Blake Peterson

Blake Peterson is an interdisciplinary artist with a printmaking focus. He earned his MFA from the Glasgow School of Art in June of 2012. Blake's body of work, including print media and digital video has been featured in several group exhibitions across the United States, the UK, and Europe. In 2011, one of his lithographs was selected for the GSA's permanent collection of prints.

Much of Blake's work is also collaborative. He regularly works with fellow artist and printmaker, Zoe Phillips. Zoe earned her BFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa in 2010, and is now completing her MFA in Printmaking from SFAI. Their collaborative work has been featured in several exhibitions, including their digital video work "Lost Sheep In Glasgow" for the 2011 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. Also while earning his MFA, Blake acted as a Teaching Assistant for the First Year Painting & Printmaking course at the Glasgow School of Art. He provided constructive criticism, sat in on group critiques, and gave printmaking demonstrations and assistance.

In 2005, Blake earned his BA in Psychology from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He later acquired a Postgraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship fro...

2012 - MFA, the Glasgow School of Art

2008 - Certificate in Entrepreneurship through the JPEC Program
BFA Student in Printmaking
The University of Iowa

2006 - Digital Design
Corcoran College of Art + Design

2005 - BA, Psychology
Minor, Fine Arts (focus on Classical Drawing techniques)
The George Washington University, Washington, DC

3 June – 2 September 2016: Wish You Could Have Seen This; San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery; San Francisco, CA

6 – 8 May 2015: Soft Matter; Art Work Atelier; Salford, Manchester, UK

3 March – 8 April 2014: New Prints and Drawings Pop-Up Exhibition with Zoe Phillips; Rooz, Oakland, CA

o May 8 – June 30 2013: Two Toned Mojo exhibition with Zoe Phillips at Black Sheep, San Francisco [Giclée, Photography, Lithography]

o 1 April – 19 July 2013: 23rd Annual National Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI [Lithograph]

o 1-22 September 2012: Don’t Leave Me This Way Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin , DE

o 21 – 24 June 2012: “As Comfortable as a Wool Bikini” (with Kyle Smith + Zoe Phillips) at Studio 41, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

o 6 – 17 June 2012: Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show at the Glue Factory; Glasgow, Scotland, UK

o 4 May 2012: Chalet Prize Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

o 2 – 4 May 2012: ‘No Man’s Land’ at the Arches, Glasgow as a part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

o January 2012: “Memories Can’t Wait” solo exhibition at Red China, Des Moines, IA

o January 2012: Collaborative work made w/ Zoe Phillips; RGB Gallery, San Francisco, CA

o 3 December 2011: MFA Auction, Group Ex...