Peter Sarkisian’s second exhibition at I-20 will open on October 16. In probing topics like human relationships and the acceleration of time, Sarkisian has continued to address issues from his 1998 show Dusted, which also featured his first cube, a five-sided projected installation. Sarkisian has sought to eliminate all or most of the frame in a video image, and has defined his work by creating a space in which to enact an idea in a three-dimensional form.
The October exhibition will consist of three new works: Hover, Sarah and Hands of a Similar Man.
Sarkisian had recent exhibitions at the University Art Gallery, San Diego; the Woodstreet Galleries at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; Site Santa Fe; the Brandenbergisher Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany; and the 1999 Edinburgh International Festival. His work was included in the CRDC Festival, Nantes, France; and at Art 30 Basel’s Video Forum.
In January 2000 a survey exhibition of Sarkisian’s work will open at the Picasso Museum Antibes, France. An illustrated catalogue, with essays by Thierry Davila and Dan Cameron, will accompany the exhibition.
Sarkisian was born in Glendale, California in 1965, and moved to Cerillos, New Mexico in 1972. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts and the American Film Institute. He lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.