A native of West Virginia, Sam Peters spent most of his adult
life in Maryland before moving to New Mexico. He fell in love
with printmaking and endeavored to learn everything possible
about it. This was accompanied by a strong desire to teach art,
which required the acquisition of an MFA in printmaking, which
he earned from the University of Maryland, College Park. Peters
taught printmaking at the Maryland Institute, College of Art
in Baltimore for thirteen years before retiring from teaching.
Sam Peters is a co-founder of Maryland Printmakers and served
as its first president. Over the years he acquired additional
interests in painting, photography, mixed-media collage and
computer graphics. These varied skills have coalesced into his
latest series of works, three-dimensional collage sculptures.
In
addition to his teaching at the Maryland Institute, College of
Art, Peters has taught printmaking, computer graphics, design,
and drawing at various colleges and universities in the Maryland-Washington,
DC area. He has presented workshops on monotypes, collage, artist
books, as well as computer-assisted printmaking and computer-assisted
photography, nationally and internationally. His artwork is included
in the collections of The Baltimore Museum of Art, El Paso Museum
of Art, Capital Broadcasting Company, Museu da Gravura Citade
de Curitiba (Curitiba, Brazil), Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), as well as universities, museums, and
arts organizations throughout the United States.
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