Peri S. Pfenninger
1219 Eggleston St., Napa, CA. 94559
707-260-9021
   
Education
  2002-5 The Crucible, Berkeley, CA
    Fresco, welded sculpture workshops
  1991-2 New York Art Student's League, NY, N.Y.
   Figurative courses
  1990-1 Rudolph Steiner Waldorf Institute, Nyack, N.Y.
   Sculpture courses
 
1989
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, N.Y. , B.F.A.
   Honor Society, Dean's List 5 yrs., N.Y. State Certificate
   for Art Education, K-12
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
 
2004
Napa Valley Arts Council, Open Studio Tour, Napa Valley, CA.
  2001 Burning Man Festival, Birth of the Lover, outdoor installation, Black Rock, NV.
  2000 Burning Man Festival, The Colisseum, outdoor installation, Black Rock, NV.
  1998 Lazio's Restaurant,  A Woman's Inner Journey, Eureka, CA.
  1997 Studio Three Gallery, Females & Flowers, Arcata, CA.
  1996 Lazio's Restaurant, Eureka, CA.
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
  2005 Napa Valley Symphony League, Art Strings, Napa Valley, CA.
    Health & Harmony Festival, Dancing with the Devas, Santa Rosa, CA.
  2004 St. Supery Winery, Open Studio Group Exhibition, Napa Valley, CA
  2003 SoMa Arts, Science & Art, San Francisco, CA.
    The Regency, Sea of Dreams, San Francisco, CA (installation).
  2002 Anon Salon Gallery, Aphrodite, San Francisco, CA.
  2001 Maritime Hall, Fire Goddess Installation, San Francisco, CA.
  1999 Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka, CA.
    Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA.
  1998 Persephone House, Ink People, Arcata, CA, funded by NEA.
    Images for Card Deck, Ink People, honorable mention, Arcata, CA, numerous group shows as an active artist member.
  1993 Tiffany's Storefront Windows, NYC, N.Y.
 
Related Art Experience
1992-2005 Private Commissions
   Paintings on canvas, murals, graphic design
1995-1998 Art Educator, Arcata, California
   Gate Academy, unified school districts, Humboldt County
1994-1995
Tess Guiliani, Designer, Ridgewood, N.J.
   Painted interior art works on walls and canvas for
   Internationally known designer
1992-1993 Art Educator, Albany, N.Y.
   Taught art education to grades K-5
1991-1992 Art Educator , Mepham High School, N.Y.
   Taught art education to grades 9-12
1989-1990 N.Y. Institute of Technology Student Art Gallery
1986-1988 Townsend Glass Studios, NYC, N.Y.
   Originated designs and stage-blasted glass work for
   Tiffanys, Steuben, Nieman Marcus, private commissions.
   Supervised and directed glass etching department.
 
Selected Mural Commissions
  Tess Guiliani, Interior Designer, NJ.
   Murals
  Living Quarters Design, Arcata, CA.
   Murals and canvas work, designs for showroom
  Interior Expressions Showroom, Mahwah, NJ.
   Paintings and murals, designed showroom
  Michael Holmes Designs, Napa, CA.
   Canvas paintings, murals, designs for showroom
  Gingerbread Mansion, Ferndale, CA.
   Trompe l‚oiel paintings for five walls in master suite
  Bostwick & Associates, San Jose, CA.
   Mural for corporate office
  Le Petit Logis, Yountville, CA.
   Five fresco murals
  Pere Jeanty, Yountville, CA.
    Wall Paintings
  Candlelight Inn, Napa, CA.
    Canvas painting, installed
 
Publications
    IMAX Theatre, Confessions of a Burning Man,
   sculptural installation shown in movie, 2002.
    Good Housekeeping Magazine, Summer 1990.
  KHSU Radio Interview, Artwaves', January 1997.
  Woman's Day, Spring 1996.
  SF Chronicle, Full page story, San Francisco, CA.
  Humboldt Chronicle, front cover story.
 
Interests
  Dance, writing, hiking, swimming, yoga, philosophy, spiritual studies, computer animation, light sculpture