Copenhagen, Denmark
1949-70 Denmark
1970-73 Italy
1973-83 Mexico
1983-86 Belgium
1986- USA
EDUCATION
1967-68 Den Frie og Merkantile Kunstskole, Copenhagen, Denmark
1970-73 Academy of Fine Art, Rome, Italy
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
- Plains Art Museum, Fargo North Dakota
- Hinson Art Museum, Wingate University, North Carolina
- Frederiksborg Castle,The Museum of National History, Denmark
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Denver Art Museum
- The White House, Washington DF
- Danielle Steel, San Francisco, California
- Murray & Ruth Gribin Foundation, Los Angeles, California
- Anita & Ron Wornick Foundation, San Francisco, California
- Charles & Edwina Milner, Santa Fe, New Mexico/Austin, Texas
- Elizabeth Colton, New York, New York
- James Torrey, New York, New York
- Cecilie Rohwedder, London, England
- Bjarne & Grete Bladbjerg, Danish Ambassador, Denmark
- Mark & Barbara Horwitch, Chicago, Illinois
- Henrik Wern, Danish Counsul, Antwerp, Belgium
- Andree Arty, Brussels, Belgium
- Roberto Pesaro, Mexico City, Mexico
- Pietro Migliaccio Guerra, Rome, Italy
- Henrik Trautner, Ministery of Agriculture, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Rita & Robert Roberts, Sonoma California
- Robert & Sharon Salomon, Woodside, California
- Martha Windfield, London, England
- Alice Meade, Mill Valley, California
- Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles, California
- Charles & Nancy Curley, Larkspur, California
- Sam Lieber and Mary Rubin, New York
- Harold Rosenbaum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia
- Dave Bagshaw & Wendy Petersmyer, Atherton, California
- Layne Gray, San Francisco, California
- John and Carol Hamilton, Woodside, California
- Jonathan Zakin, Honolulo, Hawaii
- Shawn Byers, Woodside, California
- Jaqueline L Young, San Francisco, California
- Ellen & Morey Filler, San Francisco, California
- Judy Kneppers, Walnut Creek, California
- Paul & Megan Segre, Sonoma, California
- Susan Mc'Baine, San Francisco, California
- Linda Meier, Athertom, California
- Russell & Margarite Coles, Minneapolis
- Bruce & Leslie Lane, Bethesda, Maryland
- Sylvia & Eric Elsessor, Sausalito, California
- Sarah Nolan, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Betsy & Marc Rowland, Ft Worth, Texas
- Elana Spitzberg, Aventura, Florida
- Janice & Mickey Kupperman, Deerfield, Illinois
- Bernice Stillman Greene, San Francisco, California
- Kristy Maslin, Summit, New Jersey
- Ann & Michael Kay, Atlanta, Georgia
- Ann & Mike Williams, Fredericksburg, Texas
- Jack Crawford lll & Carl Evans, San Antonio, Texas
- JoAnn McGrath, Boston, Massachusetts
- Royal Danish Embassy, Washington DC
- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Panama City, Panama
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
- Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California
- Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Redwood City, California
- El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California
- Young & Rubicam, San Francisco, California
- Nordstron, Florida, Texas, Nevada, California and Seattle
- Royal Danish Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
- Grupo Pliana, Mexico City, Mexico
- Arch. Marc Pariente, Mexico City, Mexico
- Industrias Polifil, Mexico City, Mexico
- Schubert & Reed, San Francisco, California
- Martin & Deidra Silverman, San Rafael, California
- Stephen & Helen Jaffe, Greenbrae, California
- Textel, Mexico City, Mexico
- Kate Ganz, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Martha Windfield, London, England
- Southwest Bank, St. Louis, MOSouthwest Bank, St. Louis, MO
| 2020 | Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2018 | "Portraits etc", Tansey Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado |
| 2017 | "Tabletops & Portraits", Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco California |
| 2015 | "Portrait", Tansey Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2014 | "Reversal of Interest" Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco,California |
| Royal Danish Embassy, Washington DC, | |
| 2012 | Frederiksborg Castle, The Museum of National History, Denmark |
| 2010 | Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2009 | Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2008 | Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2007 | Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Caliifornia |
| 2006 | Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2004 | Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2003 | Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2003 | Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge ,Massachusetts |
| 2001 | News Works", Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California |
| 2000 | "The Daily News": Newspaper Art by Gugger Petter, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, California |
| 1998 | "New Work by Gugger Petter", Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1997 | Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California |
| 1997 | Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California |
| 1996 | Newspaper Weavings", Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1986 | "Wandtapijten", Textile Art Gallery, Leuven, Belgium |
| 1980 | Grupo Polifil, Mexico City, Mexico |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | "Medium Rare", Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2019 | "Revelry", Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2018 | Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Craft, Racine Art Museum, Racine,Wisconsin |
| 2017-2019 | Stampede, Animals in Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado |
| 2012 | Anonymous: The Contemporary Portrait, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY |
| 2011 | Sleight of Hand, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado |
| 2011 | Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011, South Korea |
| 2010 | Visions of Paradise, Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma, California |
| 2008/12 | Palm Beach/3, SOFA-NY, SOFA-WEST, SOFA-Chicago, Jane Sauer Gallery |
| 2008 | 2008 Beijing Art Salon, Jane Sauer Gallery |
| 2007-08 | "The Wornick Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts 2007/08 Red Dot Art Expo, Miami, Andrea Schwartz Gallery |
| 2007-10 | "Pulp Function", Fuller Craft Museum, Massachusetts Nicolaysen Art Museum, Wyoming Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota James A. Michener Art Museum, Pennsylvania |
| 2007 | "Creatures of Magic & Myth", Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma, California |
| 2006 | "Menagerie", Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California |
| 2005/6 | "Beyond the Weave", Oakland Museum of California/ Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California |
| 2004 | Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 2004 | AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, New York |
| 1999-2003 | "San Francisco International Art Exposition", Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2001-2003 | SOFA Chicago, Mobilia Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001-2003 | SOFA New York, Mobilia Gallery, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York |
| 2002 | Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 2002 | "Intersection", Herbst International Exhibition Hall, The Presidio, San Francisco, California "Looming Large", Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California |
| 2002 | Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, California |
| 2002 | "Figurative", Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2001 | Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2001 | "Dorn, Petter, Schulman", Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
| 2001 | 'Fabrication", Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, California |
| 2001 | "Shoes", Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 2000 | Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1999/2000 | "Bow Wow, a Dogs Life", Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California |
| 1999/2000 | "California Craft", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California |
| 1999/2000 | "Animals in Art", Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska |
| 1998/1999 | "Toys in Contemporary Art II" d.p. Fong Galleies, San Jose, California |
| 1998 | "Individual Artist Grants" Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California |
| 1998-2001 | "Art Herning '98", Galleri Torso, Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark |
| 1998 | "Nordic 5 Arts", Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California |
| 1997 | "Fiberart International '97" Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania |
| 1997 | "4th International Betonac Prize" Odder Museum, Odder, Denmark |
| 1997 | "4th International Betonac Prize" Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1997 | "4th International Betonac Prize" Textilmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 1996 | "4th International Betonac Prize", Sint-Truiden, Belgium |
| 1996 | Galleri Torso, Odense, Denmark |
| 1996 | Works Gallery, Sonoma. California |
| 1995 | "Materials: Hard & Soft", Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas |
| 1995 | "The Strong Clear Line", Timothy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1995 | "Paper/Fiber XVIII", The Art Center & Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 1995 | "International 95", Matrix Gallery,Sacramento, California |
| 1995 | "Downtown Partnership", Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California |
| 1994 | "Northern Lights Exhibit", San Francisco Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California |
| 1993 | Marin Arts Council Grantees 2'nd Annual Artist Exhibition Town Center Hall, Corte Madera, Ca. |
| 1993 | "1992 Individual Artist Grant Recipients", Claudia Chapline Galley, Stinson Beach, California |
| 1993 | "1992 Individual Atrist Grant Recipients", Summer House Gallery, Mill Valley, California |
| 1991 | "Levity Allowed", Artisans, Mill Valley, California |
| 1991 | Arthemis, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1989 | Gloria Ferrer, Sonora, California |
| 1986 | "Belgische Wandtapijt en Tekstilelsculptuur", Asput Kunstcentrum, Halle, Belgium |
| 1986 | "Small Expressions", Convergence '86, Toronto, Canada |
| 1986 | "Den Permanemte", Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1985 | "Terre, Feu, Laine et Fibres", Salle des Metiers D'Art, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1985 | "Keramieken, Brons en wandtapijten" Provinciemuseum Van Humbeeck- M. Piron, Leuven, Belgium |
AWARDS/ GRANTS
| 1999 | Juror's Award, "Fiber Art", Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California |
| 1999 | First Place in Sculpture- Best Entry by a California Artist, -Award of Distinction, "1999 Art Show at the Dog Show", Wichita, Kansas |
| 1998 | First Place, "Toys in Contemporary Art II", d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, California |
| 1998 | Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Art Council, San Rafael, California |
| 1997 | Juror's Choice Award. "Fiberart International '97", Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania |
| 1995 | Second Place, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California |
| 1995 | Honorable Mention, 27th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Galleries, Fremont, California |
| 1995 | Honorable Mention,"International '95" Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California |
| 1992 | Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, California |
| 1992 | Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, California |
| 1991 | Second Award, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California |
| 1990 | Best in Show, "Celebration of Sight" Redlands Host Lions Club, Orange County, California |
| 1989 | Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweawers, Santa Rosa, California |
| 1987 | Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Chico, California |
| 1987 | Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, San Rafael, California |
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- 2009, Cultural Frontrunners (Royal Danish Embassy), Palo Alto, California
- 2001, California College of Art and Craft, Berkeley, California
- 2000, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California