Peter Cusack is a publisher, producer, writer, and painter. He is the founder of Cornwall Contemporary Art (COCOA). Peter has degrees from Syracuse University and Ecole Albert Dufois. His work can be found in the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, the New York Transit Museum, and the United States Air Force Art Collection. His thoughts on art and drawing appear in “An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers” by Danny Gregory, and “Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists At Work” by Michael Fleishman.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 A Letter to Zola, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa
2022 A Painter Among Poets, The Cornwall Library, Cornwall, CT
2021 A Leter to Zola, Judy Black Memorial Park, Washington Depot, CT
2020 American Dream, Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL
New Paintings, Old Ideas, Studio Exhibition, Torrington, CT
2019 American Dream, Five Point Gallery Annex, Torrington, CT
The Pageant of Summer, Oliver Walcott Library, Litchfield, CT
2014 From Life, Cornwall Bridge Gallery, West Cornwall, CT
Group Exhibitions
2022 Art Mix, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO.
2021 Rose Algrant Show, West Cornwall, CT
2020 Summer Stock, Craven Contemporary, Kent CT
2019 Rose Algrant Show, West Cornwall, CT
2018 Mana Open, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Mana Open, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Mana Open, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Washington Arts Association, Washington Depot, CT
(Curated by William Bailey)
2011 The Fragile Earth, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Members Open, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2009 Faculty Exhibition, St John’s University, Queens, NY
Members Open, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2008 The Rose Algrant Show, West Cornwall, Connecticut
2007 The Still Life, , Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Society of Illustrators 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
Members Open, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2006 Society of Illustrators 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
Members Open, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Iron Works Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Syracuse University Graduate Show, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2002 Bronxville Art Center and Gallery, Bronxville, NY
2001 Bruno Billard, (France, Saudi Arabia, Syria]
2000 Paul Toner Gallery, NYC
1999 Student Show, L’ Ecole Albert Dufois, France
Collections
The New York Transit Museum, NY
United States Air Force Collection, Washing DC
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, NY
Publications
The Visual Artist at Work, Michael Fleishman
Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers, Danny Gregory
Illustrators 48, Illustrators 49, Illo8, illo9, illo10
Education
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2004, MA, Illustration
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, 1994 ,BA, English, Art History
Arts Students League, New York, 2001-2004
L’ Ecole Albert Dufois, Les Cerqueux Sous Passavant, France, 1998
Private Study 1997-1999, Andrew Reiss, Painter