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Peter Bolte is a Brooklyn, NY based artist and filmmaker. He received his BFA in painting from Webster University in 2000. He then obtained a post-baccalaureate in fine art from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Along with painting, he has written, directed and produced several films including the feature Dandelion Man, as well as several short subject films including Never A Shade Of Gray, The Greims (Wes Bentley, Francesco Saviano, Richard Edson), Veneer (Michael Buscemi, Francesco Saviano) and V.O. (Sean Gullette, Jake Robards). His filmography also includes directing music videos and the short documentaries Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School and Consuming Capitalism. Along with these film-works, he has also directed both spec and commissioned spots for Levi’s, Nokia and The American Red Cross.
Peter has exhibited his paintings and films internationally at numerous venues including the Vancouver International Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, San Francisco DocFest, Nantucket Film Festival, Little Rock Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Issue Project Room, Galapagos Art Space, HereArt, Festival Electrochoc, Burning Man, Barbès Performance Space and Maryland Institute College of Art.
a s t a t e m e n t
The art (films, paintings and photography) that I produce are layered questions and observations of our current human and social state. I seek to investigate realism while exploiting our human error that surfaces within.
The use of awkward pauses and miscommunication between the story itself and the audience's relation to it, are examples of the continuous satire that exists within our fallable nature - this is the spine of my concepts.Within the narrative of the work, I hope to inspire critical thought and discussion while fostering artistic collaboration.
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2010
"The Greims opens with a wonderful, almost musical, counterpoint of a phone conversation, a television playing and someone knocking on the door. Smartly performed with some witty dialogue and a fitting conclusion" - Tim Basham (Paste Magazine)
2009
"Bolte's script (The Greims) is wry, witty and perfectly captures an awkward family exchange." - Michelle Da Silva (Gloss: The Fashion Magazine)
2006
"A stunning experimental filmmaker..." - Kevin Doyle (Playwright)
2003
"Consuming Capitalism is a film which is more music and images than words, a road trip of Americana, a commentary about how we live today. It is compelling and starts a dialogue." - Victoria Clark (New York Women in Film and Television