Peter Greenwald
Assistant Professor of Art
Music and Art
EMAIL: pgreenwald@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: F-1130W
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 346-8659
Peter (“Xico”) Greenwald is a New York City–based artist. His artwork has been shown at numerous New York galleries, including Nancy Marholis Gallery, The Painting Center, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brian Morris Gallery, Thompson Giroux and Life on Mars. He has curated exhibitions at Queens College Art Center, Long Island University’s Selena Gallery and Westbeth Gallery. He has taught at Pratt Institute, Rider University and Mount Gretna School of Art and is currently Assistant Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Xico Greenwald also regularly writes and edits art criticism. His essays, reviews and interviews have been published in The New York Sun, Delicious Line, The Epoch Times, artcritical.com, Painting Perceptions and Painters’ Table.
Expertise
“My paintings of everyday objects are born out of a belief that the commonplace is rich subject matter and that there’s poetry to be found in the things that surround us. Paintings of flowers, teapots, vases, bowls and pots and pans are deliberately straightforward. I strive to make paintings that are at once accessible and can reward long looking. I love art and take inspiration from a range of movements—anything from Roman wall paintings to 17 th century Spanish still lifes to today’s New York art world.”
Degrees
M.F.A. Brooklyn College (2007 )
B.A. Bard College (2000)
Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT (1999)
Courses Taught
- This three credit course is designed to have the beginning student explore painting techniques, with an introduction to the use of various media. Strong emphasis is placed on formal concerns (figure and objects). This course will satisfy painting requirements for transfer within the CUNY system as well as professional art schools.
- This course provides an introduction to basic color theory and to fundamental elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Through studio exercises, students explore concepts of color theory and develop skills working with traditional drawing, painting and mixed media. Through design projects, students apply learned skills, work with principles of design, and engage in creative problem solving relating theory to practice.
- This capstone course for all Studio Art Majors covers a range of topics relating to the business of being an artist and pursuing a career in the arts. Students will develop their portfolios for transfer to a senior college or to begin their professional careers. During the semester, students will create a professional online presence, write an artist statement, generate a five-year plan for their work, research writing strategies for grants and residencies, prepare and document their work to enter shows. In addition, students will explore a range of options in their career paths through guest lectures, gallery and museum visits. Students will prepare, select and hang their work in the annual student show. Prerequisite: Departmental permission
Research and Projects
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Xico Greenwald: Paintings, On the Table, July 1, 2019 – Marchr 16, 2020, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans
2019 Xico Greenwald: Recent Still Lifes, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022 Stages, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Looking Out, Looking In, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Biddeford, ME
2019 Flowering: Inside/Outside, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, New York
2018 East Meets Midwest II: A New Figuration, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2018 Chain Reaction, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2018 Cultivate Your Own Garden, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2017 East Meets West II: A New Figuration, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA
2017 On the Shoulders of Giants, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2016 April Flowers, Queens College Art Center, Flushing NY
2016 I Want to Tell You Everything, Falchi Building, Long Island City, NY
2016 Sideshow Nation IV, Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Looking at the Overlooked, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Invitational Benefit Exhibition, Mount Gretna School of Art, Lancaster PA
2014 Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Still Life with Sculpture, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2014 Sideshow Nation II, At The Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Source Material, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
2013 BMCC Faculty Art Show, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
2013 Friendly Gestures [Namaste], Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
2013 Paper Mirror Torn, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Necessary Arrangements, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2012 Foundation Faculty Exhibit, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 BGSQD Fundraiser, Clampart, New York, NY
2012 Pratt Foundation Faculty Exhibition, Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Fakes, Tomato House, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Mic: Check, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2011 Temporary Antumbra Zone, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Particular Light, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2010 Perception/Observation, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY
2010 First Growth, First Street Green Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Art for Haiti, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
2008 I Heart Painting, Windows/PSII Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2007 Lineage 7- Response to Material & Form, Gallery M3, Piermont, NY
2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
2005 CMF, Red Barn Gallery, Hunter, NY
2004 Sugar Maples Center for Arts and Education, Maplecrest, NY
2003 Portraiture, Diamantina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Ten Artists, Three Bows, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Group Show, Courthouse Gallery, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2001 Group Show, Mad River Post, New York, NY
Publications
Honors, Awards and Affiliations
2009 Montalvo Arts Center, Lucas Artist Residency Fellow
2001 Agostini Sculpture Prize, New York Studio School Scholarship for Sculpture
1999 Ellen Battell Stoekel Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art
Additional Information
Website: https://xicogreenwald.com/
