Education:
BA Painting and Sculpture – Virgina Tech
Studied under Ray Kass and Steve Bickley
MFA Painting and Sculpture – Brooklyn College – Fellowship
Studied under Robert Henry, Phillip Pearlstien, Lee Bontecou and Alan D’Arcangelo
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture – Scholarship
Attending teachers included Judy Pfaff, Francesco Clemente, Martha Diamond
Sculpture Center, New York City – Fellowship
One and Two Person Shows
Current
Easton Nights at the Sigal Museum – Easton, PA through May 28
Past
2022 Lafayette College – Skillman Gallery – Fall
2022 Colorida Gallery – Lisbon, Portugal – Mini Show – July
2021 Easton Nights – curated by Camilla Boemio – Galleria Bruno Lisi – Rome June 21 – July 23
2021 Easton Nights at the Noyes Museum – The Arts Garage – April – June
2020 Easton Nights at Freedman Gallery – Albright College – October 29 – November 25
2020 Easton Nights at Millersville University – Sykes Gallery – Sep 15 – October 14
2019 “Dreams” Selections from the series Easton Nights On view in the DeSoto Family Vault, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 1, 2019 – January 12, 2020
2019 Easton Nights – Valley Days, January through March – The Galleries at the State Theater, Easton
2018 “Easton Nights” one person show at Saint Joseph University Galleries, Philadelphia Pennsylvania August 20 – September 25
2018 “Easton Nights” one person show at Brick and Mortar Gallery, Easton Pennsylvania May 19 – June2
2018 “Seeing Comes Before Words” Two person show with Lee Smillie at Prism Contemporary in Blackburn UK- April 19
Recent Group Exhibitions
2021 Poetry of the Ordinary, curated by David Beasley, “Easton Hoops” Photoplace Gallery, Burlington Vermont.
2020 Observations of the Ordinary –
2019 InVision Juried Exhibition, Curated by Stephen Perloff – two photographs. 2nd Place award. Crayola Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2019 Color Burst Black Box Gallery Portland Oregon – curated by Todd Johnson – catalog available
2018 The Essential – Loosen Art – Gallery Millepani, Rome November
2018 The Copenhagen Photo Festival – “The Censured Exhibition” – Four photographs June 7 – 17th
2018 Revolve Collective – One Year Retrospective – London UK May
2018 The Atlantic Contemporary Art Fair, Lancashire Great Britain 10 photographs displayed.
2018 “Easton Nights” one person show at Brick and Mortar Gallery, Easton Pennsylvania May 19 – June2
2018 “Love it and Leave with It” Disjecta Gallery, Portland Oregon. April 12 – fundraising show for Photolucida comprised of Critical Mass finalists.
2018 Atlantic Contemporary Fair, The Clitheroe Grand, Lancaster UK. 10 photographs displayed
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2017 “Street Photography” – F-Stop Magazine – Online Gallery, Issue 83, Two photos, “A Woman, a Tree, and a Baby” and “Waiting for Palms” – Curated by Christy Karpinski
2017 Invision 2017 – Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Two photographs
2017 Loosen Art Collective, Alembic Gallery, Rome 14 October – 14 November
2017 “Home” – F-Stop Magazine – Online Gallery, Issue 83, Two photos, “Exhaling Minnie Mouse” and “Home from School to a Castle in the Sky” – Curated by Christy Karpinski
2017 “PhotoShoot 2017” Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Every Day is Trash Day at the Little Red House” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
2017 World Street Photography Vol 4 opening party and show at Gudberg Nerger Gallery, Hamburg Germany, July 20 – for photos included in this years publication – “A Mother A Baby and a Tree”
2017 “The Street Experience” “Exhaling Mini Mouse”, Space Millepiani, Rome – July 2017
2017 “Color” – F-Stop Magazine – Online Gallery, Issue 83, Two photos, “Pink Line” and “Williams and Fourth” – Curated by Christy Karpinski
2017 “A Surreal Vision” “Vogue Couture – Paris Pennsylvania”, Space Millepiani, Rome – June 9 2017
2017 “Space” Float Magazine exhibition at the Littlefield Perfomance Center in Brooklyn New York – June
2017 “Street Sans Frontières”, Paris, May 12 – 14th. Three photos from the Easton Nights Series. Curated by Martin Vegas
2017 “2017 Earth Day Exhibition” Lenscratch Magazine “Cappadocia River
2017 “Black and White 2017” Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “The Garage is Full” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
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2016 Open Theme – F-Stop Magazine – Online Gallery, Issue 80,
“After Hours Fashion Statement” Curated by Christy Karpinski
2016 “Framed: Shadow and Light”. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Allentown Merchant” Curated by Todd Tubutis. Catalog Available
2016 “Animals Among Us” Lenscratch Magazine “Whose Your Daddy?
2016 “Night Photography – Dusk to Dawn” Photoplace Gallery. Shelburne, Vermont. Two photos: “Supreme Auto” and “A Nice Night for a Picnic“. Curated by Lance Keimig. Catalog available
2016 “Photo Shoot“. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Allentown Merchant” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
2016 The 2016 Signs of Life Exhibition Lenscratch Magazine “The Wrong Hands”
2016 “A Sense of Place” Photoplace Gallery. “I want a Yellow House with a White Picket Fence” Curated by Jane Fulton Alt. Online gallery. Catalog available
2016 “Color Burst“. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Williams and Fourth” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
2016 Electron Salon, July 14- August 12, LACDA, Los Angeles, “I want to BE a Bike”. Curated by Rex Bruce
2016 Taking Pictures: 2016. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Star Auto” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
2016 Focus: Light and Shadow. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “Boscov Unloading – Night” Curated by Prudence Roberts. Catalog Available
2016 Black and White: 2016. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. “A Square in a Square” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
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2015 Color Photography – A Picture Show. Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon – online annex. “A Yellow House on a Knoll with a Lime Green Car” Curated by Jennifer Trail. Catalog Available.
2015 The Dark Side – Night Photography Exhibition -1650 Gallery, Echo Park California
Two Photos, “Night Best Buy“ and “Night Staples” Curated by Andrew Overtoom
2015 Luminous Light and Space – Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon – online annex –
“Two Bridges” Curated by Ethan Jackson. Catalog Available
2015 Photo Shoot – Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon
“Tree Corn Pole and a Lyrical Cloud” Curated by Todd Johnson. Catalog Available
2015 Urban Landscapes – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park California
“Behind Bontons” Curated by Andrew Overtoom
2015 Focus Grayscale – Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon
“Boscov Unloading” Curated by Lauren Henkin. Catalog Available
2015 Man versus Nature – F-Stop Magazine – Online Gallery, Issue 71,
“Logs and Split Wood” Curated by Christy Karpinski
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Videos
Alexandre Bazin “Youth” and Peter Ydeen “Easton Nights”
Three videos created by Peter Ydeen in conjunction with three composer/musicians Link
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Collections
Peter Ydeen’s work is in both public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe. One of the most recent acquisition was three framed photographs by the Freedman Collection at Albright College
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2020 Easton Nights – Catalog for the exhibit at Freeman Gallery, Albright College 72 pp forward by David Tanner, critical essays by Leo Hsu, Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander. ISBN 978-1-7338981-3-3
Included in
2019 Observation of the Ordinary – I Want a Yellow House with a White Picket Fence:
2018 “World Street Photography 5 – “Indoor Parking” Gudberg Nerner Publisher
2017 “World Street Photography 4” – “A Mother A Baby and a Tree” – Gudberg Nerner Publisher
Magazine Publications
2021 Gente di Fotografia – Issue 77 – Easton Nights
2021 American Nightway with Mystery Espoarte Magazine – Francesco Paola Del Re – July 20, 2021
2021 iLeGaLiT Fotographie: Peter Ydeen
2021 ArtDoc Magazine Eerie Beauty in an Nocturnal Industrial Town 2019 October Magazine – “Easton Nights”
2020 In Conversation with Peter Ydeen – Streetphotography.com – by Michael Sweet
2019 The October Magazine – “Easton Nights”
2019 All about Photo – Peter Ydeen
2019 Journal of Urban Photography – “Easton Nights”
2019 Landscape Stories – issue 29 – “Cities” – “Easton Nights”
2019 EyeShot Magazine – Peter Ydeen – Easton Nights
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2018 Phroom Magazine – Interview – Peter Ydeen
2018 Photo/Foto Magazine– Easton Nights Exhibition
2018 Wobneb Magazine– Featured Photographer – Peter Ydeen
2018 The Visual Voices – Easton Nights Peter Ydeen – April 27
2018 SemiZine Magazine Interview – Peter Ydeen Captures Nightscapes in Easton, Jan 19
2018 ND Magazine – Peter Ydeen – Portfolio Feature
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2017 Take 5 GCASF – Interview – Peter Ydeen
2107 Stop Magazine – Volume 2 – Peter Ydeen October 2017
2017 Photo Planet 360 “Interview – Peter Ydeen” September 15
2017 Loosen Art Gallery and Magazine “Peter Ydeen – Interview” August 23
2017 C41 Magazine, “Photographs of Peter Ydeen” published July 14
2017 Begin Magazine, “Valley Days – Rondels” published July 8
2017 Photogrvphy Magazine “Easton Nights” May 9
2017 Fraction Magazine, “Pink Line” included in the Fraction 98, in celebration of their 9th anniversary.
2017 Paradise Magazine “Waiting for Palms” – Project featured April issue
2017 Eye Photo Magazine – “Peter Ydeen – photo review” April issue
2017 Lensculture Magazine “Easton Nights“ – Project featured March 22
2017 Somewhere Magazine, Easton Nights by Peter Ydeen, published March 16
2017 Shutters in the Night, Peter Ydeen’s Silent City of Lit Stages, published January 31
2017 Kaltblut Magazine, Easton Nights by Peter Ydeen, published January 2
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2016 Float Magazine – portfolio “Peter Ydeen”
2016 Son of a Gun Magazine, Editorial, Morocco – by Peter Ydeen, published December 11
2016 Croco Magazine Peter Ydeen – Easton Nights, published November 22
2016 Private Photo Review, Easton Nights – The Small Hours, published November 19
2016 L”Oeil de la Photographie, Peter Ydeen – Easton Nights, published October 22
2016 Phroom Magazine Peter Ydeen, published Sept 18
2016 SilverShotz Magazine. “Dark” series featured in the August issue.
Awards
2021 Prix de Photographie – Paris – Gold Award
2021 Spider Black and White Awards – Honorable Mention
2021 Pollux Awards – Honorable Mention2020 Honorable Mention and two nominees for the International Color Awards
2019 2nd place InVision Juried Exhibiton – Bethlehem PA Stepen Perlofff Juror
2019 Critical Mass Photolucida – finalist
2019 PX3 – silver award
2019 International Color Awards – nominee “Egypt Star”
2018 Critical Mass Photolucida – finalist
2018 International Color Awards, first place in the Americana division.
2018 Mahgreb Photography Awards – honorable mention for the photo essay “Waiting for Palms”
2018 IPOTY (International Photographer of the Year) 3rd place – Night Photography
2018 World Street Photography – Jonathan Higbees “Juxtaposition” Second Curators Choice
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2017 Chromatic Photography Awards honorable mention for four photographs
2017 Critical Mass Photolucida – finalist
2017 International Color awards – Fine Arts Category – Honorable Mention “Its a Nice Night for a Picnic” – Nominee for “Vignette”
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2016 Black and White Spider Awards. Two Nominees, “I am not a Trinket” – “Sign Mimic” – both in the Architectural Category.
2016 Landscape – Seascape – Cityscape – Kujaja Monthly Competition Special Mention “Leaning Pole Red Light”
2016 Critical Mass Photolucida – finalist
2016 Lenscuture Magazine. Portfolio award.
2016 Lensculture Magazine: Magnum Awards: Editors Pick “Pink Moon”
2016 Black and White Photography – 97: Kujaja monthly competition. Special mention, “Stop” Curated by Robert E Smith
2016 Minimalism 5: Kujaja monthly competition. Special mention, “Twos a Set, Threes a Crowd” curated by Batsceba Hardy
2016 Minimalism 4: Kujaja monthly competition. Special mention, “Potty Chiaroscuro” curated by Batsceba Hardy
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2015/2016 World Street Photography Awards 2016 – “Lights and Shades” – Kujaja Special Mention for two photos. “Boscov Unloading – Night” and “Buy a Case or a Sixpack” Curated by Sally Davies.
2015 Black and White Spider Awards. Two Nominees, “Route 33 Signs” – Fine Art Category, “Structures” – Architectural Category.
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2014 Smithsonian Magazine – Editors Pick –
“House Along the Karakoram”
