Peter Gooch

Peter Gilchrist Gooch
Corrales, New Mexico

Born 1 May 1947, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The son of Marjorie Gilchrist Gooch, a teacher in the Public School System, and Donald Burnette Gooch, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan and founder of the Michigan Water Color Society. He attended University High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later the University of Michigan. He served in the USAF, and after his discharge, received a BS degree in English Literature, and a BFA degree from Eastern Michigan University. He received a Master of Fine Arts Degree (painting) with Honors, from Western Michigan University, where he was later elected to the Alumni Academy, and received the 100 Bridges Award for distinguished alumni. After receiving his MFA, he taught first at Eastern Michigan University, and then at the University of Dayton, where he taught all levels of painting on the Fine Arts faculty until his retirement in 2012. While on faculty at the University of Dayton, he was awarded two Summer Research Fellowships, a University of Dayton Research Institute Senior Research Fellowship, and was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council. He served on the Board of Directors for the Ann Arbor Art Association, and ...

EDUCATION

1985 MFA Western Michigan University (Painting - Honors)
1978 BFA Eastern Michigan University (Painting)
1978 BS Eastern Michigan University (English Literature)
1965-68 University of Michigan

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Valdosta National

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition

Michigan Water Color Society Exhibition

Exhibition 280—Huntington Museum

ISAP International Exhibition

Mid-year National Painting Exhibition—Butler Institute of American Art

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

Arizona Aqueous Exhibition

National Watercolor Society Exhibition

American Annual Works on Paper