EDUCATION
1990 BFA - York University, Toronto, Ontario
Graphic Design & Painting major
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2007 Terre Haute, Indiana, Halcyon Contemporary
Art at The Swope Art Museum, Optical Architecture.
2002 Toronto, Ontario, Steamwhistle Roundhouse Gallery, Kaleidoscapes.
2002 Indianapolis, Indiana, Four Star Gallery, Scapes.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Junction Arts Festival Juried Show.
2000 St. Catherines, Ontario, John Steinberg & Associates.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, John Steinberg & Associates.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, Riverside Gallery, The Gorilla Series.
1998 Toronto, Ontario, The Storm Gallery.
1996 Toronto, Ontario, Eza’s Gallery (Kensington Market), The Crying of
Nature.
1994 Toronto, Ontario, Exile Media.
1993 Toronto, Ontario, The Edgewater, Extinction/Exhaustion.
1992 Toronto, Ontario, Pablo Gallery, Extinction/Exhaustion.
1991 Toronto, Ontario, Star Center Gallery, Nature of the Circle.
TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2008 (Upcoming in May) Terre Haute, Indiana, Halcyon Contemporary
Art at The Swope Art Museum. With Aleksandra Krasutskaya.
2007 Paris, Illinois, Bicentennial Museum. With Martha Kaplan.
2004 Terre Haute, Indiana, Rose Hulman, Mandalas.
1992 Toronto, Ontario, Winters Gallery, York University, By All Means Painted.
GROUP
2007 Indianapolis, Indiana, ORANJE 2007, An Interactive Experience of Art &
Music (Juried), Terre Haute Cultural Alliance.
2007 Terre Haute, Indiana, The Swope Art Museum,63rd Annual Wabash Valley Juried
Art Show.
2007 Terre Haute, Indiana, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, The Crow
Show.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Winter Collection Juried Exhibition.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Abstract
Currents.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Fall Collection Juried Exhibition.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Summer Collection Juried Exhibition.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Spring Collection Juried Exhibition.
2005 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Winter Collection Juried Exhibition.
2005 Paris, Illinois, Bicentennial Art Center and Museum, 51st Annual Juried
Fall Show.
2005 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, The Autumn Collection Juried Exhibition.
2003 Toronto, Ontario, Steamwhistle Gallery, The Broken Fence Society, The Water
Project.
2002 Indianapolis, Indiana, Spirit & Place Festival, Visual Art as a Tool
for Healing.
2001 Toronto, Ontario, Steamwhistle Gallery, The Broken Fence Society.
2001 Toronto, Ontario, Riverside Gallery, RAW Third Annual Studio Tour.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, , Exhibition Stadium Revamp Recycled Show.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Gallery 1313, Halloween Show.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, The Well Gallery, Junction Arts Festival Juried Show.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, CAB 2000 (in conjunction with A-Space), Trinity Bellwood
Park.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Envirotech 2000.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Toronto City Hall Rotunda, Earth Week Art Show.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Riverside Gallery, Second Annual Studio Tour.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Ralph Thornton Centre, The Broken Fence Society, Second
Juried Environmental Art Show.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, Alley Cats Scramble, Dreams and Nightmares.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, Here and Now Gallery.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, Riverside Gallery, First Annual Studio Tour.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, Polson Pier Gallery, The Broken Fence Society, First
Juried Environmental Art Show.
1999 Festive Earth Society, ArtPark.
1998 Toronto, Ontario, Storm Gallery.
1998 Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton Public Library.
1998 Stouffville, Ontario, The Latcham Gallery, 23:59:59.
1998 Toronto, Ontario, Gallery 213 , Kensington Market, 23:59:59.
1997 Toronto, Ontario, Eza’s Gallery (Kensington Market), Group Show.
1997 Toronto, Ontario, Third Rail, 23:59:59.
1997 St. Catherines, Ontario, Sean O’Sullivan Theatre Gallery, Brock University23:59:59.
1996 Toronto, Ontario, Kensington Market, Erotic Art Fair, Without Shame.
1995 Mississauga, Ontario, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Six Up.
1995 Toronto, Ontario, Gallery 215, Juried Show.
1994 Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough Arts Council Gallery, Awards Show.
1994 Toronto, Ontario, aArt in the Park, Kensington Market Collective, Fourth
Annual Summer Show.
1993 Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough Arts Council Gallery On My Own Time
1993 Toronto, Ontario, aArt in the Park, Kensington Market Collective, Third
Annual Summer Show.
1993 Toronto, Ontario, Upper Canada Brewery Gallery, The Yeast Collection.
1992 Toronto, Ontario, aArt in the Park, Kensington Market Collective,Second
Annual Summer Show.
1992 Toronto, Ontario, Gallery Without Walls.
1992 Toronto, Ontario, ROUNDUP.
1991 Toronto, Ontario, ROUNDUP.
1991 Toronto, Ontario, Winters Gallery, York University, Contrasting Figures.
1990 Toronto, Ontario, IDA Gallery, York University, Passages.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2007 Indiana State University Permanent Collection, Concerning
the Spiritual in Art, 2 panels @ 24” x 48” each, acrylic & gel
on canvas, 2006
2004 Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana Mandala, 60”x 60”, mixed media on canvas, 2001
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2007 Sheldon Swope Art Museum - Horsing Around
in Terre Haute - The Colt Project.
Placed in front entrance of Swope Museum.
AWARDS
2005 Merit Award, Paris, Illinois, Bicentennial Art Center and Museum,
2005 51st Annual Juried Fall Show 2005.
1993 First Prize in Painting Category, Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough Arts
Council On My Own Time.
MEMBER OF JURY/CURATORIAL
2007 Terre Haute, Indiana, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Student
Art Exhibition.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Halcyon Contemporary Art at The Swope Art Museum,1st
Annual Group Show.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Arts Illiana, Winter Collection 2006.
2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Abstract
Currents.
2006 Paris, Illinois, Bicentennial Art Center and Museum, 52nd Annual Fall Show
2006.
2001 Toronto, Ontario, Third Juried Environmental Art Exhibition, Acadia Gallery,
sponsored by The Broken Fence Society.
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Second Juried Environmental Art Exhibition, Ralph Thornton
Centre, sponsored by The Broken Fence Society.
1999 Toronto, Ontario, First Annual Juried Environmental Art Exhibition, Polson
Pier Gallery, sponsored by The Broken Fence Society.
1996 Toronto, Ontario, The Columbus Centre, World Boys
& Girls Art Exhibition,
supported by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO, Columbus Centre, North York.
MEMBER/FOUNDING MEMBER OF COLLECTIVES
1996-present Toronto, Ontario, The Broken Fence
Society, Art Director & Founding Member, Environmental Visual Arts
Collective, www.brokenfence.org
1992-1994 Toronto, Ontario, aArt in the Park, Kensington
Market Art Collective.
FOUNDING MEMBER OF COMMERCIAL GALLERIES
2006-present Terre Haute, Indiana, Halcyon Contemporary
Art at The Swope Art Museum,25 South 7th Street, Terre Haute, IN.
2005 - 2006 Terre Haute, Indiana, 333 visual art, 7 South
6th Street, Terre Haute, IN.
PUBLICATIONS
2000 Year 2000 Millennium Calendar, The Broken
Fence Society.
2001 Year 2001 Calendar, The Broken Fence Society.
2001 Junction Arts Festival. Promotional postcards and posters.(Gorilla Series).
2002 Year 2002 Calendar, The Broken Fence Society.
2002 Tandem newspaper. Toronto publication. “A Kaleido-scapic vision.
Petra Nyendick’s vivid environmental Artwork”. December 8, 2002.
Review of Steamwhistle Show. Volume XLVIII - Number 333, pg. 7.
2002 Nuvo Newsweekly. Indianapolis publication. Visual Arts Review section.
“Quirky edge, symbolic depth.” Review of Four Star Gallery show.
October 16-23, 2002, pg. 34.
2005 Tribune Star. Terre Haute & The Wabash Valley. Sites & Sounds section.
“Paintings, sculptures reflect art at its best, starting today during
Holiday Fest.” Friday, December 2, 2005, pg. D12.
2007 Tribune Star. Terre Haute & The Wabash Valley. Sites & Sounds section.
“Halcyon Gallery to feature artwork by Petra Nyendick.” Friday,
February 23, 2007, pg. D11.
2007 Tribune Star. Terre Haute & The Wabash Valley. Local & Bistate
section. “Horsing Around- Summer-Long Public Art Exhibit featuring Colts.”
Monday, March 20, 2007, pg. C1.
TELEVISION
2002 Fox 59 Indianapolis. “Indy’s
Art Market-In the Now.”
Monday September 30th, 10pm news & Tuesday October 1st,
6-9am morning news.
On location at Four Star Gallery Show.
2007 Channel 10, Terre Haute, Indiana. “The Colts Public
Art Project”.
Monday March 20, 2007, 6pm & 11pm news.
On location at Halcyon Contemporary Art.
2007 Channel 2, Terre Haute, Indiana. “How to Run &
Operate an Art Gallery”.
Sponsored by the Osher Institute of Higher Learning. Talk presented by
Petra Nyendick, John Davidson and John Lustig. Friday October 5, 2007,
7am news. On location at Halcyon Contemporary Art.
LECTURES
2007, December Optical Architecture - The Work of Petra Nyendick
at Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana.