CURRICULUM VITAE
STEFANI PETER
Born: 1955, Eisenach, East Germany
Resides: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Works: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
German-Canadian (October 2024)
Website: stefanipeter.com
Email: art@stefanipeter.com
Instagram: @stefanithepainter
EDUCATION
1978-1984
Master of Education (Art and English)
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
1989-1990
Private study with Professor Günter Dollhopf
Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Retrospective Exhibition, Graphic Museum, Bad Steben, Germany (with catalogue)
2001 Gallery of Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada (two-person exhibition with A. Wisniewski)
2000 “Keeping Time,” Gallery Kunstflügel GEDOK, Rangsdorf/Berlin, Germany
“The Ups and Downs of the Days 1992-2000,” Galeriehaus Nord, Nuremberg, Germany
1997 “What is Today?” Artist Books, City Library, Fürth, Germany
“Tagesbücher” [Books of Days], German Masonic Museum, Bayreuth, Germany
1996 “A Wardrobe for Music,” Galerie für Zeitkunst, Bamberg, Germany
“Freedom of Will,” Gallery in der Förstermühle, Fürth, Germany
1995 City Museum & Art Gallery Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain
“The Preserved Days,” Bi-pi’s Kulturgalerie, Cologne, Germany
“Images of the Old and the New World,” Municipal Gallery, Kronach, Germany
1991 Gallery of the Kunstverein, Palais Stutterheim, Erlangen, Germany
1986 Gallery in der Förstermühle, Fürth, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 “Naveganças” Upcoming April, FUNARTE, São Paulo, Brazil
2025 “Navegation,” Upcoming December, Galerie LeonArt, Nuremberg, Germany
2024 “Ubuntu,” Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, International Symposium Ponte Cultura, Nuremberg, Germany
“Portfolio,” Ortart Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
Arauco Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2023 “Erde im Gleichgewicht” [Earth in Balance], Kunst in der St. Martha Kirche, Nuremberg, Germany
“Gastfreundschaft” [Hospitality], Ortart Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2022 “Asas para a Liberdade” [Wings for Freedom], Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo, Brazil
“O de Fora…” [The Outside…], Galeria Mariana Furlani, São Paulo, Brazil
“Interterritorialidades” [Interterritorialities], Museo de Arte da Universidade Federal, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2021 “Corona-Alphabet,” Kunststation Waldsassen, Germany
“Amores Laetitia,” Mosteiro de São Salvador de Grijo, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
2019 “Territories,” CBBEU Centro Cultural Belém Brazil/USA, Belém, Brazil
2017 “Territorien” [Territories], AEG, Nuremberg, Germany (with catalogue)
2012 “Passion/Paixão,” Auf AEG, Nuremberg, Germany
2008 “Água” [Water], Museo Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Brazil
2006 “Diários” [Diaries], Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil
2005 “Camera Lenta” [Slow Motion], Almoshof Castle, Nuremberg, Germany (with catalogue)
2001 “Night Watch,” Heart of Jesus Church, Erlangen, Germany
Galeria Paulo Prado & Ass. (with M. Stüve and S. Franklin), São Paulo, Brazil
2000 VI. International Plein Air, Kostrzyn, Poland
1999 Gallery Dialog, Kostrzyn, Poland (two-person exhibition with Michal Bajsarowicz)
Fundação Nacional de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
V. International Plein Air, Kostrzyn, Poland
1996 “Borderline,” Keele University Art Gallery, Keele, Staffordshire, Great Britain
“Arcus 1: Warming Up!” Nuremberg, Germany
“The Elephant” (with Artur Dieckhof), Gallery Röver, Nuremberg, Germany
1995 Municipal Gallery Ex-Macello, Padua, Italy (Culture Prize Winners of the City of Erlangen)
1994 “Fora do Plano – Away from the Wall,” SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil (with catalogue)
“Travessia – Transitions,” 9 artists, Museo de Arte Contemporânea USP, São Paulo, Brazil
1991 German Red Cross Forum, Kiel, Germany
1990 Ratibor Castle, Roth, Germany
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1992
Lucas Cranach Prize “Sonderpreis des Landkreises” [Special Prize of the District], Kronach, Germany
Fine Arts Grant for Emerging Artists, City of Erlangen, Germany
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2001
Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada
1995
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain (scholarship/visiting artist)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST SYMPOSIUMS
2025
Ponte Cultura Artist Symposium, France (June 2-11)
2019
German-Brazilian Artists Symposium, Belém do Pará, Brazil
2017
German-Brazilian Artists Symposium, São Bernardo, Brazil
2014
International Artists Symposium, Uzès, France
2006
Art Symposium, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
1999, 2000
Plein Air Symposium, Kostrzyn, Poland
1997
“Forms and Colors of Provence” Symposium, St. Dezéry/Nîmes, France
1996
Ponte Cultura Symposium, São Paulo and Guarujá, Brazil
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS (Teaching/Learning Context)
1996
Serigraphy Workshop, Borderline Printmakers, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain
2022
German-Brazilian Artists Symposium, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
1995
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain (teaching)
CURATORIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECTS
2003-Present
Founder & Curator, AION Art Gallery, Vancouver/Burnaby, BC
Art rental and clearance for film and television industry
1992-1993
Division Junge Kunst [Young Art Division], Erlanger Kunstverein e.V., Erlangen, Germany
1994-2000
Founder, Board Member and Project Organizer, ARCUS Artist Initiative:
- 1994-1995: ARCUS 1: “Warming Up!” Nuremberg
- 1996: ARCUS 2: “At Home,” Fürth
- 1997: ARCUS 3: “Nürnberg: Nice”
- 1998: ARCUS 4: “Arcus Meets Sztuka na Granicy,” Poland
- 2000: ARCUS 5: “Chronos – einTag” [One Day], Nuremberg
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Germany:
- City of Nuremberg
- City of Erlangen
- City of Kronach
- Province of Middle Franconia
- Red Cross, Schleswig-Holstein
Brazil:
- Museo Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza
United Kingdom:
- City Museum of Stoke-on-Trent
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2024
Certified Human Design Specialist
Offering lectures about creativity and coaching for artists and creative practitioners