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Peter Hristoff was born 1958 in Istanbul. He immigrated to New York with his family in 1963. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1981, and completed his master’s degree at Hunter College, City University of New York in 1983. In the mid-1980s, he started dividing his time between Turkey and the US. Hristoff describes his work as exploring themes of joy, sorrow, hope, despair, belief and desire. He is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Award in Painting, the New York Foundation for the Arts Award in Drawing, and the Moon and Stars Project Grant. Currently, Hristoff is a Professor of painting and drawing at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Exhibitions:
1986, “Recent Paintings”, Paulo Salvador Gallery, New York
1990, “Paintings”, David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1990, “Collage and Ink Drawings”, Penine Hart, New York
1993, “Paintings”, David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1995, “the Sky Unfolds in Mysterious Ways”, David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1998, “Paintings and Works on Paper”, Yapı Kredi Culture Center, Istanbul-Izmir
1997, “Ornament and Landscape: on The Nature of Artifice”, Apex Art, New York
2000, “The History of the Anatolian Folk Music”, Alfred University Art Museum
2000, “The History of the Anatolian Folk Music”, Alfred University Art Museum
2000, “Paintings and Works on Paper”, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
2000, “Bir Istanbullu”, The Gallery at the Marmara Hotel, New York
2001, “Hully Gully” David Beitzel Gallery, New York
2004, “Üç Istanbullu”, Yapı Kredi Culture Center, Istanbul
2005, “Dua Resimler”, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul
2005, “Dua Halılar”, Ayasofya Museum, Istanbul
2006, “Ego Kırılmaları”, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul
2007, “Etki Altında”, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul
2007, “Mutlu / Mutsuz”, Yapı Kredi Culture Center, Istanbul
2009, “Octet”, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2009, “Ters Akıntı II”, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul
2009, “Bahçede”, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul
Reference: peterhristoff.com, residencyunlimited.org, camgaleri.com, artnet.com, Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 174-175.
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