Biography

CV Peterson (Eau Claire/Chicago) is a multidisciplinary artist who combines scientific exploration and art as a way to examine human-caused environmental devastation. They received their MFA (’16) and BFA (‘14) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA ('10) from Gustavus Adolphus College in Japanese studies and studio art with a Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. They studied sumi-e painting at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata-shi, Japan; followed by an apprenticeship at Moeller Bronze, Ltd. in bronze foundry work. They are the Founder of Envisage Art Retreat.

CV is an active member in national and international art community. They have shown at the Chicago architecture Biennale 2015 and 2017, 6018 N Gallery in Chicago, the Shanghai Zhu Qizhan Art Museum in China, the CICA Museum in South Korea, and was part of the Universal Sea – Pure or Plastic!? Exhibition tour in Europe in 2018. They have performed at the international performance festivals Forward Fringe Performance Festival, Detroit, MI; Out of Site Chicago, Chicago, IL; The Performance Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand. They have mentored under Roberto Sifuentes, Eduardo Kac, Lin Hixson, Joseph Ravens and Tricia Van Eck.

cv.peterson22@gmail.com