Home Faculty Hugh McPeck

EDUCATION

• Idaho State University, Pocatello
• MFA in Drawing and Sculpture May 1976
  
  
• Michigan State University
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa cum Laude May 1974
• Majors in Drawing and Sculpture
  
  
• Art Students League, New York 1968
• Studied Drawing and Anatomy under Robert B. Hale
  
  
• Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Professional Arts degree 1967
• Major in Fine Arts / Illustration

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR and awarded tenure 2006
  
  
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - SCULPTURE - UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, ANCHORAGE
  Head of the university Department of Art sculpture studio;
  Instructor: 3-D design, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Sculpture, Life Drawing, Drawing for Illustration, and inter-disciplinary studies with ceramic studio. Other responsibilities include curriculum development, student advising, and BFA committee work.
  2001 to present
  
  
• VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - SCULPTURE - UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, ANCHORAGE
  See experience and responsibilities above.
  January 1997 - 2001
  
  
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
  University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Instructor: Sculpture, Beginning to Advanced Drawing, Illustration, Watercolor, Art Appreciation.
  1987 - 1997
  
  
• ARTIST INSTRUCTOR, Instructor in residence of Alaska
  Norwich University, Vermont
  On site instructor for off campus graduate students of MFA program. Advising and mentorship.
  1985 - present
  
  
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
  Mat-Su Community College, Palmer, Alaska
  Instructor: Drawing, painting, sculpture, illustration, and core art classes.
  1980 - 1988
  
  
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
  Anchorage Community College, Anchorage, Alaska
  Instructor: Drawing, painting, sculpture, illustration, and core art classes.
  1980-1988
  
  
• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
  Artist in Schools Program, Alaska State Council of the Arts
  Residency in drawing at four elementary schools throughout rural Alaska including Alaska Native communities. The program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to give students an opportunity to work with professional artists.
  (1987-1988)
  
  
• INSTRUCTOR
  Girdwood Fine Arts Camp, Girdwood, Alaska
  Taught sculpture techniques of casting, wood construction, and drawing.
  (Summers of 1992 and 1989)
  
  
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
  Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
  Taught illustration, drawing, graphic design, painting and helped initiate new graphic design program (1984)

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• JUROR of the “Winter @ the Center,” exhibition, Center for Contemporary Visual Art of Alaska (November 2004)
  
  
• JUROR of the 2004 Student Art Show, Idaho State University, Pocatello (February 2004)
  
  
• GUEST ARTIST
  “Desert Iron Pour” at Arizona State University, Tempe (April 2002)
  
  
• MEMBER OF SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR 1 PERCENT FOR PUBLIC ART
  Review proposals with community representatives and artists. Selection of final award recipients.
  (1999 - 2004)
  
  
• MEMBER OF THE URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION, for the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
  
  
  • Review and acceptance of proposals by Architects and Engineers, and ongoing review of developing stages of current working projects:
    • Girdwood Development
    • Ship Creek Development
    • Anchorage Coastal Trail
    • Anchorage International Airport
    • South Anchorage Area High School
    (1999 – 2004)
    
    
• MEMBER OF THE ALASKA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
  Visual Arts, Advisory Panel Member for artists’ grants and funding.
  (1997)
  
  
• ADJUNCT FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
  Anchorage Community College (1985 - 1986)
  University of Alaska, Anchorage (1988)
  Represented Adjunct Faculty members at faculty meetings

COMMISSIONS

• 2002 “Raven,” design and re-install sculptures - bronze raven and stainless steel raven, 1% for Art in Public Places program, Municipality of Anchorage.
  
  
• 1998 “Bear & Raven,” eight-foot bronze sculpture installed the summer of 2000 on the corner of 4th and E Streets, commissioned by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership.
  
  
• 1996 “Raven House,” timber-frame sculpture installed at College Gate Elementary School, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1993 “Totem” outdoor sculpture installed at Benny Benson High School, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1988 “Raven,” cast bronze sculpture installed at Northwood Park, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1986 “Gateway,” hand-hewn, hand-carved timber sculpture installed at the William Park Chamberlin Equestrian Center, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1985 “Forest Floor,” design for textile seating upholstery in the Sydney Laurence Theater at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1985 “Pedestrian Bridge,” design and construction of a 24-foot, hand-hewn timber bridge connecting O’Malley Elementary School grounds with the Anchorage municipal trail system, 1% for Art in Public Places.
  
  
• 1985 “Companion Bridge,” sculpture to O’Malley School pedestrian bridge over Little Campbell Creek, Anchorage, Alaska, 1% for Art in Public Places.

EXHIBITIONS

• 2008-2007 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Museum
  
  
• 2007 Selected for “Wild en de Natuur” 28th wildlife exhibition, Netherlands.
  
  

  2007 Exhibit at ”Le Renouveau de l’Art animalier” Paris France
  

• 2006 Solo show, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
  
  
• 2005
  “Grizzly,” bronze sculpture, selected for “Wild in de Natuur,” 27th Wildlife Exhibition, Kunsthuis van het Oosten, Enschede, Nederland (May 2005).
  
  Selected as “2005 Artist in Residence,” Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (May 2005).
  
  The Artique, Anchorage, and Resurrection Bay Gallerie, Seward, on-going representation
  
  
• 2004
  Solo Exhibition, “Nothing Ventured: an evolving Aesthetic,” UAA (Nov. 2004)
  
  Men and Their Lines,” Invitational Exhibition, Alaska Pacific University, (Nov. 2004)
  
  Fourth Biennial Faculty Exhibition,” UAA, (October 2004)
  
  South Dakota Spring, drawing, 2004 Fall Open Juried Exhibition, International Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington (September 2004)
  
  Halcyone, drawing, 2004 Birds in Art Exhibition, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin (September 2004).
  
  Liberty Bound, drawing, Alaska Juried Exhibition XXX, Anchorage Museum of History and Art (February - March 2004).
  
  Contemporary Visual Art of Alaska, Anchorage
      Fall Invitational Exhibition III (August - October 2004)
      Summer Invitational Exhibition (May - July 2004)
      Grand Opening Exhibition (February - April 2004)
  
  
• 2003
  Winter Toll, watercolor, 2003 Birds in Art Exhibition, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, (September - November 2003)
  Solo Exhibition, Artique Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska (May 2003)
  Ex Libris, International Print exchange, (2003)
  Tenth Invitational Anniversary Exhibition, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, (Jan. 2003)
  Sculptural Invitational Exhibition, Decker/Morris Gallery (Feb. 2003)
  
  
  
• 2002
  Little Grey Bird, bronze sculpture, Permanent Wildlife Art Collection, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
  Borderlines, National Print Invitational traveling exhibit
  In Full Bloom, Invitational, Artique Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  Spirit of Alaska: The Inner Landscape, Invitational, Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center
  Small Drawing Invitational, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Steamroller Prints Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage
  Gala, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  3rd Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kimura Gallery, UAA (Sept. 2002)
  
  
• 2001
  Arctic Eyes, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  The Figure, Invitational, Artique Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  A Fish Odyssey, Invitational, Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center
  8th Invitational, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  Faculty Collects, Campus Center Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Gala, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  Wet Paint, Invitational, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  Over the Brooks Range & Down the North Slope, Group Show, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska
  
  
  
• 2000
  Pisces, Artique Gallery, Invitational, Anchorage, Alaska
  Faculty Exhibition, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
  Annual Invitational, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  The Lure of the Raven, Group Show, Landau-Mintz Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  
  
• 1999
  For the Table Top, Artique Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  1st Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Campus Center Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Annual Invitational, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  Four Voices, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  University of Alaska Faculty Show, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
  Group Show, Valley Bronze Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
  
  
• 1998
  Faculty Show, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  I’ll Show You Mine, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
  Invitational, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska
  Solo Exhibition, Harbor Side Cafe, Kodiak, Alaska
  
  
• 1997
  Group Show, Mintz-Landau Gallery, Anchorage
  
  
• 1996
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Solo Exhibition, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage
  Group Show, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska
  
  

• 1995
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Group Show, Encore Publications, Anchorage
  
  
• 1994
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1993
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Solo Exhibition, Blaine’s Art Supply, Anchorage
  
  
• 1992
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Girdwood Art Show, Girdwood, Alaska
  
  
• 1988 - 1991
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1987
  All Alaska Juried Art Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  Arts in Alaska,, public television documentary, Anchorage, Alaska
  Solo Exhibition, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1986
  All Alaska Juried Art Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  Faculty Show University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1985
  All Alaska Juried Art Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  Timber Pedestrian Bridge, public television documentary, Anchorage, Alaska
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1983 - 1984
  All Alaska Juried Art Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  Faculty Show, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 1981 - 1982
  All Alaska Juried Art Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  
  
• 1979
  Group Show, Chicago Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois
  

AWARDS

• 2005
  Selected to exhibit bronze sculpture, “Grizzly,” in the “Wild in de Natuur,” 27th Wildlife Exhibition, Kunsthuis van het Oosten, Enschede, Nederland (November 2005).
  
  Selected as “2005 Artist in Residence,” Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (May 2005).
  
  
• 2004
  Selected to exhibit drawing, “South Dakota Spring,” in the 2004 Fall Open Juried Exhibition, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington; sponsored by the American Academy of Equine Art.
  
  Selected to exhibit drawing, “Halcyone,” in the “2003 Birds in Art,” International Exhibition, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
  
  
• 2003
  Selected to exhibit watercolor painting, “Winter Toll,” in the 2003 “Birds in Art” International Exhibition, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  
  
• 2001 - 2002
  Faculty Mini-Grant Winner, Center for Community Engagement & Learning,
  University of Alaska, Anchorage
  
  
• 2001
  Distinguished Teaching Award, Alumni & Friends Achievement Awards, University of Alaska, Anchorage, presented to a UAA faculty member “who has brought distinction and creativity to the classroom.”
  
  
• 2001
  Bear and Raven Sculpture, Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Merit Award,
  Urban Design Commission, Municipality of Anchorage.

ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION

• Atelier 17 , Paris France
• Kunsthuis van het Oosten gallery, Enschede, Nederland
• The Artique, Anchorage, Alaska
• Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
• Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska
• Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
• The Bronze Works, Shelton, Oregon
• Valley Bronze Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon (1999)
• Gallery of the Southwest, Taos, New Mexico (1982-1990)
  

PUBLICATIONS

• 2007
  Wild in Nature, Enchede Netherlands
  
  
• 2005
  Negotiated copyright agreement with Media Production Associates of Anchorage for reproduction rights to “Bear and Raven” sculpture.
  
  
• 2004
  Published in the 2004 Edition of “Birds in Art.”
  
  
• 2003
  Published in the 2003 Edition of “Birds in Art.”
  
  
• 1996
  “Cowgirl” and “Bull Rider,” graphite drawings published on the covers of the June and September issues of the Alaska Horse Journal.
  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• The International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
• Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
• Anchorage Museum of History and Art
• International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage
• The Timber Framers Guild
• Vermont Studio Center

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