Peter Gynd (b. 1981, Vancouver, Canada) is an independent curator and fifth generation artist whose practice centers around an exploration of landscape and its relationship with the body. Gynd studied old masters oil painting techniques with his mother Ursula Medley and at the Vancouver Academy of Art before receiving a BFA in Glass from the Alberta College of Art & Design in 2006. Gynd moved to New York in early 2011 and has exhibited work in the US and Canada. Peter Gynd has curated exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2015, New York NY; Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY; Present Company, Brooklyn, NY; Galerie Protégé, New York, NY; NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY; 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY; the Northside Festival, Brooklyn, NY; Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver Canada; and most recently a permanent exhibition at the Foundation Center, New York, NY. Gynd currently works as director at Lesley Heller Workspace and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Peter Gynd
CV - Curatorial
b.1981 Vancouver, Canada
Curatorial:
2016 Connections (Permanent Exhibition), Foundation Center, New York, NY
2015 Form & Formlessness: Objects and the Body, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2015 Domestic Ideals: Nostalgia and the Home, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2014 Entrance - Contemporary Art Fair New York, The Tunnel - Chelsea, New York, NY
2014 Actions & Intent: Documentations in Performance, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Bodybeautiful, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY
2013 Another Landscape Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2012 Many Conversations - Northside Festival, hosted at Present Company, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Of Mind, Body & Soul: An Exploration of the Personal, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Feature Group Exhibition, Northside Festival, hosted at The End, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Crit Show, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
Art Fairs:
2015 SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2014 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2012 Verge Ar Fair Miami, Miami, FL
2012 Scope NY 2012 - for AMF Projects
2011 The Armory Show Modern 2011 - Intern
2011 The Artist Project NY - Exhibitor Services
Education:
2006 BFA - Alberta College of Art and Design
Bibliography:
Yaniv, Etty. “Eclectic Transactions at Spring/Break (Part I).” Arts In Bushwick, March 13, 2015. [online]
Ginger. “Checking out that Spring/Break Art Show Vibe.” Haha Mag, March 10. 2015. [online]
Evans, Ayana. “Spring Break Fell a Tad Flat But Here’s What You Shouldn’t Miss Seeing There.” Gallerieina Diaries, March 7, 2015. [online]
Mogilevskaya, Regina. “Slideshow: Highlights from Spring/Break Art Show 2015.” Blouin ArtInfo, March 5, 2015. [online]
Lynch, Scott. “Checking Out The Anti-Art Fair Art Fairs: (un)Scene & Spring/Break.” Gothamist, March 4, 2015. [online]
Meier, Allison. “Jam-Packed Spring/Break Art Show Pulls into Moynihan Station.” Hyperallergic, March 4, 2015. [online]
Zimmer, Lori. “Peter Gynd Presents Katya Grokhovsky and Taezoo Park at SPRING/BREAK.” Art Nerd New York, March 3, 2015. [online]
Haber, John. “Sculpture as Model: Grace Knowlton and Erin Shirreff.” haberarts.com, February, 2015. [online]
LaGaccia, David. “A Performance Artist’s Grotesque Femininity.” Hyperallergic, October 8, 2013. [online]
Ingram, Aziza. “Bodybeautiful gallery depicts feminine ideals in popular culture.” Washington Square News, September 9, 2013. [online]
Claire Breukel, "Giving an Artistic Voice to a Neighborhood, Northside Art Attempts Many Conversations.” Hyperallergic, June 18, 2012. [online]
CV - Curatorial
b.1981 Vancouver, Canada
Curatorial:
2016 Connections (Permanent Exhibition), Foundation Center, New York, NY
2015 Form & Formlessness: Objects and the Body, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2015 Domestic Ideals: Nostalgia and the Home, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2014 Entrance - Contemporary Art Fair New York, The Tunnel - Chelsea, New York, NY
2014 Actions & Intent: Documentations in Performance, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Bodybeautiful, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY
2013 Another Landscape Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2012 Many Conversations - Northside Festival, hosted at Present Company, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Of Mind, Body & Soul: An Exploration of the Personal, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Feature Group Exhibition, Northside Festival, hosted at The End, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Crit Show, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
Art Fairs:
2015 SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2014 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2012 Verge Ar Fair Miami, Miami, FL
2012 Scope NY 2012 - for AMF Projects
2011 The Armory Show Modern 2011 - Intern
2011 The Artist Project NY - Exhibitor Services
Education:
2006 BFA - Alberta College of Art and Design
Bibliography:
Yaniv, Etty. “Eclectic Transactions at Spring/Break (Part I).” Arts In Bushwick, March 13, 2015. [online]
Ginger. “Checking out that Spring/Break Art Show Vibe.” Haha Mag, March 10. 2015. [online]
Evans, Ayana. “Spring Break Fell a Tad Flat But Here’s What You Shouldn’t Miss Seeing There.” Gallerieina Diaries, March 7, 2015. [online]
Mogilevskaya, Regina. “Slideshow: Highlights from Spring/Break Art Show 2015.” Blouin ArtInfo, March 5, 2015. [online]
Lynch, Scott. “Checking Out The Anti-Art Fair Art Fairs: (un)Scene & Spring/Break.” Gothamist, March 4, 2015. [online]
Meier, Allison. “Jam-Packed Spring/Break Art Show Pulls into Moynihan Station.” Hyperallergic, March 4, 2015. [online]
Zimmer, Lori. “Peter Gynd Presents Katya Grokhovsky and Taezoo Park at SPRING/BREAK.” Art Nerd New York, March 3, 2015. [online]
Haber, John. “Sculpture as Model: Grace Knowlton and Erin Shirreff.” haberarts.com, February, 2015. [online]
LaGaccia, David. “A Performance Artist’s Grotesque Femininity.” Hyperallergic, October 8, 2013. [online]
Ingram, Aziza. “Bodybeautiful gallery depicts feminine ideals in popular culture.” Washington Square News, September 9, 2013. [online]
Claire Breukel, "Giving an Artistic Voice to a Neighborhood, Northside Art Attempts Many Conversations.” Hyperallergic, June 18, 2012. [online]
