Laurie Peek

Laurie Peek Bio (1949- American):

A practicing visual artist and photographer for over twenty-five years, Laurie Peek’s experience in photography is deep. This includes a residency at Apeiron Workshops, staff position at the George Eastman House Museum, an MFA in Photography from Visual Studies Workshop/SUNY Buffalo; working as a photo librarian for the Bettmann Archive (now Getty Images) and Sygma Photo News; photojournalist (The Brooklyn Paper, Village Voice, City Limits, The Progressive); staff photographer for NYC’s Dept. of General Services; PR photographer for national political campaigns; and gallery manager for the Art Students League Vytlacil campus.

For the past decade Peek has been exhibiting her photography widely across the US and internationally. Recent solo shows include: In Lieu of Flowers, Soho Photo Gallery; Flowers Everywhere, Davis-Orton Gallery, Car Parts: Metallic Transports, Union Arts; and Rockland Reverso, Rockland Center for the Arts. 

She has participated in group shows at: A. Smith Gallery, ArtSuiteNY Gallery, Bau Gallery, Berlin Blue Gallery, Blue Door Art Center, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Carriage Barn Arts Center, Center for Photography, C4FPA, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Five Points Arts, Foley Gallery, FotoNostrum Gallery, Gallery 66, Garner Arts Center, Garrison Art Center, Griffin Museum of Photography, Hopper House Museum, LACP, LA Photo Curator, Lagstein Gallery, Lockwood Museum, Montclair Studio, PhotoPlace Gallery, Pomona Arts Center, Praxis Gallery, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Robert Anderson Gallery, Rockland Center for the Arts, SE Center for Photography, Soho Photo Gallery, Union Arts Center, Upstream Gallery, and Van Der Plas Gallery. 

In 2022 Peek was awarded “International Garden Photographer of the Year, 3rd Place Abstract Views,” Kew Gardens, London, UK, and for the last seven years she has been juried into the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers competition c/o the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. 

Her work has been published and reviewed in print and online at, among others:

Artdoc Magazine 10.2023

 Fraction Magazine 12.13.22, A Photo Editor 4-2022, Lenscratch 3-2-2022, The Photo Review 2019 Competition issue, and Fraction Magazine 10th Anniversary issue, 2018.

Peek resides with her husband in New York’s Hudson Valley where she is active in civic and environmental causes.

Statement

“In Lieu of Flowers” is dedicated to my son Jackson and others I’ve known whose funerals I could not attend. And it’s for all those who've suffered the loss of a loved one. 

With this memorializing project, I draw on my long-time fascination with layers, abstraction, ambiguity and the natural world. 

The images themselves are digital composites of floral elements, mostly from my garden, that I print as archival pigment prints on semi-translucent vellum. Hand applying gold and silver metallic-leaf gilding to the backs of the prints creates a shimmering glow evocative of sacred art. Methodically rubbing the gilding onto the vellum and varnishing the finished results reconnects me to the craft of film photography and makes each print unique.

Honoring my past significant relationships and the grief of losing my child has been healing and I hope is healing for others. These are the flowers I was not able to send.

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LAURIE PEEK (American 1949-)

EDUCATION:

1978 Masters of Fine Art in Photography, Visual Studies Workshop/Univ. Buffalo, NY

1972 Apeiron Photography Residency, Winter, Millerton, NY

1971 New College, B. A. Fine Arts, Sarasota, FL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 In Lieu of Flowers, Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT - Sept. 22 - Oct 28

2023 In Lieu of Flowers, Soho Photo Gallery NYC, April

2022 Flowers Everywhere, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY

2021 In Lieu of Flowers, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY 

2018 Car Parts: Metallic Transports, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY  

2017 Rockland Reverso, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY  

2014 Artist of the Month, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY   

2013 Laurie Peek Photographs, Stream Studio, Nyack, NY  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

-20th Pollux Awards, “Digital Manipulation & Collage Series, Honorable Mention, non-pro, Jurors: Frank Meo & Julio-Hirsch Hardy, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

-Gallery40, four-person show, Poughkeepsie, NY - May

20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards For Women Photographers, “Digital Manipulation & Collage,” Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Anne Jastrab, Elizabeth Krist, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain - April

Art of Healing, Englewood Hospital/The Art School at Old Church - Sept. 2023-Aug. 2024, Englewood, NJ

2023

-High Priestess Project, Aqua Art Miami Fair, Miami, FL - Dec. 6-10

-Soho Photo Gallery Members’ Alternative Process Exhibition, Nov. 15- Dec. 3

-New York — Place of Longing, Hans Weiss Gallery, Vienna, Austria, Nov. 4-11

-Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2023 Finalist

-Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Jurors: Hamidah Glasgow & Charles Guice, Ft. Collins, CO 8.29.23-5.21.24 online

-Carriage Barn Annual Members’ Show, Juror: Betty Barker, New Canaan, CT

-Member September, Soho Photo Gallery, NYC

-Photography and Sculpture Juried Exhibition 2023, Rowayton Art Center, Juror: Hans Neleman, Rowayton, CT (“2nd Place”)

-Off the Clock 2023, APA LA, online, Juror: Darius Himes

-The Photo Review Online Exhibition

-Summertime Celebration, Rockefeller State Park Art Gallery, Juror: Audrey Leeds, Pleasantville, NY

-Hold Up Half the Sky, Dallas Center of Photography, Juror: Aline Smithson, Dallas, TX, -Viewpoints, Montclair Studio, Juror: Dierdra Harris-Kelley, Montclair, NJ

-Spectrum “Passages,” Carriage Barn, Jurors: Rachel Palacios & Heather Gaudio, New Canaan, CT

-19th Pollux Awards Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Jurors: Stephen Perloff, Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Barcelona, Spain

-Allegheny Annual National Photography Competition, Juror: Todd Tubutis, Cumberland, MD

-The Artist Intervenes, Praxis Gallery, Juror: Aline Smithson, Minneapolis, MN, “Curator’s Choice” Award

-18th National Photography Competition, Fotofoto Gallery, Juror: Alex Ferrone, Huntington, L.I., NY, “1st Place” Award

-Enigma, Upstream Gallery, Juror: Dave Shelley, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

-43rd Annual Photography Show, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT

-Members Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

-19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Juror: Barbara Davidson, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

-Members Exhibition, Rockland Center for The Arts, W. Nyack, NY

-Behind the Lens 2023: Everything is Different or Six Degrees…, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Juror: David DeMelim, Providence, RI

-Open/Unfiltered, A Smith Gallery, Juror: Kevin Tully, (online). Work selected for “The 27” hardbound show catalog 

-Open, SE Center for Photography, Juror: Christa Dix, Greenville, SC

2022

-Winter Solstice 2022, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

-Small Works, Garrison Art Center, Juror: Carl Van Brunt, Garrison, NY

-Art, Design, & the Automobile, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT

-Comeback, LA Center for Photography, Juror: Samantha Johnston

-Nocturnes, Praxis Gallery, Juror: Wendi Schneider, Minneapolis, MN

-Carriage Barn 45th Members Exhibition, New Canaan, CT

-Macro: Larger than Life, Praxis Gallery, Jurors: Praxis Directors, Minneapolis, MN

-Floral Expressions, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY

-Ignite!, Bau Gallery, Jurors:Kathleen Vance & Daniel Aycock, Beacon, NY

-PaperWorks: Expanding Boundaries, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

-Soho Photo National Competition 2022, Juror: Mercedes Jelinek, NYC

-28th Annual Members Juried Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Jurors: Francis Jakubek, Iaritza Menjivar, Winchester, MA

-Flow, (two-person exhibition), Lagstein Gallery, Nyack, NY

-18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers, Alternative Processes Series, Honorable Mention, Jurors: KK DePaul, Isabela Pacini, Snezhana von Büdingen, and N.A. Vague, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

-Any Shape or Form, Upstream Gallery, Juror: Dave Shelley, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

-17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Non-Pro, FotoNostrum Gallery, Jurors: Laura Noble & Jennie Rickets, Barcelona, Spain

-Garrison Art Center Members’ Exhibition, Garrison, NY

-Rockland Center for the Arts Members’ Exhibition, W. Nyack, NY

2021

-Art of Healing, Englewood Health Center, Englewood, NJ, Juror: The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ

2020                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

-About Women: Celebrating Women’s Artistic Contributions, Lockwood Mathews Museum, Juror: Silvermine Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

-Brilliant Botanicals: Alchemic Transformations, ArtSuiteNY Gallery, Piermont NY

-15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Non-Pro, FotoNostrum Gallery, Juror: Elizabeth Avedon, Barcelona, Spain

-Small Works, Five-Points Center for Visual Arts, Juror: Power Boothe, Torrington, CT

-Water, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Doug Beasley, Johnson City, TX

-Gift of Art, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY

-19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson, Analy Werbin, FotoNostrum Gallery, Spain  

2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

-Summertime, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Jennifer Shaw, Johnson City, TX

-First Street Gallery 2019 National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nancy Margolis, NYC

-7th Open, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Juror: Neal Rantoul, Providence, RI

-Momentum, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Debra Klompching, NYC

-Small Works, Robert Anderson Gallery, Jurors: Margy Dudley & Wendi Schneider, Denver, CO

-Diptych, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Kevin Tully, Johnson City, TX

-black/white, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Jennifer Schlesinger, Johnson City, TX

-The Naked Print, R.I. Center for Photography, Juror: Stephen Fisher, Providence, RI

-A Color Moment, PhotoPlace Online Gallery, Juror: Arthur Meyerson, Middlebury, VT

-About Lighting, L.A. Photo Curator, 2019, Juror: Paul Ivanushka 

2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

-Abstract, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Elizabeth Houston, Ft. Collins, CO

InsideSmall, Outside In Gallery, Piermont, NY

-Art is the Voice of CT, Silvermine Photographers Exhibit, Hearst CT Media Group, Norwalk CT

-Center for Photography at Woodstock Benefit Auction, Kingston, NY

-From the Studio, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ

-Light and Shadow Black & White Photography, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY

-Silvermine Artists Guild Pop-Up Exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT  

-Edward Hopper House Museum Members Exhibition, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY

-Silvermine Artists Guild New Members Exhibition, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT 

-Blue Door Juried Members’ Exhibition, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, Bronx, NY 

2017                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

-All Art+, Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC, NY

-Local Love, Volition Gallery, Orangeburg, NY

-Camera Works 2017, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, "Best in Show,” Juror: Rebecca Robertson, Ridgefield, CT

-Photography Takes Over 2017, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 

2016                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

-Eye of the Beholder: Art Through the Lens, My Own Little Gallery, Nyack, NY 

-Summer Exhibition, Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery, Vytlacil/Art Students League, Sparkill, NY

-Aesthetic Sensory, (two-person exhibit), Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY 

2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

-Ode To Earth, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River NY

-Juried Rockland County Pride Benefit, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY

-Summer Exhibition, Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery, Vytlacil/Art Students League, Sparkill, NY

2014                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

-Artoberfest, Garner Arts Center, Garnerville, NY

-PHOTOCentric, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

-Carriage Barn Members’ Show, New Canaan, CT

-Homage to Hopper, Nyack Art Collective, Nyack, NY

-Celebrating Life & Death, Nyack Art Walk, Nyack, NY

-VCS Gay Pride Rockland, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY

-Fashion As Art, Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY

-Photography Takes Over, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

-Members’ Exhibition, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY

-2013 Postcards from Piermont, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY

-Change / Transformation, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY

-VCS Gay Pride Exhibition, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY "Best in Show" Nyack -Art Collective Exhibition, Nyack Library, Nyack, NY

-The Documentary Continues: Women in Social Commentary Photography, Dorothea Lange Sidebar, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY

-SNAP: Love that Park, Rockefeller State Park Preserve Gallery, Sleepy Hollow, NY

-Photography Takes Over, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY

-Rockland Center for the Arts Members' Exhibition, W. Nyack, NY

-Edward Hopper House Members' Exhibition, Nyack, NY

-Gift of Art, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY

-Resurrection, Garner Arts Center - Garnerville, NY

-Artists on Location, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

-The Piermont Marsh as Muse, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY

-Story of the Creative See.Me - NYC, NY  

2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

-Attitude, Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY

-Animal Life, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA: 

Print

Momentum, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Debra Klompching, 2019

The Photo Review 2019 Competition

Boston Globe, Brooklyn Paper, City Limits, The Progressive, Soho News (1980s)

Film:

2003 Oscar-nominated Tupac: Resurrection and 2012 Koch

Online

Artdoc Magazine, “Healing Nature”10.2023

A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein 4.2022

Fraction Magazine 12.13.22
Lenscratch by Linda Alterwitz 3.2022

LA Photo Curator Global Photography Awards, Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet

Fraction Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue, 2018

Center for Photography at Woodstock "Photography Now 2017"

Nyack News & Views Local Arts Index Profile

COLLECTIONS

Fine Art Museum Houston

Visual Studies Workshop “Movement: Selections from the First Decade of the Visual Studies Workshop" 

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Center for Photography at Woodstock

Center (Santa Fe)

RECOGNITION

Photolucida’s "Critical Mass 2023" Finalist

“First Place,” 18th National Photography Competition, Fotofoto Gallery, Juror: Alex Ferrone, Huntington, NY, 2023

“Curator’s Choice,” The Artist Intervenes, Praxis Gallery, Juror: Alpine Smithson, 2023

“International Garden Photographer of the Year, Abstract Views, 3rd Place” Kew Gardens, London, UK, 2022

Top 40 Images 2019, LA/NY Photo Curator

Winner: “Cell Phone” and “Nature” Series, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Martha Rivers Ingram “Excellence in the Arts Award 2017”

“Best in Show,” 2017 Camera Works, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror Rebecca Robertson, Ridgefield, CT

Best in Show,” 2013 VCS Rockland Pride Exhibition, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY,

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NY

Country

US