PETER FOUCAULT
'Foucault's
procedure connects his work with the Surrealist lineage of automatism,
the chance-enamored strategies of Fluxus and oddities on the fringes of
art such as Harold Cohen's computer-generated drawings.'
-Kenneth Baker,
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Foucault
creates works on paper, videos, and installations that are fueled by his
love of drawing and mark making. He has created a series of
Drawing-Projects,
which utilize systems developed by the artist that produce complex
abstract compositions. At the root of these projects is a constant
tension between control and the loss of control. Viewer interactivity
plays an integral part in his drawing installations, large-scale
artworks in which participants influence the outcome of a drawing that
is created by a small robot over the duration of an event or exhibition.
His work is concept driven, and often utilizes objects that reference
printmaking and multiplicities.
Foucault has
participated in numerous exhibitions nationwide, with recent solo shows
at The SFMOMA Café, The Richmond Art Center (Richmond, CA), and
Blankspace Gallery (Oakland, CA). In January 2010 Foucault will be
having a solo show at Micaela Gallery. His work has been included in
group shows at the Smithsonian Institutes’ Freer and Sackler Gallery,
The Portland Art Center, Ohge Ltd. (Seattle, WA), Works San Jose, and
Mission 17 (San Francisco, CA). In 2007-2008 his artwork was included in
the Art Now Fair Miami Beach, the Bridge Art Fair New York and Miami
Beach (through Micaela Gallery, San Francisco), and his interactive
robotic drawing installations have been presented at The NASA Aimes
Research Center, The Lab (San Francisco), and the Zero1 Art and
Technology Fair (San Jose, CA). Recent reviews of Foucault’s work
have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The SF Weekly (Pick of the
Week), ArtWeek, Wired Magazine, Stretcher Magazine, and Artnet Magazine.
In April 2009 his drawing
Four Square was featured on
the Cover of California Home and Design Magazine. Foucault’s work is
represented by the Micaela Gallery in San Francisco. He lives and works
in Oakland, CA.
Education
2000
BFA – Printmaking, University of Washington
BA - Art History, University of Washington
2001-03
Graduate Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
2005
MFA – Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute
Solo Exhibitions
2010
(January), Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Translations, SFMOMA Café, San Francisco, CA
2008
External Influences, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2007
Outside Forces, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Draw!, Frankee Uno Salon and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Outline, Print Zero Studios, Seattle, WA
2005
Overdrawn, Crucible Steel Gallery, CELLspace, San Francisco, CA
2004
Publish or Perish, Installation at the Design Pavilion, San Francisco,
CA
Drawn In, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In The West, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Generations, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Automatic Response, the Nation Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group
Exhibitions
2009
Tangible Technology, Design Guild SF, San Francisco, CA
Re:source (2 person show). Foster City Art Gallery, Foster City, CA
All Good Things, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Drawing Show, OHGE LTD, Seattle, WA
Art.Tech, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Winter Salon 2009, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Bridge Art Fair (with Micaela Gallery), Miami Beach, FL
The Weather Reconnaissance, The Garage, San Francisco, CA
Zero 1, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
Yuri’s Night 2008, NASA Aimes Research Center, Mountain View, CA
Bridge Art Fair, (with Micaela Gallery), New York, NY
Printzero Studios Print Exchange#6, COCA, Seattle, WA
Compass, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Art Now Fair, (with Micaela Gallery), Miami, FL
The Drawing Project (2 person show), a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Gun Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Tall Tales (2 person show), Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Printzero Studios Print Exchange#5, Sev Shoon Art Center, Seattle, WA
Artists Go Lightly, Temporary Autonomous Museum, San Francisco, CA
Salon D’Ete, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Body of Work, Works San Jose, CA
Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2007, NASA Aimes Research Center, Mountain View,
CA
Novus + Neos (New work + New artists), Micaela Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
FREEDM, Noise Pop Festival opening exhibition@ Mezzanine, San Francisco,
CA
2006
Anti/Social, Mission 17 Gallery, juried show, San Francisco, CA
Mind Strata: The Collision Point, Works San Jose, CA
Printzero Studios Print Exchange#4, University of Florida
Printzero Studios Print Exchange#4, Sev Shoon Art Center, Seattle, WA
Printzero Studios Print Exchange#4, Basil Howard Gallery, Portland, OR
The Grotesque Sublime, Kitchen Distribution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Art of Tea, Cricket Engine Gallery, juried show, Oakland, CA
Empirical Nostalgia, Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boredom: I Learned it by Watching You, Portland Art Center, OR
Mind Strata: Office Dreams, 2001 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Art SF 5 th
Anniversary Show, ArtSF Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Rundgang, Staedelschule Academy of Art, Frankfurt, Germany
2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Benefit for Visual Aids, Robert Miller Gallery,
NY
Paper Cuts-Again, Fetterly Gallery, juried show, Vallejo, CA
MFA Show, SFAI, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Third Annual Juried Show, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
California Black and White, Cabrillo Gallery juried show, Aptos, CA
Artist Book Show, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
Say What!, ArtSf Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
AD-HOC, Crucible Steel Gallery, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Art Out Loud, ARTSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Skyways of Tomorrow, Oakland Airport, NASA design collaboration,
Oakland, CA
CCA+SFAI, Play Space Gallery juried show, California College of Art
Out Source, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Natures, Swissnex, Gallery of the Swiss Consulate, San Francisco, CA
Off-Site, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Small Works, Swell Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2003
Autofocus, Freer and Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute,
juried show, Washington, DC
Fats Famous, Swell Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute, juried
show,
Gene Carnival, Swell Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute
Sign:Language, Swell Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute
Programs and
Grants
2004
Board of Trustees, Student Representative, San Francisco Art Institute
NASA Space Program teaching grant, San Francisco Art Institute
Collaborative project with RIGO 04, San Francisco Art Institute
Inclusion of work in the Education Panel of Southern Graphics,Rutgers
University
2001-03
Teaching Grant, University of Hawaii, Manoa
2002
Independent study, George Pompidou Center, Paris, France
2000
Merit award, University of Washington
Collection
The Getty
Institute, Artist Books Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Published
Material, Reviews
2009
California Home and Design, Cover image and “The Reign of Spain”,
Mikhael Romain, March/April 2009
2007
Artnet.com, “Miami Post Mortem”, Ben Davis, 12/24/07
SF Gaurdian, “Pick of the Week: The Magari Project and The Drawing
Project”, Amy Hough, 11/28/07
The San Francisco Chronicle, “Foucault’s Robots”, Kenneth Baker, 9/29/07
Stretcher Magazine, “Tall Tales”, Stephanie Ellis, October 2007
SF Weekly, “Pick of the Week”, Ping Pong in the Garage, Traci Vogel,
8/22/07
Wired Magazine Online, “Robots Offer Lesson in Abstract Expressionism”,
Rob Beschizza, 4/17/07
Crave.com, “Gadget Report from Yuris Night @ NASA”, Donald Bell, 4/16/07
Ubergizmo.com, “Drawing Robots Draw People”, 4/16/07
ArtBusiness.com, “Draw!”, Alan Bamberger, 2/24/07
2006
ArtSpan Open Studios Catalog, “Home Grown Galleries”, Amee LeDuc, 10/06
Elle Decore Magazine, Conrad Drapery Advertisment, August 2006
2005
Portland Art.net, “Boredom I Learned it by Watching You”, Jeff Jahn,
4/21/06
Artweek, “Papercuts (again)”, Jordan Essoe, November 2005
ArtBusiness.com, “Overdrawn”, Alan Bamberger, 8/3/05
Block Magazine, “Thirteen Artists, One Galeria Galou”, Rachel Hyman,
6/24/05
The Cabrillo Voice, “Black and White, an exciting exhibition comes to
Cabrillo”, Elana Abeles, 4/13/05
Register-Pajaronian, “Seeing things in Black and White”, Richard
Bennett, 3/18/05
2002
Television interview on Fox Cable Network, Honolulu, Hawaii
2001
Bricolage Magazine, Issue 18, 2001, University of Washington Press
1999
The Stranger, The Stranger Suggests, August 19 issue
Curatorial
Projects
2010
Auto:Manic, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (June)
2007
The Gun Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA,
I Walked Through Seven Sad Forests, Ping Pong Gallery @ the Garage: Part
of the Garage Biennale 2007
Lectures
2007
Visiting Artist, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2004
Visiting Artist, Napa Valley College, CA
SFAI representative, College Preview Day, Los Angles, CA
SFAI representative, College Preview Day, Austin, TX
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