May, 2005 Exhibit

EARTH AND SUN

NEW EARTH PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
BY PETER KINNEY

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PRESS RELEASE

“EARTH AND SUN”

PETER KINNEY SHOWS NEW EARTH PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS AT HIGHWIRE GALLERY
1315 Cherry St, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, 19107

MAY 6 THROUGH 30

GALLERY HOURS WED –SUNDAY 12 TO 5 OR BY APPOINTMENT, CONTACT THE ARTIST AT 865-882-7111,
EMAIL BJPK@COMCAST.NET AND WWW.HIGHWIREGALLERY.COM

Peter Kinney shows a large number (over 40) of new pieces that have been done within the last two years, plus a few pieces from earlier times. Kinney’s recent work continues to focus on the raw material of earth that he has discovered and collected himself. However, there is more emphasis on the light and color of the sun acting on the earth in this exhibit.

Inspired by yet another trip to the canyon lands of Utah and Colorado, Kinney’s work ranges in scale from 8 x 5 feet through medium size to miniatures. The scale shifts keep up with Kinney’s many moods, and the moods of the earth, while traveling in the deserts and mountains of the Southwest, or working in his back yard as thunderstorms approach, or as light on his paper shifts from sunlight to shadow.

There is also work done alongside his students at the Haverford School, exploring the qualities of Haverford Pond, or playing with earth and sand that they have gathered on their trips and given to him.

Peter “Doc” Kinney dedicates
this exhibit
to his students past and present,
who have given him so much good feedback and inspiration for his work over the years. As one small way of honoring my students I include in this exhibit a selection of work done by Upper School students at Haverford with whom I have worked this year and last. Also, I include work done by Lower School students at Westtown School this spring, having been invited to do a workshop there by a former Haverford teacher, Jeff Waring.

I believe that play is a crucial dimension of the art making process. And students know how to play. This leads to the works in this show that come from my dreaming mind, whose references are not a particular locale, but something discovered and invented, such at Rashi, an important work in this exhibit. Both types of work --the imaginative and the interpretive-- are important for me.

In addition, I have invited Haverford students who are accomplished musicians to play at a special reception for student artists and musicians on May 21, Saturday afternoon, at 2:00 pm

PETER KINNEY SHORT RESUME
6531 MAPLE AVENUE
PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY 08109
(H) (856) 662-7111 (W) (610) 642-3020
Born: Lynn, Mass. 10/16/43

EDUCATION
1974 Ph.D. New York University
1968 M.A. New York University
1965 B.A. Syracuse University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1974-present Instructor, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA
1974-1979 Instructor, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1970-1975 Instructor, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2004 “With Earth and Hand,” Freyberger Gallery, Penn State University, Reading, PA Two person exhibit with Rafael Canizares.

2004 “Between Earth and Sky,” The Haverford School. One person exhibit.

2003 "Moon Spell," Highwire Gallery, Phila, PA.
One person exhibit of 39 works of earth, natural materials on paper.

2002 "Utah Dream," The Haverford School, Haverford, PA.
One person exhibit of 36 works of earth and color on paper.

2001 "Mudamorphosis," Highwire Gallery, Phila, PA
One person exhibit of 29 works on paper.

2000 "Landscape Revisited," Freedman Gallery,
Albright College, Reading, PA

1999 10/17 --11/12 "More Mud,"
Cumberland County College, Vineland, NJ.
One person exhibit of 19 works on paper.

1999 January. "Mud Mother" exhibit at Highwire Gallery, Phila.
One person show of 36 works of mud on paper.

1998 5/16--7/5, "Through the Heart of the City,"
The Philadelphia Art Alliance. "The Stuff of the Schuylkill" exhibited, a floor and wall installation in a room 16 x 12 x 10' ht., of natural materials of the Schuylkill river and its tributaries.

1997 January 3-26, "Two Sticks in the Mud", Highwire Gallery, Phila.
25 works of mud on paper, 3 mounds, and 3 installations.

l996 April-October, "River Sounding," Independence Seaport Museum,
Phila., Pa. "Sounding Spirit" and "A Vision of the Primordial Delaware" exhibited.

l996 Feb.-April, "Nature Morte, Contemporary Still Life", Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila. "Shaman's Landscape" exhibited, a wall installation 11 x 16' of wild grasses and plants.

1995 Jan. - Feb. - "Forest Spirit". Gershman Y., Phila, Pa.
13' x 7' x 6'ht. sculpture of natural forest materials.

1994 Oct. - Nov. - "Mantis Mantra".
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa.
40' x 30' x 2'ht. outdoor sculpture of found rock.

1994 4/3 - 4/30 - "Wild Wanderings".
Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
A 40 x 16 x 10 foot installation of natural materials, and a display of 20 photographs of site-specific outdoor sculpture.

REVIEWS AND ESSAYS
Ron Schira, “The Process is the thing in a two-man exhibit,”
Reading Eagle, 9/26/04.

R.B. Strauss, “Peter Kinney’s exhibition offers a most unusual…”
Avon Grove Sun, May 6 -12, 2004.

Burton Wasserman, “The energy of nature shines through art,”
Art Matters, May 2004.

Mary Anne Janco, "This artist uses twigs, mud and even watercolor,"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/16/03, The Arts, p.3.

Burton Wasserman, Exhibitions in Sight, Art Matters, Feb, '03

R.B. Strauss, First Friday by Strauss, The Weekly Press, Feb. 5, 2003

R.B. Strauss, "What Sets Peter Kinney's Artwork Apart,"
Main Line Life, Feb.20-26, 2002, p.9.

R.B Strauss, "Reworked Earth by Peter Kinney,"
Daily Local News, Feb 26, 2002, B5.

Miriam Seidel, "MUDMAN," essay on announcement card for Mudamorphosis exhibition.

R. B. Strauss, "The Mud is the Life," Avon Grove Sun, May 17-23, 2001.

Jeff Waring, "Soil for the Soul," essay on line at Kinneymarshall@net-gate.com

Burton Wasserman, "The Mud is the Medium," Art Matters, May 2001.

Christopher Youngs, "Landscape Revisited,"
Freedman Gallery, Albright College.

Carol Smith, "Artist not afraid to get hands dirty,"
Vineland Press, 11/5/99, Vineland, NJ.

Robert Baxter, "Muddying the Waters of Traditional Art,"
Courier-Post, Jan. 24, 1999.

Edward J. Sozanski, "Earth Art",
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 22, 1999.

Joyce Mullins, "Mud and much more make Olde City gallery-hopping fun",
Au Courant, Jan. 19-25, 1999.

Burt Wasserman, "Back to Nature",
Art Matters, July-August, 1994, p. 6.

Burt Wasserman, "Exhibitions in Sight",
Art Matters, April 1994, p. 7.

Marilyn Fox, "Natural Order", Reading Eagle, July, 25, 1993.

INTERVIEWS
2001 Berks Community Cable, New Arts Alive with Peter Kinney.
James Carroll interviewer.

2001 Berks Community Cable, New Art Voices, Collaboration: painting, sound, video, with Peter Kinney, Jeff Waring, and Toshi Makihara.

1999 Berks Community Television.
Y2K Exhibition at Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks Campus,
Nov. 30. Marilyn J. Fox, Moderator.

l996 Berks Community Television, New Arts Alive,
Peter Kinney, Artist, James Carroll interviewer.

1994 Berks Community Television, Channel 28.
"ART FAX", August 19, with Peter Jon Snyder moderator.

COLLECTIONS (PARTIAL LIST)
Tracy Nelson
Lisa Synder
Sandra Krieg
Lillian and Edmund Restifo
Susan and Robert Burch
Dr. Joseph Cox
Mrs. Barbara Cheyney
Sonyia Hsieh
Albright College
Karen Palcho
Shirley and Peter Snyder
Bob Natalini
Jenny and Jeff Waring
Miriam Seidel
Denise Dmochowski
Jim Harris

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