I beganu come Cree Studios in 1990 after receiving my Master's of Fine Arts degrees from the San Francisco Artnm Institute. 28 years in business has brought hundreds of major and minor projects into Ty
the studio. There is little I haven't done. The goal is to always do excellent even if the project is to only glue your kitchen chairs. Call Peter’s hot t t t 610-759-7003g to Kny an appointment ! I’m no
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BORN
1953 Peter Cree : born Philadelphia PA
R EDUCATION
1990 Master of Fine Arts in Painting San Francisco Art Institute SanFrancisco CA
1975 Bachelor of Arts, History and Fine Arts Bucknell University, Lewisberg PA
1971 Fredrick Gunns School
WORK
2019 to present Sales exclusively through the web-site creestudios.com
2015 to 2019 Represented by David Holtzman Gallery, Atlantic City , NJ.
2011 to get present, continued Art of the Acoustic finish with numerous private commissions. Represented by L.A. Guitars
My uuu2010 April 22 Anasazi Guitar , a collaboration with C.F. Martin guitars, at Christie's Auction house, NYC
2007 Relocated to Nazareth , PA to continue Cree Studios
First Custom Design Collaboration with Martin Guitars & CO Creation of the Anasazi Custom Martin guitar.
2006 Moved to Bethlehem PA Established Cree Studios on the East Coast. Opened DIVA Gallery. Fine Art and furniture are sold directly through the showroom.
2003 - 2006 Relocated to the Historic Village of Chimayo NM
Developed a decorative finishing technique for high quality acoustic instruments. .. A new body of work consisting of 25 acoustic instruments: guitars, mandolins, violins and “Art and the Acoustic Finish” project is created. Represented by Aldis Browne at www.commissionart.com An LA based cyber-gallery.f B
By 1997 - 2002 Cree Studios moves mmm m my
to "The Factory" Boulder CO and completes hundreds of restorations of musical instruments, furniture, antiques and art objects.h
1990 to 2001 Cree Studios merges education, small business and application of Fine Art techniques to daily life. through Cree Studios Art and the School of Survival
Acquired most Apprentices from University of Colorado, Boulder
Lecturer Fine Art and Furniture and Radical Woodworking in Architecture University of Denver
Annual LA Chair Show Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica CA
Janice Rudy Gallery Houston TX
Pismo Gallery Denver CO
Commission Architectural Carvings 27 Panels for 23,000 sq ft home in Boulder CO
Carving Projects with numerous Architectural Woodworking Firms in Aspen, Boulder and Denver CO
1995 LIMN Gallery San Francisco CA
LA Chair Show Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica, CA
1994 Amazing Chairs Pismo Gallery Denver CO .
1993 Moved from San Francisco to Boulder CO Traveled to Scotland and Ireland
1992 Traveled to Italy
Secret Forest EBA Gallery of Art San Francisco CA
One Man Show Bridge Gallery San Francisco CA
Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica CA
Art and Science Stanford University Stanford CA
Museo ItaloAmericano San Francisco CA
California Contemporary Craft Guild Mill Valley CA
LIMN Gallery San Francisco CA
Janice Rudy Gallery Houston TX
Entre-Libre Gallery New York NY
Chair Show Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica CA
1991 Five Up and Coming West Coast Artists Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco CA Art in America magazine
1990 Graduate Thesis Exhibition San Francisco Art Institute
1989 Taught Painting Continuing Education San Francisco Art Institute
1988 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery
1987 Entered the Master's Program San Francisco Art Institute
1984 Sebastion-Moore Gallery Denver CO
1983 JoAnn Lyons Gallery Aspen CO
1982 McClaren-Markowitz Gallery Boulder CO
1981 Opened West Wall Gallery Telluride CO
1980 Moved to Merimbula NSW Australia Showed paintings in Sydney and Melbourne
1977 Opened Cree Gallery Telluride CO
1979 Traveled around the world. Lived in London
1978 Fine Art Painter, Cree Gallery Telluride CO
1976 Studied Painting on Monhegan Island, ME
1975 Graduated from Bucknell University