY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, New York, NY.
Pizza Party, Airlock Gallery, San Marcos, CA.
Studio Jams, Gowanus Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 The Flat Files: Year Two, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Convergence, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA.
Life of the Party, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY.
All That and a Bag of Chips, Dead Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2012 Four by Six Equals Twenty-Four, Space Camp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.
It’s a small, small World, Curated by Hennessy Youngman, Family Business Gallery, New York, NY.
2011 Vox VII: Emerging Artists, Juried by Melissa Ho and Hennessy Youngman, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Brutal Pyramid, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA.
Free Range – Painting and the University of Pennsylvania, University of
Pennsylvania, Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 Tri – State Show, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
NEVER THINK small: Redux!, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
Works on Paper Rejects, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2009 Where There’s Smoke, There’s Smoke, Michael Steinberg Gallery,
New York, NY.
Vox V: Emerging Artists, Juried by Ryan Trecartin and Larry Mangel, Vox Populi, Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Penn MFA Thesis Exhibition, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA.
Art Fairs
2022 Water Mill Pop Up Art Salon with Art on the Edge (Art Advisory), Southampton, NY.
2017 Young International Art Fair, Le Carreau Du Temple, Paris, FR
Curatorial
2024 Appetites, Bushwick Studios @ 449 Troutman St, Brooklyn, NY.
2023 Terrible Fathers, The Clemente, Co-curated with Dominic Terlizzi, New York, NY.
2022 City Limits, Park Place Gallery @ 167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY.
2021 Studio Jamz 3, Ridgewood Studios, Co-curated with Jeff Fichera and Fernando Pintado, Queens, NY.
2017 The Still Life Show, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
The Work on Paper Show, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
The Landscape Show, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
The Human Form, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 Studio Jamz II, Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Young Frankensteins, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY.
2015 Studio Jamz, Gowanus Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 Life of the Party, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY.
Residencies
2023 - 2016 DNA Residency, Artist in Residence, Provincetown, MA.
2015 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT.
Flat Files
2017 Plark Place Gallery Flat File, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 Gesamtkunst Werkshop, Curated by Lucas Bucholtz, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 TSA New York's Flat File Program, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Press
8.17.18 Battery Journal, The Anxiety and the Ecstasy: Peter Schenck at Freight and Volume, Daniel German
6.19.18 Juxtapoz Magazine, Sasha Bogajev, Interview with Peter Schenck
3.15.18 Au Fond du Seau, ARTS MAGAZINES, Parisian Print Art Magazine
2.09.18 Peter Schenck, Down the Well @ Galerie Sebastien Adrien, Kozarte
11.25.17 Studio Visit with Peter Schenck, Two Coats of Paint, Julia Gray
8.24.16 The Top Five New York Art Shows This Week, Peter Schenck, "Clear and Present Danger", Howard Halle, Time Out
8.16.16 In the Studio: Peter Schenck, Laura Grasso, Tequila & Denim Blog
3.30.16 Living on the Lower East Side (Slide Show), Photography by Joshua Bright, The New York Times
3.30.16 Young Frankensteins @ Lesley Heller Workspace, Scott Robinson, Painting is Dead
3.19.16 Contemporary Art: Young Frankensteins @ Lesley Heller Workspace, Gerhard Maier, Drive By Curiosity Blog
2.26.16 Now Showing: Young Frankensteins, Lucy Martin, Elephant: The Art Culture Magazine
3.26.15 Peter Schenck - Gowanus, Jonathan Chapline and Lorraine Nam, #FFFFFF Walls
10.21.14 Styx & Stones: Life of the Party with Peter Schenck, Jacquelyn Gleisner, Carets and Sticks
10.7.14 Peter Schenck @ Life of the Party, Bushwick Daily
4.29.14 One More Slice at Sunshine, B.A.S.E. Lancaster
2.06.14 Q&A with Artist, Peter Schenck, The Sunshine Blog, Sunshine Art + Design Gallery
Selected Collections
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY.
Van Nguyễn, Queens, NY.
Jeremy Efroymson, Indianapolis, IN.
Lise Curry, New York, NY.
Dorian Fogel, Englewood, NJ
Paul Purcell, New York, NY.
Robert Schaaf, Jersey City, NJ.
Judith A. Lerner, New York, NY.
Shelly Kivell, New York, NY.
Cris McCall, Los Angeles, CA.
Jeff Ross, New York, NY.
Nina Ross, New York, NY.
Private Collections: CA, MA, NJ, NY, PA, and VA.