📜 Post with us on Reddit
📝 Create a new article
🏭 Create a company page
🇬🇧 - in English
🇫🇷 - en Français (FR)
🇵🇹 - em Português (PT)
🇩🇪 - auf Deutsch (DE)
🇯🇵 - 日本語で (JA)
Sponsored articles

You can edit almost every page by Creating an account and confirming your email.

Peter Max Lawrence

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki


Peter Max Lawrence
Pml milk hs 2007.jpg Pml milk hs 2007.jpg
Lawrence's headshot for MILK'
by Whitler Pratphall 2007
Born (1977-03-19) March 19, 1977 (age 49)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
🏫 EducationSan Francisco Art Institute
💼 Occupation
Artist, film director
🌐 Websitepetermaxlawrence.com

Peter Max Lawrence (born March 19, 1977, in Topeka, Kansas) is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, as well as performance artist, curator, filmmaker, and film director. He is known to work in painting, video installation, sculpture, photography and drawing.[1][2] Lawrence has had art exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States and Europe.[1] He has lived in San Francisco[3] and Kansas City, Missouri.

Early life

Lawrence was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1977,[1][4] and was adopted soon thereafter by Barbra and Dennis Lawrence.[citation needed] He was raised in Western Wyandotte County in Kansas where he attended St. Patricks, Bishop Ward and Kansas City Kansas Community College.[citation needed] He has identified as being gay, which has influenced his art.[5][6]

Lawrence received his B.F.A. in 2009 in new genres from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).[citation needed] He received the CAAC fellowship in 1999 and the Garber Grant in 2001.[1] While he was a student, he worked under artist Ian McDonald at a De Young museum artist residency and they produced a film for the Truly CA series.[7][8]

He relocated to Kansas City, Missouri,[when?] and seven years later to San Francisco[when?] to take up performance, film and video art. He lived and worked in California for 15 years.[9]

Career

His discography includes such music as Banana Blues, On Your Own Time, Queer from Kansas, and The Media.[10][dead link]

One of his early showings of his art was The Man Who Was Too Loud (2001) at the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, about coming out publicly as gay.[6] It was followed later in 2001, by a showing in Montreal.[6] Lawrence also was in the art exhibitions, The Indelible Sulk (2013) a solo art installation at Mission: Comics and Art in San Francisco;[11] Ungodly: The Spiritual Medium (2020) a group exhibition at Oregon Contemporary gallery in Portland, Oregon;[12] and At War (2012) with Truong Tran at SOMArts in San Francisco (as part of a curatorial residency).[13]

Collaborations

Paper Waster Press was a collective project with Lawrence, he first engaged with Amy Whitehead,[when?] and later with Nico Peck; the duos collaborations continued until 2011.[citation needed] Lawrence was part of, The Cries of San Francisco: Saturday Market #2 (2011), a group project by Allison Smith at Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California.[14][15] Lawrence was part of the art event, Breaking My Spell (2011) at Reykjavik Culture Night, Reykjavik, Iceland; working with fellow SFAI students Michelle Morby, Kirk Wilder, Jenalee Harmon, and Melkorka Helgadottir.[16][17][better source needed]

Performances

Live performances include collaborations and a trilogy of performances in Athens, Greece that were the cumulative work of an extended residency at Sub Rosa Space[18] including Beyond Say: An American in Athens (2018),[19] The Umpire Strikes Back (2018),[20] Return of the Yeti (2018).[21] Lawrence performed, I Miss America (2018)[22] at CHEAPArt gallery in Athens.[23][24]

Lawrence performed Whimper (2014), The Stud bar in San Francisco.[25][26] He performed at 4WAVES: 40 Performances for the Hole (2019) in the group event in San Francisco.[27]

Filmography

Lawrence has also directed music videos such as Krystle Warren's,[28] I've Seen Days[29] and On that First Day of Autumn;[30] Carletta Sue Kay's, The Lady and the Creature From the Black Lagoon, For the Birds, and Just Another Beautiful Boy; Pookie and the Poodlez's, go go away from me; and The Centauros[31] featuring AL-V, Calavera in Barcelona, Spain.

  • Glitter (2005)
  • Negative Space/Jane Sommerhauser (2006)
  • Poor Pandora (Spring 2008)
  • Something to Trade (2008)
  • Queer in Kansas (2008), an autobiographical film.[32][4]
  • Warholics[5]
  • De Young (2017), an experimental documentary as part of the Truly CA series,[8]

Curator

  • 2019 – THE ONE[33][not in citation given]
  • 2015 – Lid Off Film Festival, alongside the Grassroots Art Center, Lucas Area Community Theater, Lucas, Kansas[34]
  • 2014 – The News with Kolmel WithLove at SOMArts, San Francisco, California[35][36][37]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Peter Max Lawrence biography". The American Center for Artists. Americanartists.org. Archived from the original on 2008-11-01. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Jialin Luh (December 20, 2005). "Artists Melding with Patrons". SF Station. Sfstation.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "Peter Max Lawrence bio". Equalaccessart.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sister Dana Van Iquity (November 16, 2006). "The Gods Are Alive And Well at Magnet". San Francisco Bay Times. San Francisco Bay Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Artist Profile: Peter Max Lawrence". Gay Travel. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2021-10-25. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Walker, Steve (February 8, 2001). "Paint It Loud". Pitch.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ "Truly CA": de Young synopsis". kqed.org. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Truly CA, De Young, PBS, retrieved 2021-10-27
  9. ↑ "BA of the Week Artist – Peter Max Lawrence". Broke-Ass Stuart's Website. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  10. ↑ "Peter Max Lawrence discography". Purevolume.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ Abney, Andrea (2013-05-15). "Bay Area weekend picks, May 16-19". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Justin Hoover Ungodly". Oregon Contemporary. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  13. ↑ "Artists Peter Max Lawrence & Truong Tran discuss curatorial residency at SOMArts". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-10-21. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)[better source needed]
  14. ↑ "The Cries of San Francisco: Saturday Market #2". Southern Exposure. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  15. ↑ Smith, Heather (2011-06-08). "Cries of San Francisco". Mission Local. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  16. ↑ "Peter Max Lawrence". Breaking My Spell. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  17. ↑ "The Invasion Has Begun". Korka. August 2, 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  18. ↑ "Sub Rosa". Sub Rosa. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  19. ↑ "Beyond Say". Sub Rosa. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  20. ↑ "The Umpire Strikes Back". Sub Rosa. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  21. ↑ "Return of the Yeti". Sub Rosa. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  22. ↑ "I Miss America | Peter Max Lawrence". www.cheapart.gr. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  23. ↑ "CHEAPART 2018". www.cheapart.gr. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  24. ↑ "CHEAPART | 83 ΔΕΘ". www.cheapart.gr. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  25. ↑ "elbo room". quiet lightning. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  26. ↑ "The Stud". quiet lightning. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  27. ↑ Rosario, Dara Katrina Del (2019-08-21). "Press Release: 4Waves: 40 Performances for the Hole". SOMArts. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  28. ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2021.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  29. ↑ "I've Seen Days" (video). YouTube. October 29, 2008.
  30. ↑ Ford, Nancy; Dieckman, Eric A.T. "Review: Krystal Warren & The Faculty: Diary". Outsmartmagazine.com. Retrieved October 29, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  31. ↑ "Centauros". Centauros. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  32. ↑ "QUEER in KANSAS | Frameline35 | Peter Max Lawrence | USA". history.frameline.org. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  33. ↑ "THE ONE". www.paperwasterpress.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  34. ↑ "Lid Off Film Festival". Great Bend Tribune. 2015. Retrieved 2021-10-27. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  35. ↑ Staff, Sasha Chebil | (2013-06-06). "Queer artists encourage booing at SOMArts show". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  36. ↑ "The News 3 Year Anniversary Performance | in San Francisco". Time Out San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  37. ↑ ""The News" 3 Year Anniversary: Fresh Queer Performance Series | SoMa". Funcheap. 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

External links


This article "Peter Max Lawrence" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Peter Max Lawrence. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

Page kept on Wikipedia This page exists already on Wikipedia.

Retrieved from "https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Peter_Max_Lawrence&oldid=6150109"
License CC BY-SA 3.0
Powered by MediaWiki