May 3, 2009

Peter Von Tiesenhausen

Peter Von Tiesenhausen "ETHER" portfolio
A suite of 8 prints.

Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Icarus III", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Icarus IV", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Icarus", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Wall of Water", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".

Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Icarus I", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Orbit", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Icarus II", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Vision", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Title Page", screenprint, 15"x 11".
Peter Von Tiesenhausen, "Ether Portfolio: Boxed Suite", relief rolled photo etching on aluminum foil, chine colle.


Peter Von Tiesenhausen completed a suite of prints entitled "Ether", during his week-long visit. The completed suite, included individual portfolio boxes, with screened title page, collaphon and seven relief rolled photo etchings, printed on aluminum foil and chine colled to Black Rives BFK paper.

Artist's Biography

Peter von Tiesenhausen has experienced the land around his home for 40 of his 46
years. His travels have taken him to 6 continents and he has worked and lived in the
far north and the far south. He attended the Alberta College of Art in 1979 and 1981
and has been a full time practicing visual artist since 1990. He has exhibited and
lectured widely across Canada as well as in Europe and the United States. He has
had over 35 solo and many group exhibitions over the last 15 years. The land in which
he lives constitutes his primary and ongoing artwork and in 1995 he claimed copyright over that land. He has been successful on several occasions defending this artwork against the incursions of other corporate interests. His work has been widely reviewed and the subject of 2 national television documentaries including a one hour award winning film "Elemental" produced in 2000 for "Adrienne Clarkson Presents".

His practice includes painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, event, video and on occasion, performance.


Peter reviewing the prints.

Peter Von Tiesenhausen with student assistant Jason Clark.
Artist Peter Von Tiesenhausen with student assistants and faculty.

Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Banff Centre for the Arts

British Antarctic Survey

Carleton University Art Gallery

City of Calgary, Waterworks Division

County of Grande Prairie

Edmonton City Hall

Edmonton Art Gallery

Fairview College Collection

Grande Prairie Regional College

Grant McEwan Community College

Kelowna Art Gallery

Lycée Xavier Bernard

MacLaren Art Centre

Misericordia Hospital

Osler, Hoskins and Harcourt

Pelly International Ltd.

Prairie Gallery Permanent Collection

QE II Hospital Permanent Collection

Richmond Art Gallery

Ritzi Foundation

Royal Trust

Tom Thompson Art Gallery

Toronto Dominion Bank

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Private collections in Canada, United States, and Europe

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