Artist Biography / Artist Statement:

Bio:
Peter Van Dyke is an American painter, printmaker, and musician based in Minneapolis, MN. He holds a BFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin. His professional career also spans illustration, user-centered design, and teaching.

Artist Statement:
I work in the tension between structure and disruption. Each work is an experiment in process. I don’t start with a style; I start with a question. What happens if I add structure into chaos? How can a face move between detail and ambiguity?

I carry these techniques and discoveries into the next piece. I return to portraits often because faces are neurologically loaded. We are wired to decode them, project onto them, and assume entire narratives from a glance.

What connects the work is an underlying logic—a curiosity that keeps moving.

List of previous exhibitions:

• 2025 – Galeria Azur Berlin, SESSION 05 - MANIFESTO, Berlin, Germany

• 2023 – Art-a-Whirl Twin Ignition Group Show, Keghouse Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

• 2020 – University of Wisconsin Alumni Juried Exhibition, The Aylward Gallery, Appleton, WI

Awards:

• 2020 – Best in Show, Best Painting, and People’s Choice: University of Wisconsin Alumni Juried Exhibition, The North Gallery, Appleton, WI