Selected Exhibitions/Competitions
Selected Exhibitions/Competitions
33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, LA, 2020
Impressed 2020 National Printmaking Exhibition, Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
31st National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, MD, 2020
Americas Paperworks 2020, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, ND
Triton Museum of Art 2D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA 2019 (Award)
Ink & Clay 44, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, 2019
47th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, TX 2019 (Award)
Hot Off The Press, Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA (Best of Show) 2018
Ink & Print, West Coast Printmakers, Coos Art Museum, WA, 2018
Works on Paper, 46th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Brand Library Art Center, CA 2018
60th Juried Exhibition at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA 2018 (Award)
This Place, Berkeley Art Center, 2018
2017 North American Print Biennial, Boston Printmakers
Pacific Prints, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA (Award), 2017
Panoply of Prints, National Print Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, CA, 2017 (Award)
Artist in Residence, Gruenwald Press, California Society of Printmakers, SF 2016
36th Bradley International Drawing + Printmaking Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, CA (Two Awards), 2016
Into the Night: Modern & Contemporary Art & the Nocturne Tradition, Tucson Museum of Art
Americas Paperworks 2016, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, ND (Award)
Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, (Award), 2014
Pacific States Biennial National, University of Hawaii, Hilo, 2014
Impressions 2014, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Montgomery College, MD
39th Ink & Clay, National Juried Exhibition, Cal Poly Art Gallery, Pomona, CA (Juror Award)
Solo Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA 2013
34th Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, 2013 (Award)
Providence Art Club Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI, 2013 (Award)
36th Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, 2013
“Pressing Matters”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 2012
“Laying Down The Mark”, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA, 2012
57th Juried Art Exhibition, Stockton Art League, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, 2012 (Award)
California Society of Printmakers, New Works, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2012
6th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced County Arts Council, CA, 2012 (Award)
38th Ink & Clay, National Juried Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA , 2012
Works On/Of Paper, National Juried Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 2011 (Award)
Tokyo Art Museum, Japan, 1986
International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK, 1985
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
Taipei City Museum of Fine Arts, ROC, 1983
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 20th Century American Prints, NY
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 1982
International Print Biennial, Krakow, Poland, 1980
National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, 1979
Peter Baczek, originally from Massachusetts, moved to the Bay Area in 1963. He received his BA in Art with a concentration in Printmaking from San Jose State University in 1970. He continued his studies in etching at Fort Mason Art Center in San Francisco. He has been an Independent Artist since then, and has a studio in Oakland.
Over the years he has been included in national and international art competitions, receiving numerous awards. He has participated in many group shows in galleries and museums, including the Berkeley Art Center, Triton Museum, Tokyo Art Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. He is in several permanent collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, Tucson Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Janet Turner Print Museum, and the Library of Congress.
He is a member of the Boston Printmakers, the California Society of Printmakers, and served on the Society’s Board of Directors as its President, 2014-2015