Exhibitions:
1969 Second National Painting Show, Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania
1970 Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1970 Fuller Lodge Competition, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico
1970 One-Man Show, Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1970 Artist's Choice, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1972 Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1972 Robert Peterson, Oils on Canvas, Willard Gallery, New York City
1973 Looking West, ACA Galleries, New York City
1973 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Eligible for Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
1973 Purchase Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1974 Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
1975 Recent Paintings by Robert Peterson, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1977 Looking at an Ancient Land, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1978 Albuquerque Artists I, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1979 Fine Arts Exhibition, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1981 The October Show, Albuquerque Public Library Main Branch, New Mexico
1981 Rosalind Constable Invites, Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1982 The Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1982 Bisbee Biennial, Conchise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona
1983 Forrest Moses, Robert Peterson, The Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1983 Spotlight on Deaf Artists, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
1983 Robert Peterson, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
1983 Robert Peterson, Paintings and Drawings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1983 Don Quixote, A New Mexico Artist's Edition, Special Collections Library, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984 Black and White, An Invitational Exhibition, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1984 An Exhibition of Lithographs from Tamarind Institute, Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1984 Oil and Steel, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1985 Robert Peterson, Drawings and Paintings, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
1985 Robert Peterson, Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1985 Tamarind 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Associated American Artists, New York City
1987 Robert Peterson, Recent Drawings and Paintings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1987 Uncommon Spaces, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
1988 New Mexico Guest Artists at Tamarind, Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988 Robert Peterson, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988 Statements 1988 - Perspective on Contemporary Art in New Mexico, Fine Arts Gallery of New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque
1988 Put It on Paper, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989 Robert Peterson, Objects, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1990 Robert Peterson, Recent Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1990 Robert Peterson, CAFE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1991 Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Robert Peterson, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1991 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1992 Recent Works By, Valley House Gallery, group show, Dallas, TX
1992 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1992 One person show, Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 One person show, CAFE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1992 Two Aspects of Pastel, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
1992 Miami International Art Exposition, Miami, Florida (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
1992 New Mexico Impressions: Printmaking 1880-1990, University Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Artfair Seattle, Seattle, Washington (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
1992 Texas Gallery Art Show, Infomart, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1992 US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1992 Jerald Melberg Gallery, group show, Charlotte, North Carolina
1992 Marguilies Taplin Gallery, group show, Boca Raton, Florida
1992 Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, group show, New York, New York
1993 In Honor of, The Munson Gallery, group show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1993 Robert Peterson, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1994 Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1995 Valentine’s Day Invitational Show, The Munson Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1995 Art of the Garden, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
1995 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1995 Robert Peterson: New Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1995 US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Art Miami, art fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Works on Paper, art fair, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1996 US Artists, PAFA, Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1997 University Art Museum Downtown, group show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1997 CAS Collects New Mexico, group show, Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1997 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1997 V Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Tamarind Institute, group show, Cuenca, Ecuador
1998 Robert Peterson: Still Life, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Robert Peterson, one person show, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1998 Realism, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1998 USArtists98, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery and Jerald Melberg Gallery)
1999 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
1999 Robert Peterson: Recent Still Lifes, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 Silent Things, Secret Things: Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millenium, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1999 USArtists99, art fair, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery, Jerald Melberg Gallery)
1999 Miniatures 99, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2000 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Robert Peterson, Still Life Pastels, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2000 Group exhibition, GTE Directories Corp., DFW Airport, Irving, Texas
2000 Robert Peterson: New Pastels, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 Momento Mori: Contemporary Still Life by Tom Eckert, Robert Peterson, John Rise, traveling exhibition, Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California; Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2000 Dallas International Art & Antique Fair, The Dallas International Pavilion at Victory, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Pathways to Pastels, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
2000 Miniatures 00, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001 RePresenting Representation V, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
2001 New. New Gallery, New Work, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
2001 The Ripeness of Desire, Robert Peterson New Pastels, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2001 The Art of Illusion, L.A. County Fair Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 The Realist: Robert Peterson, Peter Plamondon, & Forrest Rodts, The Muson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
2001 USArtists 2001 Tenth Anniversary art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Texas International Fine Art Fair, NorthPark East, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Miniatures 01, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 Two Aspects of Pastel, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
2002 McNay Art Fair, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2002 Beyond the Apple & Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Boston International Fine Art Show, The Cyclorama, Boston, MA (Erlich Gallery)
2002 From Realism to Abstraction: Art in New Mexico 1917-2002, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Robert Peterson: Master of the Medium of Pastel, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 Small Works, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 Small Treasures, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 Robert Peterson: Pastels, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
2002 Miniatures 02, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003 Works on Paper, art fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Galley)
2003 Robert Peterson: Right Light, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Outside-Inside: Conley Harris, Richard Jolley, Robert Peterson, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
2003 Size Does Matter, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Robert Peterson: New Pastels, Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 It’s a Dry Heat, Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 Larry Horowitz & Robert Peterson Exhibition, The Munson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
2003 Miniatures 03, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2004 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Robert Peterson: Interior Light, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2004 New Pastel Still Lifes, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2004 Albuquerque Museum Miniatures, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 Art in the Key of Green, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 Works on Paper, art fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Galley)
2005 Quick Bites, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
2005 SPRING!, Gary Bukovnik, Tom Cries, Willard Dixon, Pamela Glasscock, Willis Lee, Forest Moses, Woodward Payne, Robert Peterson, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
2005 Robert Peterson, New Pastels, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
2005 Small Works by Gallery Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Drawn to Color, Mitchell Johnson, Robert Peterson, The Munson Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts
2005 Miniatures 2005, The Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 Boston International Fine Art Fair, Munson Gallery
2005 Scottsdale Art Fair, Jerald Melberg Gallery
2006 Art International, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California (Valley House Gallery)
2007 Robert Peterson: Quiet Ground, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
2007 Food for Thought: Featuring New Pastels by Robert Peterson, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
2007 Triptychs and Diptychs from the Permanent Collection, Group Exhibition, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008 The Quiet Spirit, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charolette, North Carolina
2008 Masters of Illustion, Group Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona.
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Group Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2011 The Good Earth (a group exhibition), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Awards and Honors:
1970 Purchase Award, Honorable Mention, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial
1970 Juror's Purchase Award, Fuller Lodge Competition
1971 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Grant
1972 Juror's Award, Southwest Fine Arts Biennial
1981 Purchase Award, The October Show
1983 Don Quixote 1% for Art Project
1983 Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1984 Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
1988 Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute
2006 The Best of Scottsdale Award for Still Life/Interiors, April 2006
2006 Juror of Awards, Pastel Society of America exhibition, New York City, September, 2006
Literature:
Johnson, Dan, "Robert Peterson", Willard Gallery, New York, 1972 (exhibition brochure)
Shirley, David L., "Robert Peterson", The New York Times, January 8, 1972
"Eye on New York", Art Gallery Magazine, January, 1972
Wolmer, Bruce, "Reviews and Previews", ARTnews, February, 1972
Stroh, Earl, "Recent Paintings By Robert Peterson", Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1975 (exhibition brochure)
Lusk, Jeannie, "Everyday Items Elevate Modern Art", The Albuquerque Journal, November 1975
Stroh, Earl, "Robert Peterson", Artspace, Summer, 1983
Mannes, Judy, "Spotlight on Deaf Artists", Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., 1983, (exhibition catalogue)
Schefcik, Jerry, "Robert Peterson: Drawings and Paintings", Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, 1985 (exhibition catalogue)
Ogard, Elvira V., "Robert Peterson", Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1985 (exhibition catalogue)
Kutner, Janet, "Artist Delivers Emotional Punch", The Dallas Morning News, April 30, 1987
Robert Peterson, Jerald Melberg Gallery, exhibition catalogue with essay by Shaw Smith, 1991
"Printmaking in New Mexico, 1880-1990" by Clinton Adams, #103, Shoptowel over Block, page 133.
Artfair Seattle 1992 catalogue, Two Tomatoes in Shallow Silver Dish, reproduced in black and white, page 61.
Art Miami 92 Catalogue, color reproduction, Three Yellow Apples in Large Bowl, 1991, page 194.
Allison Lesli, "Emotionally Charged Art Displays Sensual Depth", Pasatiempo, June 21, 1991.
Bell, David, "Ordinary Objects Come to Life In Munson Show", Journal North, June, 1991.
"An Artist Worth Watching", Art Talk, December, 1991.
Gironda, Belle, "Desire Among the Onions", Creative Loafing, December 21, 1991.
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Peterson, William, "New Mexico: Growing Internationalism", Artnews, April, 1992.
Villani, John, "Two Artists, Two Styles", Pasatiempo, April 17, 1992.
Balsamo, Dean, "Review: Lumpkins, Peterson, Works on Paper", Pasatiempo, April 24, 1992.
"Two Aspects of Pastel: Charles Basham and Robert Peterson", Knoxville Museum of Art, (exhibition brochure).
Rosson, Joe, "Two Artists Evoke Pastel Perfection in New KMA Exhibit", The Knoxville News Sentinel, June 21, 1992.
Villani, John, “Still lifes reveal an acute sense of the visual,” New Mexico, September 2, 1994.
Fauntleroy, Gussie, “Everyday objects lend uncommon experience,” THE magazine, October
1996, page 8, 55.
Armitage, Diane, “Robert Peterson, An Interior Space,” THE magazine, November 1996.
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Wall, Donna Dorian, "Pastel Purity," Southern Accents Magazine, January-February 2000, pp. 64,66,68.
Jarrett, Dennis, “Asleep in a Sack: Listening to oranges and pears,” The Santa Fe Reporter, July 5, 2000.
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Lee, Ela, “Estelares,” 20 de Mayo: Liceo Internacional de Cultura, Los Angeles, California, August 12, 2000, number 2088, page 14.
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Public Collections:
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
Art in Embassies Program, Lima Pera
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Ambassador to Spain
Bank of America
Brenau University, Georgia
Continental Bank, Fort Worth, Texas
Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Exxon Corporation, Irving, Texas
First City Bank Chicago, Brussels, Belgium
Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kaiser Corporation, Denver, Colorado
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Lomas & Nettleton, Dallas, Texas
MBank, Houston, Texas
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Midland Federal Savings and Loan, Denver, Colorado
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mutual Savings Bank of New York, New York
Northern Trust, Chicago, Illinois
The Anchutz Collection, Denver, Colorado
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico
