Peter Dmytro Wowkowych Contemporary Artist
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
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Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, California
Master of Architecture
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University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Bachelor of Architecture
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Notre Dame Rome Studies Program, Rome, Italy
Third year study abroad program
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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2025 (forthcoming)
The Stamp Factory, Los Angeles, California
Solo show, What Comes Between Us , January 2025
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2023
The Stamp Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Solo show, A Fresher Air, October 2023
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2016
American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Solo show, Slouching Toward Los Angeles, April 2016
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
Chelsea College of Arts, London, England
Expressive Painting short course
Group show and publication, August 2024
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2022
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Summer Projects Residency Group Show, August 2022
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2021
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Summer Projects Residency Group Show, August 2021
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2019
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, DeerIsle, Maine
Metal-smithing Workshop Group Show, August 2019
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2018
Coagula Curatorial Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mythopoetic - Six person show - Curator and artist, April 2018
https://www.artsy.net/show/coagula-curatorial-mythopoetic
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2015
HaleArts Space, Santa Monica, CA
Two person show, September 2015
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2015
Venus Art Studio, Palm Desert, CA
Wax Works, Group Encaustics Invitational, March 2015
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2014
Art Share L.A, Los Angeles, CA
Cut/Paste Group Show, September 2014
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2013
Scope Miami Beach 2013, See.Me Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Digital HD Group Show, December 2013
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2013
Kunstraum Tapir Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Real It Up Group Show, September, 2013
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2013
Boulevard3, Hollywood, CA
Pride Pop-Up Gallery and ONE Archives exhibit and auction, Group Show, June, 2013
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2012
Liberty Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Multiplicity, Group Show, July 2012
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2012
Liberty Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Menage Men, Group Show, March 2012
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2010
Metafora, Barcelona, Spain
No Man’s Land, Group Show, August 2010
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1997
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
The Mythopoetics of Earth Architecture – Built work and theoretical projects, Mojave desert, CA
Exhibit of Masters of Architecture Thesis
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1992
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) , New York, New York
Nara Convention Hall International Design Competition
Winning Finalist - Project completed with Bahram Shirdel Architecture, Los Angeles
Exhibit of drawings and models
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/381
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CURATED EXHIBITIONS
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2018
Coagula Curatorial Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mythopoetic - Six person group show, April 2018
https://www.artsy.net/show/coagula-curatorial-mythopoetic
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2012
Liberty Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Multiplicity, Six person group Show, July 2012
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RESIDENCIES
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2025 (forthcoming)
Takt Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
Artist Residency, May 2025
2022
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Summer Projects Residency, August 2022
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2021
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Summer Projects Residency, August 2021
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2014
American Academy In Rome, Rome, Italy
Visiting Artist, November 2014
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2013
Takt Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
Artist Residency, September 2013
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WORKSHOPS
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2019
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Metal-smithing Workshop with Amelia Toelke, August 2019
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2018
Anderson Ranch, Aspen-Snow Mass, Colorado
Oil painting workshop with Doron Langberg, August 2018
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2017
Anderson Ranch, Aspen-Snow Mass, Colorado
Abstract painting Workshop with Rubens Ghenov, August 2017
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2014
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Portraiture painting workshop with James Everett Stanley, August 2014
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2011
New York Studio School, New York, NY
Marathon Drawing Workshop with Graham Nickson, July 2011
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2010
Metafora, Barcelona, Spain
No Man’s Land, International Artist Workshop, August 2010
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INTERNSHIPS
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1990
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Summer Intern scholarship
Internship at American Pavilion with artist Jenny Holzer
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1988
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Summer Intern scholarship
Research and comparative lecture on artist Giotto and New York graffiti artists
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1988
Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, Mantua, Italy.
Assistant to curator for exhibition: “Arte Italiana del Dopoguerra dai Musei Guggenheim.”
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PUBLISHED WORK AND ESSAYS
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2024
Art and Cake - 60 Over 60: Peter Wowkowych
“A Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene” - Interview
https://artandcakela.com/2024/05/13/60-over-60-peter-wowkowych/
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2020
Inter-connecting Circles: People You Know & People Who Know People You Know
Wowkowych, Peter. “Searching For Shangri-La”
Online journal of the Visual Arts, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Food and Community.
Editor: Carl Kopman.
http://interconnectingcircles.com/searching-for-shangri-la
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2018
Inter-connecting Circles: People You Know & People Who Know People You Know
Wowkowych, Peter. “Paintings of Los Angeles”
Online journal of the Visual Arts, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Food and Community.
Editor: Carl Kopman.
http://interconnectingcircles.com/paintings-of-los-angeles/
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2017
Art and Cake - Day Jobs: Peter Wowkowych, Architect
Dodge, Dani. “A Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene”
https://artandcakela.com/2017/07/31/day-jobs-peter-wowkowych-architect/
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2012
Long Beach Press Telegram: Out in the 562
Zonkel, Phillip, “Cave-like Drawings Express Emotional Struggle for Solace”
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1996
Proceedings of the Seventh North American Masonry Conference
Wowkowych, Peter. “Toward an Earth Architecture for the Second Millennium,”
University of Notre Dame Periodical. Published essay based on Masters of Architecture Thesis
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1986
Journal, 1986
Wowkowych, Peter, co-editor
“Architecture and the Analogic Construct: Alternative Models and the Ideas of Architecture in an Intertexual Age.” Analytical interviews with architects Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk, Mario Gandelsonas and philosopher Stephen Watson. University of Notre Dame Periodical
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PUBLISHED ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS
1995
The Architecture of The Jumping Universe
Jencks, Charles. “How Complexity Science is Changing Architecture and Culture,”
Academy Editions, London. Essay on Nara Convention Hall Project, Nara, Japan.
Project completed with Bahram Shirdel Architecture and Urban Design Office, LA
Published drawings and models
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1993
Art In America
Koplas, Janet. “Nara Convention Hall International Design Competition at MOMA”
Essay on Nara Convention Hall competition and museum exhibit at Museum of Modern Art, NY
Project completed with Bahram Shirdel Architecture and Urban Design Office, LA
Published drawings and models
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1993
A.D. (Architectural Design) Profile No. 102
Papadakis, Andreas, ed. “Folding In Architecture - The Nara Convention Hall,” Academy Group Ltd, London
Essay on Nara Convention Hall Project, Nara, Japan
Project completed with Bahram Shirdel Architecture and Urban Design Office, LA
Published drawings and models
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1992
The Japan Architect, Issue 7
Yashuhiro, T. editor
“Where are We At? Nara Convention Hall International Design Competition”, Shinkenchiku, Tokyo.
Essay on Nara Convention Hall Project, Nara, Japan
Project completed with Bahram Shirdel Architecture and Urban Design Office, LA
Published drawings and models
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Oct 1991
Architecture, Vol. 80, No. 10
Mays,V. “Urban Prize - The American Memorial Library, Berlin, Germany." AIA, New York
Essay on American Memorial Library Competition. Winning design in invited international competition
Project completed with Karen Van Lengen Architects, New York. Published drawings and models
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Oct 1990
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, No. 271
“D’est en Ouest - Extension de L’American Memorial Library, Berlin Ouest.” Paris, France
Essay on American Memorial Library Competition. Winning design in invited international competition
Project completed with Karen Van Lengen Architects, New York. Published drawings and models
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1989
14x Amerika - Gedenkbibliothek
Feireiss, Kristin, ed. “Architects from the United States Planning for Berlin,” Ernst & Sohn, Berlin
Essay on American Memorial Library Competition. Winning design in invited international competition
Project completed with Karen Van Lengen Architects, New York. Published drawings and models
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ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE
1995 - Present
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Campus Architect, Culver City, California
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1992 - 1994
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Los Angeles, California
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1991 - 1992
Bahram Shirdel Architecture / Urban Design
Finalist- Nara Convention Hall Competition, Nara, Japan
Los Angeles, California
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1988 - 1991
Karen Van Lengen Architects
Project Architect - Winning design team - American Memorial Library Competition, Berlin, Germany
New York, New York
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1986 - 1988
Edward Durell Stone Associates
Project Architect
New York, New York
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ARCHITECTURE JURY EXPERIENCE
Southern California Development Forum, 2023 Design Awards
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Woodbury University, Burbank, California
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California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, California
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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Columbia University, New York, New York
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New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2006 - 2018
Restoration Works International