Peter Happel Christian

Peter Happel Christian is an artist whose work studies time, processes, and chance at the intersection of photography, sculpture, installation, and artist books. Common subjects in his work are nature, the “ordinary” world of his own life, and a conflation of the two. His works range from intuitive projects, to research-dependent projects, to collaborative projects with artists and non-artists alike.

He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally at venues including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Law Warcshaw Gallery (St. Paul), Ditch Projects (Oregon), Fototropia-La Fototeca (Guatemala), Tucson Museum of Art, Johalla Projects (Chicago), and Higher Pictures (New York). He has received funding for his work from various sources including Central Minnesota Arts Board Artist Career Development Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Initiative Grant, McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship, Chrysalis Focus Fellowship, Ansel Adams Fellowship from the Center for Creative Photography and a Visual Arts Fund grant through Midway Contemporary Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts in New York.

He regularly collaborates with other artists, designers and writers on various projects and printed matter. His books can be found in collections such as the International Center for Photography Library (New York), Midway Contemporary Art Library (Minneapolis), Walker Art Center Library, Amon Carter Museum of Art Library (Fort Worth), Centro de la Imagen (Mexico City), and the John M. Flaxman Library Special Collections (Chicago). Since 2012 he has published printed matter, digital media, and numerous artist’s books with Clear As Day (MN & PA), Skylark Editions (Chicago) and Conveyor Editions (NJ). Same Sum, his second book with Conveyor Editions, was published in 2022.