Raised by semi-alcoholic
wolves in the tony suburb of
Greenfield Hill in Fairfield,
Connecticut, Peter Roberts
grew up amidst impromptu
gatherings of neighbors,
extended family and
cronies from the Manhattan
commuter train. The ribald,
oft-repeated stories from
those gatherings led to an early fascination of potentially explosive social situations.
Exposure to a great aunt’s personal cache of Mardi Gras Krewe invitations from the 1930s cemented a lurid fascination of how the celebrated night began, why it ended and who were the guests that may have behaved “badly”. This innate love of storytelling led to a BFA in Video from Savannah College of Art and Design and over a decade in television advertising and production.
Concurrently producing invitations, proclamations and various paperama led to several GraphicDesignUSA Awards. When not serving as Gallery Director of Location Gallery in Savannah, Georgia he enjoys bringing his "Headcases" series of examinations to other strange locales.
CV
Education
BFA, Video Production, 1988
Savannah College of Art & Design
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"Disturbia", Isle of Hope Art & Music Fest, Savannah, GA
"30+ Days of Arteests", Drive Thru Art Box, Savannah, GA
2022
"Nineteenth" Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Rose Gold Bugs" (ongoing) Telfair Academy Store, Savannah, GA
"Five Heads" (ongoing) Jepson Center for the Arts Store, Savannah, GA
2021
"Pundred Project-Fini!" Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Four Heads" (ongoing) Jepson Center for the Arts Store, Savannah, GA
2020
"Headcases NY!" Blackbird Gallery, NYC, NY
"Pundred Project-Launch" kobo gallery, Savannah, GA
2019
"If Only" Savannah LGBT Center, Savannah, GA
"HeadcasesFL!" StudioSeshArts, Islamorada, FL
2018
"HeadcasesOK!" 612OKC, Oklahoma City, OK
2015
"Son of Headcases" Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Headcases" Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014
"Elsewhere" Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
Selected, Juried, and Group Exhibitions
2023
"Savannopoly 23", Coastal Habitat for Humanity benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Post Roads", "ARTS Southeast benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Senses of Place", Forsyth Farmer's Market benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2022
"Love Shax" First City Pride Center benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Shine Silent Auction" Hospice Savannah benefit, Savannah, GA
"Say Gay!" Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
"Southern Discomfort 2022" Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home benefit, Location Gallery
"Hype", League of Women Voters benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2021
"$300 & Under", WRUU Community Radio benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"7th Annual Holiday Artist Collective", Photopoint Gallery, Richmond Hill, GA
"Impact", Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
"Scary Tales", Front Porch Improve benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"3+ Dozen", Forsyth Farmer's Market benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Pop Pop Pow", Savannah Philharmonic benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Savannopoly", Coastal Habitat for Humanity benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2020
"6th Annual Holiday Artist Collective", Photopoint Gallery, Richmond Hill, GA
"Moveable Feasts", Savannah Community benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
LUSH-A Celebration in Green", Savannah Tree Foundation benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2019
“Out There”, Blackbird Gallery, New York, NY
"The Art Of Living", Hospice Savannah benefit/silent auction, Cha Bella, Savannah, GA
"LUSH-A Celebration in Pink, League of Women Voters Coastal Georgia benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2018
“Arbor Ardor 2018”, Savannah Tree Foundation benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Telfair Art Bash", Telfair Museum benefit/silent auction, Colonial Dames House, Savannah GA
"Lyric", Sulfur Studios, WRUU Community Radio silent auction, Savannah, GA
"In Our Cards", Hospice Savannah benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
“Memory Lane”, StudioSeshArts, Islamorada, FL
"Fast Food?", Forsyth Farmer’s Market benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
“Friends & Neighbors”, Park Place Outreach benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Southern Discomfort 2018", Flannery O’Connor Home benefit/silent auction, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Page Rippers 2018”, Savannah Book Festival silent auction, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017
“Arbor Ardor”, Savannah Tree Foundation benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
“Savannah Mosaic”, Tiny House Project benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
“R.O.Y.G.B.I.V”, Savannah LGBT Center benefit, Location Gallery @ Savannah LGBT Center, Savannah, GA
"Aqua Vista", Ogeechee River Keeper benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Show Me Yours", Savannah LGBT Center benefit, Location Gallery @ Savannah LGBT Center, Savannah, Georgia
"Draw Me", Hospice Savannah benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Heads Up", Savannah Skate Park benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Built/Savannah", Historic Savannah Foundation silent auction, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Page Rippers”, Savannah Book Festival silent auction, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2016
“2nd Annual Holiday Artist Collective”, Photopoint Gallery, Richmond Hill, GA
"Modern Celebrity", Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
“Reach:Trees”, Savannah Tree Foundation benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Aqua Vista", Ogeechee River Keeper benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
“Tape/Paper/Scissors”, DEEP Center benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Art Decko", Savannah Skate Park benefit/silent auction, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
"Welcome (There Goes The Neighborhood), Hospice Savannah benefit, Location Gallery, Savannah, GA
2015
"Rooms with a View”, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
"Artful Saturday", featured artist, Georgia Furniture, Savannah, GA
"Artists & Artisans Tour of Homes", Downtown Neighborhood Association benefit, Savannah, GA
2014
"Rooms with a View" Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2013
"3rd Annual Silent Art Auction", Telfair Museum benefit/silent auction, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2012
“MuseArt: A Pas de Deux of Music and Art,” Savannah Philharmonic benefit, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Illume", Telfair Museum benefit/silent auction, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah GA
2011
"Night at The Telfair", Telfair Museum benefit/silent auction, The Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
“20 by 20: Savannah Mosaic”, Historic Savannah Foundation Gala benefit/silent auction, Savannah, GA
Publications
2016
Connect Savannah, “Trading Paintbrush for Paper”, June 2016
2015
Savannah Magazine, “Skull Candy”, September/October 2015