BIO
Peter Bolte is an award winning artist and filmmaker who has exhibited his work internationally. Outside of his continued painting, he has worked in the film industry for over two decades and has directed the feature films All Roads Lead and Dandelion Man, several narrative shorts, experimental films, and music videos.
Other notable credits include being cinematographer on The Booksellers (Greenwich Entertainment) and the Emmy nominated documentary Casting By (HBO Documentaries). He also attended the Artist Academy as an emerging filmmaker during the 2013 New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center.
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EXHIBITIONS
2024
Current Debris (solo exhibition) - Cecille R. Hunt Gallery - Webster University
Temecula Valley Film Festival - Temecula, CA
2023
Creatures III - Art St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
Manhattan Film Festival - New York, NY
Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival - Pittsburgh, PA
2022
Chicago Underground Film Festival - Chicago, IL
Rivers Edge Film Festival - Paducah, KY
2021
Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative - Bruno David Gallery - St. Louis, MO
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
2019
New York Film Festival - Lincoln Center - New York, NY
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
2017
Boston Underground Film Festival - Cambridge, MA
2016
SaMo Indie Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA
Coney Island Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
Vancouver International Film Festival - Vancouver, CA
Clinton Street Theatre - Portland, OR
Victoria TX Indie Film Festival - Victoria, TX
Cinedelphia Film Festival - Philadelphia, PA
USA Film Festival - Dallas, TX
CIMM Festival - Chicago, IL
2014
Manhattan Film Festival - New York, NY
WorldFest Houston *Remi Award Winner - Houston, TX
Stage V - Fifth Estate - Brooklyn, NY
2013
Artist Academy - New York Film Festival - Lincoln Center - New York, NY
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
LA ShortsFest - Los Angeles, CA
2012
Toronto International Film Festival - Toronto, Canada
New York Film Festival - Lincoln Center - New York, NY
Vancouver International Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada
2011
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery - Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Montréal Fringe Festival - Montréal, Québec, Canada
Little Rock Film Festival, Little Rock, AR
Boston Underground Film Festival - Boston, MA
Dam Short Film Festival - Boulder City, NV
The Art of Brooklyn Festival - St. Francis College - Brooklyn, NY
Litchfield Hills Film Festival - Kent, CT
2010
Saint Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
San Francisco Documentary Festival - San Francisco, CA
Vancouver International Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada
Black Rock City Film Festival - Burning Man Festival
Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series - Brooklyn, NY
Little Rock Film Festival - Little Rock, AR
2009
Saint Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
Vancouver International Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada
Anthology Film Archives - New York, NY
2008
Saint Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO
Williamstown Film Festival - Williamstown, MA
Woodstock Film Festival - Woodstock, NY
Nantucket Film Festival - Nantucket, MA
Festival Electrochoc - Project Videolab - Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
2007
Northampton Independent Film Festival - Northampton, MA
The Tivoli Theater - St.Louis, MO
2006
Barbès Performance Space - Brooklyn, NY
Backseat Film Festival - Philadelphia, PA
2005
Anthology Film Archives - New York, NY
Berkeley Video and Film Festival - Berkeley, CA
Backseat Film Festival - Creative Alliance - Baltimore, MD
Ocularis - Galapagos Art Space - Brooklyn, NY
Pan-Pot / The Phatory Outlet - The Phatory - New York, NY
2004
Open Wall Experiment - Issue Project Room - New York, NY
2003
The American Living Room - HEREArt Center - New York, NY
Anthology Film Archives - New York, NY
Freight Film Salon - New York, NY
Backseat Film Festival - Baltimore, MD
St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase - St. Louis, MO
HOWL Festival - Fusion Arts Museum - New York, NY
2002
A Leisurely Evening - The Ruby Lounge - Baltimore, MD
Post-Bacc Thesis Exhibit - Maryland Institute College of Art
2001
War - Juried Show - Curated by John Yau
Healing Arts - Arts That Heal - Baltimore, MD
Post - Thomas K. Lang Gallery - Vienna, Austria
AS GUEST ARTIST / CURATOR
2025
(juror) Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY (upcoming)
2024
(juror) Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY
2023
(juror) Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY
(curator) Ahleuchatistas (featuring Trevor Dunn), JD Pinkus, The Conformists - St. Louis, MO
(curator) Untitled - Short films including the works of Denis Villeneuve and Jim Jarmusch - St. Louis, MO
2022
(curator) Microwaves, Christopher Pravdica, Van Buren, Brett Lars Underwood - St. Louis, MO
(guest presenter) Deliverance - 50th Golden Anniversaries - Cinema St. Louis
2021
(juror) St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase - St. Louis, MO
(juror) Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY
(curator) A Night to Forget - Featuring the work of David Yow, JD Pinkus, Zac M, Van Buren
2013
(selected filmmaker) Artist Academy - New York Film Festival - Lincoln Center - New York, NY
2011
(guest artist) Cooking w/ Gallery Beat with Paul H-O - BravinLee Programs - New York, NY
2008
(curator) A night of films including the work of Steve Buscemi and Derrick Scocchera - Baltimore, MD