Clyde Petersen C/V
Represented by J. Rinehart Gallery
SUMMARY
Nationally and internationally awarded Filmmaker
World-wide Touring Artist and Musician
LGTQ Activist and Community builder
Teacher with a wide breadth of animation technique and technical knowledge
Founder of The Fellow Ship Artist Residency
EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2024
J. Rinehart Gallery (solo) | Naïve Melody
2023
The First 50 Years of the Seattle Civic Art Collection
The 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the Neddy Awards at MOHAI
Steve Gilbert Photo Studio | Fruition Queer Exhibitionism
The Museum of Flight | Art+Flight
2022
Seattle Art Fair | As the Twig is Bent, so is the Tree Inclined
2021
J. Rinehart Gallery (solo) | Even Hell has its Heroes
Graveyard Smash | Fantagraphics
2020
Bellevue Arts Museum | Yellow No.5
2019
Party Hat | Kimya Dawson and Clyde Petersen | Road Dogz
Colombia Center | A Queer Art Show, 902 Feet in the Air
Cloud Gallery | Queer
2018
Bellevue Arts Museum (solo) | Merch and Destroy
Shift Gallery | Clyde Petersen & Ellen Forney | Exhale
Cold Cube Press (solo) | Shredders
2017
AIDS Memorial Pathway | Our Forbidden Country
Evergreen College (solo) | Clyde-O-Scope
The Factory (solo)
Out of Sight
Seattle Art Fair | Speaker
Martyr Sauce | Out of Sauce
2016
The Neddy at Cornish
Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition | Animation Disaster
Soil Gallery: Invitational
CAM Group Show | Essential Skimming
2015
Clark College Archer Gallery | Sequestered, Together
Martyr Sauce (solo) | Balls Deep: My Year in Florida
2014
The Neddy at Cornish
Henry Art Gallery | Summer Field Studies & Test Site
Seattle Municipal Tower | Artist Residency and Installation
Bumbershoot Arts Festival | Boating with Clyde
Museum of Northwest Art | To Be Alone Together
4Culture Group Exhibition | Seattle Experimental Animation Team
2013
Boating with Clyde, Gallery 4Culture. Seattle, WA
Pride Show, Hard L Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Hide//Seek//Difference//Desire//Northwest & Queering the Museum, Tacoma, WA.
Postcard show, Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, NY
Seattle Experimental Animation Team, Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
2018
Amazon Artist Residency, Seattle, WA
Cucalorus Film Residency, Wilmington, NC
2017
Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2020
ArtsWA Grant The Fellow Ship Artist Residency
2018
Amazon Artist Grant
Seattle CityArtists Grant
e4c 4Culture Art Grant
2017
4Culture Individual Artist Grant
Ottawa International Film Festival Special Jury Prize: Torrey Pines
2016
Neddy at Cornish Award in Open Medium
New England Foundation for the Art's Touring Grant
TWIST Special Jury Prize: Torrey Pines
Seattle CityArtists Grant
Jack Straw Artist Support Program Audio Recording Grant
2015
The Stranger Genius Award
2014
Artist Trust Innovator Award
4Culture Individual Artist Grant
City of Seattle Emerging Artist Roster 2014/2015
2013
4Culture / City of Seattle Hazardous Materials Film Project
Artist Trust GAP Award
2012
4Culture Individual Artist Grant
Seattle CityArtists Grant
Awesome Foundation Grant
2011
4Culture Individual Artist Grant
Seattle Youth Arts Grant
Cannes in a Van - Van d’Or Award for Best Music Film
2010
Seattle Public Transit Grant
Humanities of Washington Award
2009
Seattle CityArtists Grant
Selected Film Premieres & Screenings
Ottawa International Animation Festival | SIFF | SXSW | Georama: Tokyo Animation Film Festival | CPH:DOX | London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival | Walker Art Gallery | Henry Art Gallery | Bumbershoot | Seattle Queer Film Festival | University British Columbia | IFC Film Channel | MTV
2018
Tokyo, Japan: Georama Film Festival - Torrey Pines with live score
Emerson College, Boston, MA. - Torrey Pines with live score for 5 nights
Connecticut College - Torrey Pines with live score
PUSH Festival Vancouver, B.C. - PUSH Festival Vancouver, B.C.
2017
British Film Institute – Torrey Pines with live score at Flare Film Festival (Centerpiece film)
Irish Film Institute – Torrey Pines with live score
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival - Special Jury Award
Mix Copenhagen
Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Cucalorus Festival
Roze Filmdagen: Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival
Holland Animation Film Festival
Bellingham Music Film Festival
Anthology Film Archives
Frameline Film Festival
Rio Festival Gay de Cinema
2016
TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival: Opening Night Gala Film - Torrey Pines (Special Jury Award)
2014
SIFF – My Last Year With the Nuns
Rio Theater Vancouver BC – Gender Failure
PUSH Festival Vancouver, BC – Gender Failure
2013
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – Boating with Clyde
Local Sightings – Make Good Choices, Harsh Tokes and Bong Jokes
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – Gender Failure
Translations Film Festival – Gender Failure
Chan Centre at UBC – Gender Failure
Dixon Place – Gender Failure
2012
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – 13 Wayz to Get Hard
Out in the Desert, Tucson Gay Film Festival – 13 Wayz to Get Hard
Transitions Film Festival - On Becoming a Man: Fanning the Flames
Western Washington University - Fanning the Flames Film Program
Portland State University – NLAOF, Already Gone
March First Thursday ArtWalk – Zeitgiest - Not Like Any Other Feeling, Stegosaurus
NWFF - On Becoming a Man: Fanning the Flames - Animated Short Films
Henry Art Gallery – Children of the Maize, Not Like Any Other Feeling, Stegosaurus
2011
OneReel Bumbershoot Film Festival - Not Like Any Other Feeling
Local Sightings – NWFF - Not Like Any Other Feeling & Red Light Bulb
Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – Red Light Bulb
IFC – Tiny Hands
Walker Art Gallery – Not Like Any Other Feeling
Transitions Film Festival – Black Velvet
Cannes in the Van – Not Like Any Other Feeling
2010
NWFF Larval Amps Screening – Roaming the Earth & Tallymarks
Zietgiest Coffee Art Walk - SEAT Funtacular Animation program
Artist Trust Members BBQ - SEAT Funtacular Animation program
Olympia Film Festival - The Unspeakable
Olympia Film Festival – Last Night on Earth – Shorts Program
NWFF Local Sightings - Laizzes Les Bon Temps Rouler – Music Video Program
NWFF Local Sightings - Belly of June - Music Video Program
NWFF Local Sightings - Gentle Giants – Animated Shorts Program
Northwest Film Forum - The Unspeakable
ATA (Artists Television Access) - Shaky Hands (Already Gone)
Animated Art Program (NWFF&PDXFilm) - Shaky Hands (Already Gone)
Tall Beers and Shirt Shorts Festival (Seattle) – Shenandoah Davis (We;Camera)
2009
Cannes in the Van – Shenandoah Davis (We;Camera)
2008
Premier of Bag of Hammers with The Film Brigade (Chicago, IL)
2007
Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Selection: Cast a Hook in me. (music by Laura Veirs)
2006
SXSW Music Video selection: Secret Someone’s (music by Laura Veirs)
2004
Plan-It-X Fest Video selection. Bloomington, Indiana.
2001
Best-Selling Author of Queer Non-fiction. Whatcom County, Washington.
Projections Film Festival Music Video selection. Whatcom County, Washington.
2000
Projections Film Festival Super-8 selection. Whatcom County, Washington.
Feature Films
Even Hell has its Heroes (2023) Super8mm, 110 minutes
Torrey Pines (2016) Stopmotion Animation, 60 minutes
My Last Year with the Nuns (animated segments)
Showoff or Shutup! documentary
Plan-it-x Fest, the movie documentary for Plan-It-X Records
Travel Queeries (animated segments)
Music Videos
The Thermals Not like any other feeling
Forbidden Friends Tiny Hands
Quasi Laizzes Les Bon Temps Rouler
Deerhoof Chandelier Searchlight
Aye Nako Nightcrawler
Bad Moves Crushed Out
Nana Grizol Mississippi Swells
R. Ring Cutter
Laura Veirs Cast a hook in me
Laura Veirs Secret Someone’s
Sean Nelson Make Good Choices
Kimya Dawson Solid and Strong
Portland Cello Project and Thao Tallymarks
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Bag of Hammers
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Swimming Pools
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Travel
Horse Feathers Belly of June
Anais Mitchell Flowers (Eurydice’s Song)
The Shaky Hands Already Gone
The Paper Chase What should we do with your body?
Strong Killings How come you never want to dance?/Stegosaurus
Madeline Red Light Bulb
Triumph of Lethargy, Skinned Alive to Death The Dirty Street
Triumph of Lethargy, Skinned Alive to Death RC and Whiskey
SuperDrum Yes Yes Yall In
SuperDrum Roaming the Earth
Andrew Bird Imitosis (2nd camera)
Jeff Hanson If Only I Knew
Shenandoah Davis We Camera
Low Hums It’s in the air
Low Hums Sunflowers of Doom
Low Hums Night Magic Wine
Tomo Nakayama Undying Light
Your Heart Breaks Harsh Tokes and Bong Jokes
Johanna Kunin Fireflies
Dennis Driscoll Zombiez
Racetrack Pretty
Short Films
When Home was a Blue Sky
Little Potato (Animated Segments)
We’ve Been Around Film Series (Animated Segments)
Dylan Carlson Falling with a 1000 Stars
The Wild World of Pesticides – PSA with 4Culture and the King County HazMat Dept.
Gender Failure: Live performance with animated films
Boating with Clyde Internet series
Children of the Maize
Spring Training. Short film co-directed w/Nate Powell
After Terminal Velocity
13 Wayz to Get Hard
Films for live performance
Gender Failure with Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote
Tomby Survival Guide with Ivan Coyote and Sarah McDougall
Shady Grove Short Film/Karaoke Performance
Selected Performances/Tours
2023
Your Heart Breaks US Tour with Kimya Dawson
2022
Your Heart Breaks West Coast Tour
2018
Torrey Pines Japan Tour
Torrey Pines East Coast USA College Tour
PUSH Festival Vancouver, B.C.
2017
Torrey Pines United Kingdom/Ireland Tour
West Coast Your Heart Breaks Tour with Nana Grizol and Wizard Apprentice
2016
Torrey Pines North American Tour October-December
Your Heart Breaks European Tour with Kimya Dawson and Little Wings
2014
West Coast Your Heart Breaks Tour
2012
West Coast Your Heart Breaks / Nana Grizol tour
Plan-it-X Festival
Your Heart Breaks at the Henry Art Gallery w/Tender Forever
Midwest Your Heart Breaks tour with Kimya Dawson
European Tour with Dylan Carlson
2011
US Tour with Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock/Rob Sonic/DJ Big Wiz
Your Heart Breaks US Tour with Defiance, Ohio, Nana Grizol and Toby Foster
2010
Your Heart Breaks US Tour with Kimya Dawson
2009
Your Heart Breaks US Tour with Kimya Dawson
Your Heart Breaks US Tour with Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets
2008
Your Heart Breaks European Tour with Kimya Dawson
Your Heart Breaks European Tour with Laura Veirs
2007
Your Heart Breaks European Tour with Laura Veirs
Your Heart Breaks US tour with Sex Workers Art Show
The amazing history of Pie: a historical presentation
2006
US tour with Laura Veirs
Your Heart Breaks US tour with Karl Blau
Your Heart Breaks US tour with June Madrona
US tour with Sex Workers Art Show
2001-2005 Various Tours and shows in the United States and Europe
Discography/Recordings
2023 Your Heart Breaks The Wrack Line (Kill Rock Stars)
2019 Your Heart Breaks Drone Butch Blues (Sofaburn Records)
2016 Your Heart Breaks Greatest Hits Dance Remix Album
2016 Your Heart Breaks America
2016 Torrey Pines Soundtrack
2012 Your Heart Breaks Harsh Tokes and Bong Jokes (Our Summer Records)
2011 Kimya Dawson Thunder Thighs
2011 Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets World Garage (K records)
2010 Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets S/t (K records)
2008 Your Heart Breaks Tour EP w/Karl Blau and Madeline Adams (Do it for the girls)
2008 Your Heart Breaks Love is a long dark road, Love is all you need (MightyMo Records)
2007 Your Heart Breaks Live in Berlin (Do if for the girls)
2006 Your Heart Breaks Sailor System (Don’t Stop Believin’ Records)
Your Heart Breaks New Ocean Waves (Plan-it-x Records)
2005 Your Heart Breaks & The Steve Moore Agency Split CD (KELP! Monthly Audio Zine)
2004 The Milkcrate Rustlers & The Saw Wheel Split 7 inch (Hillbilly Stew Records)
2003 Your Heart Breaks Tales from the Gimli Hospital (MASA Records)
2002 The Milkcrate Rustlers s/t
2001 Your Heart Breaks Kittens
1999 Your Heart Breaks Hula-hoops
1998 Your Heart Breaks s/t
Publications
2000–2005 Music & Travel-based Zine. In Your Room. Issues 1-11.
Education
2001 - B.A in Film & Music Production, Western Washington University. Bellingham, Washington.