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Artist Statement:
Thirty five years of seeking
the highlight.
Thirty five years of self
portraits.
Visual questions and verbal
images.
Always asking Why?
"How does a visual person
define his life and work in
words?”
The soul of the artist is held
in the negatives, every shot
is a self portrait.” -PJC
Why?
I have spent the last year or
maybe more reflecting on my
work over the thirty or so
years I have been shooting. It
is, at times, surprising and
then not surprising at all
that the actual images over
the last years have been
reflections. Why? I will let
you know when I am sure.
As a young artist there is so
much new information to learn
and teachers to please.
Accepting that an image is
cool is enough to make you
strive to create more. There
is no “Why”, just on to the
next assignment. At what point
do you become an artist? How
does one define the soul of an
artist? My work, I hope,
stimulates thought. I hope
that my writing does also. I
try not so much to offer
answers, but to offer
questions. Why? The more often
you ask Why, the more you will
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Exhibitions for Peter J Crowley:
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GALLERY EXHIBITS & JURIED SHOWS:
4/08-6/14/08 "A Life in Stone: The Cape Verdean Stone Masonry Tradition in Eastern Connecticut, "A collaboration among the Norwich Cultural Arts and History Project, the Cape Verdean Santiago Society and the Norwich Arts Council, this exhibit features photographs of the masons and their elegant stonework by Peter J. Crowley and Richmond Jones. Jean J. Schensul Community Gallery at The Institute for Community Research. 2 Hartford Square West, Ste. 100 (146 Wyllys Street), in Hartford, CT
1/08 "A Life in Stone: The Cape Verdean Stone Masonry Tradition in Eastern Connecticut, "A collaboration among the Norwich Cultural Arts and History Project, the Cape Verdean Santiago Society and the Norwich Arts Council, this exhibit features photographs of the masons and their elegant stonework by Peter J. Crowley and Richmond Jones. Norwich Arts Council Gallery.
11/07 Slide Presentation Wrench in the Works Willimantic CT
11/07 Three Rivers College David Brown Benefit Show
10/07 Central Baptist Church Poverty in Photographs and Verbal Images
10/07 Mystic Arts Center Photo show XXIX
10/07 The In-Sight Photography Project Silent Auction and Exhibit
8/07 Art attack Windham ArtSpace Willimantic Ct
8/07 Windham Textile and History Museum Silent Auction
5/07 Rose City Renaissance Picturing Norwich II Jury award Second Place Events
2/07 Photocenter Troy NY Grand Opening Invitational Show
2/07 Slide lecture Schenectady NY Photographic Society on Negative Space
10/06 The In-Sight Photography Project Silent Auction and Exhibit
Vermont Center for Photography Brattleboro VT.
9/06 Two Artists Two Mediums Two Views of the Figure as an Artistic Statement with sculptor Joey Sage Jablonski ArtSpace Norwich
3/06 Art Attack Group Show Windham ArtSpace
3/06 Communication Group Show ArtSpace Norwich
10/05 Picturing Norwich Juried Photo Exhibit - Best in Show
10/05 A NAC for Coffee Patron Portraits at Kokopelli's Coffee and Tea Co.
2/05 The Watermark Gallery North Stonington Ct.
Selections from new portfolios
Layered Life, Excess, Galilee
7/04 A Life in the Rectangle, Stops Along the Road of a Passionate Observer Merrihews Café and Gallery Norwich Ct.
Selected Photographs and essays from 35 years
7/03 Friends Figures and Philosophy ArtSpace Gallery Norwich CT
Group show of artist friends who I have worked with and been inspired by Including; Arnold Prince, Ken Morgan, Tom Hebert, Richard Jaworowski Diana Cote, N. Sukumar, Roxanne Pandolfi, Mark Bilokur, The Joey Zone
3/03 Norwich Images the First Two Years, ArtSpace Gallery Norwich CT
Show included 10 images by Peters Assistant Roxanne Pandolfi
7/01 Backstage Twenty Years of Performing Arts Images Spirit of Broadway Theater Norwich CT
7/01 All the Usual Subjects, book release and Gallery Exhibit WAAC Gallery, Willimantic CT
4/97 Stills/Small Voices Photographs and Poetry expressing the same emotions Paradise Café Willimantic CT in conjunction with The Windham Area Poetry Project and Curbstone Press. Poets included Naomi Ayala.
4/97 Selected Photographs Borders Books Manchester CT
2/97 National Juried all Media exhibit “The Nude” Westfarms Merchant Award 2nd place in show.
6/96 Twenty Five years of Photographic Art Chapel on the Green Gallery, Columbia CT
9/95 Still Movement Dance Photographs Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven CT
6/95 Where Peter Lives The Mulberry Tree Willimantic CT
6/95, 6/96 Interface III & IV, (group show). Athol, MA. Poet/artist collaborative performances and installations
10/81 Meet the Artist, (Gallery/Talk Series). Providence Public Theatre, Providence, RI,
1/80 Dance Photographics Joy of Movement, Center Boston MA
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