Curriculum Vitae
Peter Boiger
Studio and Home
P.O. Box 1273
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
Tel:415 663-8857
Biographical
| 1941 | Born in Altötting, Germany |
| 1959 | Apprenticeship with Hans Frank, Burghausen, Germany, |
| 1960-63 | Further studies with August Buttler, Munich, Germany |
| 1962-64 | Editor with literary magazine, "Nesyo", Munich, Germany |
| 1964 | Immigration to Berkeley, California, USA |
| 1965 | Studies at Mills College, and at University of California, Berkeley |
| 1967-69 | US Army service as consciencious objector, instructor of arts and crafts at Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| 1969 | US citizenship, teacher of adult education in Oxen Hill, Maryland. Return to Oakland, CA. |
| 1974 | Teacher for sculpture at the Renaissance-School, Oakland, CA Move to Israel |
| 1979 | Move to Israel |
| 1980-81 | Teacher of sculpture at Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem |
| 1986 | Move to California |
One-Man Exhibits
| 1965 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 1965 | University of Nevada, Reno |
| 1965 | Nicole Gallery, Berkeley |
| 1966 | Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1968 | American Institute of Architects, Oakland Gallery House Sol, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada |
| 1969 | Nicole Gallery, Berkeley |
| 1971 | William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1972 | St. Mary's College Art Gallery, Moraga, California |
| 1974 | E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California |
| 1981 | Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1982 | Debel Gallery, Ein Karem, Israel |
| 1983 | Horace Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1984 | Debel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1985 | American Cultural Center, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1986 | America House, Munich, Germany |
| 1987 | Victor Fischer Gallery, Oakland, California |
| 1989 | Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California |
| 1991 | Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California |
| 1993 | Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts |
| 1997 | Gallery 0n the Rim, San Francisco California |
| 2001 | Robert Greeen Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California |
Group Exhibits
| 1962 | City Hall, Burghausen, Germany |
| 1963 | Grafik Boerse, Munich, Germany |
| 1965 | Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1967 | Nicole Gallery, Berkeley, California |
| 1968 | Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1969 | Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1970 | Oakland Museum, Oakland, California |
| 1970-72 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 1973 | Galerie Gunther Franke, Munich, Germany |
| 1975 | Humboldt Gallery, New York |
| 1976 | Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California |
| 1977 | Oakland Museum, Oakland, California Smith-Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California |
| 1978 | Art in Public Buildings, Community Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1979 | Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 1979-80 | Travelling Exhibit, Colleges in New Jersey |
| 1980 | Beit Yad Lebanim, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1981 | Faculty Exhibit, Bezalel Academy, Jersusalem |
| 1983 | Israel Festival, Jerusalem Jewish Museum, New York |
| 1988 | Bay Area Bronze, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California |
| 1991 | Sculpture at City Square, Oakland, California |
| 1996 | Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachussetts |
| 1999-2000 | The Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Publications
"Open Caves and Floating Forms" - Joan Palm, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 8, 1971.
"Peter Boiger" - Alfred Neumeyer. Catalogue for Exhibit, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California, 1972.
"National Community Art Competition" - Catalogue. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1974.
"How To Create Your Own Design" - Dona Meilach, Jay and Bill Hinz. Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1975.
"Creating Small Wood Objects as Functional Sculpture" - Dona Meilach. Crown Publishers, 1 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y., 1976.
"Masters of Wood Sculpture" - Nicholas Roukes. Watson-Guptil, Publishers, New York and London, 1980
Catalogue for Exhibit. American Cultural Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1985.
Commissions
"Cosmic Fugue" - Relief in granite, 85 x 9 feet (28 x 3 meters). AT & T, Santa Rosa, California, 1974.
"Space Fugue" - Sculpture in aluminium and plexiglass, 6 feet (1,80m) tall, ALUMAX Inc., San Mateo, California, 1974.
"Great Eye" - Sculpture in granite, 4 feet (1,20 m) high. City of Napa, California, 1976.
"Moon Sentry" - Sculpture of California redwood, 1,20m high. Maiersdorf Building, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 1982.
"Valley of the Destroyed Communities" - Yad Vashem, Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel. Maze Environment of Stone, commemorating the Jewish communities of Europe destroyed by the Nazis. 360 x 300 x 27 feet; 120 x 100 x 9 meters. Work on Model 1983-85, Inaugurated 1992. In cooperation with Dan Zur, landscape architect, Tel Aviv, Israel.
"La Madre de la Tierra" - Reclining figure in Cantera stone, 5 x 3 x 2.5 feet. (153 x 90 x 76 cm). Thomas Bros. Map Company, Irvine, California. 1989-90.
"Wind Plow III" - Sculpture in bronze, 42 x 26 x 14 inches, (107 x 66 x 35cm). Andlinger collection, Vero Beach, Florida. 1989.
"Holocaust Memorial" - relief in cast bronze, 60 x 48 x 8 inches (1,53 x 1,22 x 0,20 m). Temple Sinai, Oakland, California, 1991
"Invocation" - sculpture in cast bronze, 48 x 36 x 5 inches (1.22 x0.92x.12cm)
"Wind Plow III" sculpture in cast bronze, 42 x 26 x 14 inches (107 x66 x35 cm)
Thomas Bros. Map Company, Irvine, California, 1991
"Invocation" - sculpture in cast bronze, 96 x 72 x 8 inches (240 x 183 x 20 cm), Seven Bridges Sculpture Park, Connecticut, 1995-96.
"Fugue for Machu Picchu" - sculpture in cast bronze; 29 x 18 x 6 inches (74 x 46 x 15 cm); Thomas Bros. Map Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1995.