
Xan Peters
Xan Peters grew up in Clearwater, FL in his mother’s art gallery and studio. Always drawing dinosaurs and other extinct animals as a child, he moved to Bozeman, MT to study fine art and museum studies at MSU. His knowledge of paleontology brought him to work as the resident artist for the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, MT. He received his MFA from the SMFA at Tufts University where he has taught as a teaching fellow. Currently, he teaches at the University of Tampa.
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Education
2022 - SMFA at Tufts - Master of Fine Arts
2020 - Studio Arts College International
2018 - Montana State University - Bachelor of Fine Arts
Shows/Galleries
2023 - The Werk Gallery (St. Pete, FL) - Touched by a Lobster
2023 - Folk House Collective (Kingston, NY) - Vanitas Now on view!
2023 - Viridian Artists (New York, NY) - Director's Choice
2023 - D'arcy Simpson Gallery (Hudson, NY) - Why Look?
2022 - Tufts University (Boston, MA) - Forever in 10 Days
2022 - Arts Center East (Vernon, CT) - Still Lifes
2022 - Studio Public House (St. Pete, FL) - In Bloom
2021 - Coastal Creative (St. Pete, FL) - Cosmos
2021 - CoCurrate 244 Gallery (St. Pete, FL) - Then and Now
2021 - Mize Gallery (St. Pete, FL) - Critters
2021 - Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY) - Arte Natura
2020 - De Stijl Gallery (Ruskin, FL) - Featured Artist
2020 - Deanna Evans Projects (Brooklyn, NY) - Flat File
2020 - Morean Arts Center (St. Pete, FL) - Pelican Proud
2020 - SACI (Florence, Italy) - Global Studios Review
Classes/Workshops
August 2023 - John C. Campbell Folk School - Oil Workshop
2022-2023 - SMFA at Tufts - Post Graduate Teaching Fellow
2021-2022 - SMFA at Tufts - Teaching Assistant
Residencies/Awards
2018 - MSU (Bozeman, MT) - Bronze Pencil Award
2018 - Carter County Museum (Ekalaka, MT) - Art Instructor
2017 - Carter County Museum (Ekalaka, MT) - Paleo-Artist


2022 MFA Thesis Show at Tufts University

2018 BFA Thesis Show at Montana State University

1 of over 20 original paintings done for permanent installation at the Carter County Museum in 2017