| PETER EVERSOLL Photographer Todos Santos Exhibition October 9 - October 31, 2009 |
Peter Eversoll has been making art since the early 90’s from his time as an
undergraduate at the University of Californiaundergraduate at the University of
California, San Diego, where he majored in Visual Arts. Originally a painter with a
strong inclination towards filmmaking, he has worked in different media including
photography, intervention and installation, in addition to curating and organizing
exhibitions. More recently, he has been using art, especially photography, as a tool
for exploring critical thinking and building community. He has shown his work both
nationally and internationally.
In 1994 Peter moved to Mexico, eventually obtaining his Master’s degree in Fine Arts
from La Academia de San Carlos, the oldest art school in the Americas. During his 14
years living in Mexico he taught at the Art Institute of the Autonomous University of
Hidalgo in Pachuca and at the FARO de Oriente in Mexico City, previously having
spent 6 years as a dairy farmer in rural Oaxaca.
Relocating to Durham, North Carolina in 2008, he has continued his enthusiasm for
art, community and education. That year he founded the Foto Pueblo, a non-profit
image bank that provides photographs to organizations that defend and promote the
rights of undocumented migrant workers. He also served as the Golden Belt Studios
Artist in Residence in Durham and recently spent time in Ethiopia, where he gave a
photo workshop at the Awassa Youth Campus.
In 2009 he spent time in Haiti, photographing it's people and culture as part of a
greater project that aims to portray a face of humanity within a context of
underdevelopment. He will return to continue this project and aims to start a youth
photography workshop there.
He is currently teaching photography to migrant farm worker youth in Eastern North
Carolina and is on the faculty of the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh.
undergraduate at the University of Californiaundergraduate at the University of
California, San Diego, where he majored in Visual Arts. Originally a painter with a
strong inclination towards filmmaking, he has worked in different media including
photography, intervention and installation, in addition to curating and organizing
exhibitions. More recently, he has been using art, especially photography, as a tool
for exploring critical thinking and building community. He has shown his work both
nationally and internationally.
In 1994 Peter moved to Mexico, eventually obtaining his Master’s degree in Fine Arts
from La Academia de San Carlos, the oldest art school in the Americas. During his 14
years living in Mexico he taught at the Art Institute of the Autonomous University of
Hidalgo in Pachuca and at the FARO de Oriente in Mexico City, previously having
spent 6 years as a dairy farmer in rural Oaxaca.
Relocating to Durham, North Carolina in 2008, he has continued his enthusiasm for
art, community and education. That year he founded the Foto Pueblo, a non-profit
image bank that provides photographs to organizations that defend and promote the
rights of undocumented migrant workers. He also served as the Golden Belt Studios
Artist in Residence in Durham and recently spent time in Ethiopia, where he gave a
photo workshop at the Awassa Youth Campus.
In 2009 he spent time in Haiti, photographing it's people and culture as part of a
greater project that aims to portray a face of humanity within a context of
underdevelopment. He will return to continue this project and aims to start a youth
photography workshop there.
He is currently teaching photography to migrant farm worker youth in Eastern North
Carolina and is on the faculty of the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh.
Photo courtesy of
George Hoffman Jr
George Hoffman Jr
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