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Education: University of Southern California and Syracuse University

Employment (teaching): Professor and Chairman of the Art Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980-84; Visiting Associate Professor of Art, University of Southern California, 1978-80; Associate Professor of Art, California State University, Northridge, 1969-78; Visiting Artist, University of California, Berkeley, 1972; Instructor of Art, University of Texas Austin, 1966-69.

Employment (other): Art Critic, Newsweek Magazine 1989 to present.

Fellowships: National Endowment for the Arts (Painting), 1985, 1977; National Endowment for the Arts (Art Criticism), 1973; and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (Painting), 1972.

Exhibitions: Peter Plagens' art work has been exhibited internationaly. Selected solo exhibitions include: Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH 1996; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1996 and regularly since 1974; Galerie Grashey, Konstanz, Germany, 1994; Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, 1993, 1989, 1986; Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992 and regularly since 1977; Southeast Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC. 1984; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., 1977.

Public and Corporate Collections: Selected collections include: Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Baltimore Museum of Art; Hishhorn Museum; Chase Manhatten Bank; Prudential Insurance Corporation; and San Diego museum of Contemproary Art.

Publications (Books): "Moonlight Blues: An Artist's Art Criticism" Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986; "Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast" New York: Praeger, 1974.

Publications (Articles): Essays and reviews on contemporary art since 1966, in Artforum, Art in America, and similiar periodicals, since 1966.

(biographical information last updated on September 28, 1999)