Alan Petersen

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2017

 

Grand Canyon Uranium: Unseen – Scene, Museum of Northern Arizona

 

2006

 

Arte-Misia, Sedona, AZ

 

2002

 

Mainstreet Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ

 

2001

 

Mainstreet Gallery

 

2000

 

Mojave Community College, Lake Havasu City, AZ

 

2000

 

Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ

 

1999

 

Mainstreet Gallery

 

1999

 

Old Main Art Museum, Northern Arizona University

 

1998

 

Mainstreet Gallery

 

1995

 

Transition Zone Horticultural Institute, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1991

 

Grand Canyon National Park Visitors Center

 

1988

 

Grand Canyon National Park Visitors Center

 

1988

 

MA Exhibition, Northern Arizona University

 

1985

 

Cafe Espress Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1983

 

Dancers Stage, San Francisco, Ca.

 

1983

 

Mill Gallery, Oakland, Ca.

 

1983

 

BFA Exhibition, Northern Arizona University

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2013

 

“Local Color,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

 

2004

 

“Atmospheres,” Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

 

2004

 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

 

2000

 

“Reflections of the Land,” Diablo Trust

 

2000

 

Coconino Community College, Faculty Exhibition

 

1999

 

“The Face in the Mirror: Self-portraits,” Hidden Beauty Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1997

 

"Over the Edge,” Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, AZ

 

1997

 

"Vessels,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1996

 

"For Arts Sake,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1996

 

“Merged Realities: Science and Art,” Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ

 

1996

 

Faculty Exhibition, Northern Arizona University

 

1995

 

Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ

 

1994

 

"For Arts Sake,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1994

 

"Current Directions,” Northern Arizona University

 

1992

 

ArtTrek Art Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona

 

1991

 

"For Arts Sake,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

 

1990

 

Faculty Exhibit, Northern Arizona University

 

1988

 

"Images of Grand Canyon: Past and Present,” Coconino Center  for the Arts

 

1988

 

"Yosemite Renaissance,” Yosemite National Park, Ca.

 

1987

 

Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona

 

1986

 

"Alumni Show,” Southwestern College Art Gallery, San Diego, Ca.

 

 

 

1986

 

"Southwest Contemporary,” Yavapai Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ

 

1986

 

"Art From the Computer,” California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Ca.

 

1986

 

"Annual Small Works Exhibition,” 80 Washington Square Galleries, New York, NY

 

1985

 

"Southwest Contemporary,” Yavapai Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ

 

1981

 

Northern Arizona University

 

1981

 

"W.L. Gore and Associates Competition and Exhibit,” Flagstaff, AZ

 

Publications

 

2023

 

“Gunnar Widforss: Master of the Inner Canyon,” Grand Canyon History Symposium

 

2023

2022

 

Forward, Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, exhibition catalog.

Forward, Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, exhibition catalog.

 

2020

 

Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné, www.gunnarwidforss.org

 

2018

 

Gunnar Widforss: Watercolorist, Ljunbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden, exhibition catalog

 

2013

 

Nampeyo :: Namingha – Tradition & Transition, exhibition catalog, Museum of Northern Arizona.

 

2013

 

Letters from Gunnar. Sojourns, Summer 2013.

 

2013

 

Gunnar Widforss – A Swedish Painter in the American West. Nordstjernan.

 

2012

 

Seen and Believed – How Artists Have Educated us to Appreciate the Landscape of the Colorado Plateau, Sojurns, Summer 2012.

 

2012

 

Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton Discovers the West. Plateau, Volume 7 No. 2.

 

2012

 

Gunnar Widforss: The Artist and the Myths. Proceedings of the Third Grand Canyon History Symposium.

 

2012

 

Illustrations for Grand Canyon Memories. American Parks and Resorts.

 

2011

 

Full Measure – The Artistic Legacy of Bruce Aiken, exhibition catalog.

 

2011

 

Gunnar Widforss: Plein Air Painter. Plein Air Magazine, January 2011.

 

2010

 

Gunnar Widforss: Visions of Light. Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2010.

 

2009

 

Painted Journeys on the Colorado Plateau, exhibition catalog.

 

2008

 

Merrill Mahaffey: Interior Views of the American West, exhibition catalog and artist biography. Plateau, Volume 5 No. 1.

 

2004

 

“Experience Art,” Instructional CD-ROM to accompany the art
appreciation textbook, Thompson Publishing.

 

1999

 

"Interview with Mary Boone Wellington,” Flagstaff Live.

 

1999

 

"Creating a Local Arts Agency for Flagstaff."

 

1996

 

“A Cultural Action Plan for Flagstaff,” Co-Author with Kate Sibley

 

1996

 

“Sarah Jones: Seeing is Believing,” Flagstaff Live.

 

1995

 

“Sapio-Cognition: Works by Dan Boone at ArtTrek,” Arizona Daily Sun.

 

1995

 

“The Sacred and the Secular: Geza Nemeth at NAU's Old Main Museum,” Arizona Daily Sun.

 

1995

 

“Painter Jack Roberts at NAU’s Old Main Museum,” Arizona Daily Sun.

 

1994

 

Illustrations for We Never Wore Shoes, by Jean Matthew.

 

1989

 

“Painter Jack Compton at the NAU Art Gallery,” Arizona Daily Sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications in Progress

 

 

 

Gunnar Widforss, artist monograph. Expected publication date 2024.

 

 

 

Merrill Mahaffey, artist monograph.

 

Honors and Awards

 

2023

 

Viola Legacy Award

 

2012

 

Viola Award for Leadership

 

2001, 2016

 

“Teacher of the Year,” Coconino Community College

 

1988

 

Honorable Mention, Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite, Ca.

 

1986

 

1st and 2nd Place Awards, Southwest Contemporary, Prescott, AZ

 

19851986

 

Moller Graduate Scholarship, Northern Arizona University

 

1985

 

2nd Place Award, Southwest Contemporary, Prescott, AZ

 

1981

 

2nd Place Award, W.L. Gore and Associates Exhibit, Flagstaff, AZ