Education
BCSA Computer Science and Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2017
Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI. (Experimental Drawing Studio) 2017
Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA. (Drawing I, Color Control & Theory) 2013
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Intentions. april april, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi) 2024
My Subject. Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Jessie Rommelt) 2024
Heartland. april april, Brooklyn, NY. (Curated by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi) 2022
Full Body Workout. Phosphor Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA. 2019
Fast Art for Fast People. PULLPROOF Studio, Pittsburgh, PA. 2019
2017 BODY. BOOM Concepts, Pittsburgh, PA. 2018
Sketchbook by Paul Peng. 2dcloud, online exhibition. (Curated by Blaise Larmee) 2017
The Rest of Your Life. Ellis Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2016
Drawings to Forget. The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2016
Group Exhibitions
Open Concept 2. Radiant Hall Studios, McKees Rocks, PA. (Curated by Nick F and Tony Balko) 2024
too small to fail. raum on demand, Berlin, Germany. (Curated by Jakob Urban) 2023
Seeking Ourselves in Each Other. The Louis O. Palmer Gallery, Muskingum University, New Concord, OH. (Curated by Morgan Rose Free) 2023
Objects of Virtu. ROMANCE, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Margaret Kross) 2023
Six in an Open Field. University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. 2023
Year of the Rabbit. Radiant Hall Studios, McKees Rocks, PA. (Curated by JADED) 2023
Plain Silk, Uncarved Wood. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Brent Nakamoto) 2022
Hazard Pay. Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA. (Curated by Paul Mullins) 2021
Swan Song. Phosphor Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Centa Schumacher) 2021
Change of Course. Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Heidi Wiren Bartlett) 2021
Glint. LOIS Projects, online exhibition. (Curated by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi) 2020
Sister Wendy Beckett: Envisioning Art. Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA. (Curated by Graham Shearing) 2019
Ten Futures. 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Fred Blauth and Dave Zak) 2018–2019
2018 New Member Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Butler Street Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Eowyn Mays) 2018
Hickey. Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA. (Curated by Eric Anthony Berdis and Fred Blauth) 2018
By Means of Play. Gallery One, Pittsburgh, PA. (Curated by Emma Vescio) 2018
Free Germs: CMU Senior Art Exhibition. Miller ICA, Pittsburgh, PA. 2016
Talks, Visits, and Workshops
Workshop with Brent Nakamoto for Plain Silk, Uncarved Wood, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 21 September. 2022
Visiting artist, Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA, 7 June. 2022
Visiting artist, Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA, 7 June. 2022
Workshop, The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA, 23 May. 2022
Virtual talk, Tiny Talk: Living Room Sessions, Small Mall, Pittsburgh, PA, 10 July. 2021
Panelist, Change of Course: Virtual Conversation with the Artists, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 15 June. 2021
Virtual talk and workshop, Pop Out, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2 December. 2020
Conversation with Leylâ Çolpan for Full Body Workout, Phosphor Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA, 10 August. 2019
Talk, Pittsburgh Zine Fair Mixer, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA, 14 October. 2018
Talk and workshop, Princess Jafar Workshop 2018, The Glitter Box Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, 15 March.2018
Talk for 2017 BODY, BOOM Concepts, Pittsburgh, PA, 21 January. 2018
Talk, Pittsburgh Zine Fair Mixer, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA, 23 September. 2017
Commissions
Album art commission for December 22, Clay Colonna, digital drawing collage, Pearsoll Peak. 2024
Album art commission for LUCKYME® Advent Calendar 22, medium-scale drawing (22 by 30 in.), graphite on paper, LUCKYME® Records. 2022
Original drawing commission for Talk Magazine Issue 04, four full-page drawings (8.125 by 11 in. each), graphite on paper, Talk Magazine. 2022
Residencies
Artist Residency, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN. 2024
Summer Residency, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI. 2023
Distillery Emerging Artist Residency Program, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA. 2020–2021
North Mountain Residency, Martinsburg, WV. 2018
Memberships
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. 2018–Now
Anthologies
CRAM 4: Bad News for Big Rubes, ed. Andrew Alexander, Cram Books. 2024
ECOTONE Vol. 1, ed. Ray Hwang, Cram Books. 2023
Bibliography
Emma Riva, “Paul Peng,” Critics’ Picks, Artforum, 2024. Link.
Natia Ser, “Artist Profile: Paul Peng,” Ox-Bow News, Ox-Bow School of Art, 2024. Link.
Shanley Poole, “Alumni Artist-in-Residence 2023: Paul Peng,” Ox-Bow News, Ox-Bow School of Art, 2023. Link.
Pedro Pérez Pedrero, “Artist profile: Paul Peng,” Door Gallery, 2020. Link.
Nina Friedman, “Mark Zubrovich, Paul Peng, and Adam Linn in Conversation with Nina Friedman,” The Bunker Projects Review, interview audio, 2019. Link.
Zhiwan Cheung, “Episode 9: Grinding Work Into A Fine Hash (w/ Paul Peng),” Seeing Color, Podcast audio, 2018. Link.
Fred Blauth, “Paul Peng at BOOM Concepts,” QueerPGH, 2018. Archived.
Blaise Larmee, untitled interview, Altcomics Magazine 5, 2dcloud, 2017. 18–24.