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About Easton Nights Inc

"Easton Nights Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation formed in 2023 to help fund the continuation of a series of unique exhibitions, as well as the documentation and publication of several photographic series created by Easton-based artist Peter Ydeen. Predominantly known for the series 'Easton Nights,' a romantic and surreal view of the Lehigh Valley shot in the small hours, Ydeen is also the creator of several other series, including 'Commuter Motions,' 'Black White and Gray,' 'Waiting for Palms,' and 'Valley Days.' Prior to Easton Nights Inc., the exhibitions were mostly funded by the artist himself, with the help of small stipends from the host institutions. The purpose of the corporation is to secure additional funding to assist in transportation, crating, shipping, installation, and travel for the exhibits, as well as the creation of books for each of the series. These books will be available in inexpensive, accessible formats, as well as higher quality editions intended for donation to libraries and institutions.

Peter Ydeen selected CV

Peter Ydeen, Easton Pennsylvania

peterydeen@gmail.com

Education

BA Painting and Sculpture - Virginia Tech

MFA Painting and Sculpture - Brooklyn College - Fellowship

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture - Scholarship

Sculpture Center - NYC - Fellowship

 

One and Two Person Shows

 

Upcoming

 

2026 Waiting for Palms   Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton Galleries - June - August

2026 Waitning for Palms  Muhlenberg College, Allentown - January through May

 

Past

 

2022/23 Easton Nights at the Sigal Museum - August 1, 2022 - May 28. 2023

2022 Spirit of Place - Lafaytette College - Skillman Library Gallery

2022 Easton Nights - Miniatures - Colorida Gallery - Lisbon Portugal July

2021 Easton Nights - Galleria Bruno Lisi - Rome curated by Camelia Boemio - July - August

2021 - Easton Nights - Noyes Arts Museum - Arts Garage - Stockton University - April 6 - June 27

2020 Oct/Nov - Easton Nights - Freedman Gallery - Albright College - Reading, Pennsylvania

2020 Sept/Oct Easton Nights - Sykes Gallery at Millersville University

2019 Dreams - Selections from the series Easton Nights  curated by Lauren Nye; DeSoto Family Vault,        Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 1, 2019 – January 12, 2020  

2019 Easton Nights – Valley Days – State Theater Arts Center Jan13 - March 23 – Easton, Pennsylvania

2018 Easton Nights - Saint Josephs Univerisity Galleries, August 20 – September 25 – Philadelphia

2018 May 19 – June 2 Easton Nights at Brick and Mortar Gallery in Easton, Pennsylvania

2018 April 19 – May 3 Seeing before Words - two person show with Lee Smillie, Prism Contemporary –Blackburn,  UK

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2023 - Trieste Photo Days - Black / White and Gray - 10 photographs - Trieste International Airport - Trieste  Italy

2021 - The Poetry of the Ordinary - curated by Douglas Beasley - Photoplace gallery, Vermont

2019/20 Invision Juried Exhibition, Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory

2018 The Essential – presented by Loosen Art – Space Milliapani Rome

2018 World Street Photography book release exhibition – Gudberg Nerner Gallery Hamburg, June 15

2018 Copenhagen Photo Festival “Censured Exhiibition” Four photographs June 7 – June 17

2018 The Atlantic Contemporary Art Fair, Lancashire Great Britain 10 photographs displayed.

2017 Loosen Art Collective, Alembic Gallery, Rome 14 October - 14 November

2017 World Street Photography Vol 4 show at Gudberg Nerger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2017 "The Street Experience" "Exhaling Mini Mouse", Space Millepiani, Rome - July 2017

2017 "A Surreal Vision” "Vogue Couture - Paris Pennsylvania", Space Millepiani, Rome - June 9 2017

2017 "Space" Float Magazine exhibition at the Littlefield Perfomance Center in Brooklyn New York - June

2017 "Street Sans Frontières", Paris, May Three photos from the Easton Nights Series. Curated by Martin  Vegas

 

Awards

 

2021 - Prix de Photographie - Paris - Gold Award - special Categories

2019 Critical Mass top 200

2019 Rust Belt Biennial - top 50

2018 International Color Awards – 1st Place – Americana – Pink Line

2018 IPOTY (International Photographer of the Year) – 3rd place for night photography “Easton Nights”

 

Book Publications

 

2023 Commuter Motions - 128 pages with and essay - paperback, ebook and hardcover - Easton Nights Press

2020 Easton Nights - Peter Ydeen - 72 page catalogue which accompanied an exhibit at Albright College

2019 Observations in the Ordinary

2018 World Street Photography 5 – Indoor Parking - Gudberg Nerner Publisher

2017 "World Street Photography 4" - "A Mother A Baby and a Tree"- Gudberg Nerner Publisher

 

 

Magazine Publications

 

Peter Ydeen’s work appears in a large variety of online and print magazines, below is a partial list

2023  Private Photo Review - Commuter Motions – an experiential view of a commute Feb - 2024

2022 - The Eye of Photography - Black White and Gray, June

2021 Gente de Fotografia - Issue 77  Oct - Easton Nights / Peter Ydeen by Loredana Cavalieri

2021 The Dreaming Machine - Interview with Camilla Boemio - December

2021 ArtDoc Magazine - Eerie beauty in nocturnal industrial town - Issue 1 - Cover

2020 Streetphotography.com - Conversations with Peter Ydeen - Interview by Michael Sweet

2019 Dodho Magazine - Easton Nights 

2019 All About Photo - Peter Ydeen

2019 Landscape Stories - issue 29 - "Cities" - "Easton Nights

2019 EyeShot Magazine - Peter Ydeen - Easton Nights

2018 Landscape Stories – Issue 29 Feature

2018 Phroom Magazine – Interview – Peter Ydeen

2017 C41 Magazine, "Photographs of Peter Ydeen" published July 14 

2017 Kaltblut Magazine, Easton Nights by Peter Ydeen, published January 2

2016 L"Oeil de la Photographie, Peter Ydeen - Easton Nights, published October 22 

2016 SilverShotz Magazine. "Dark" series featured in the August issue.

Get in Touch

123-456-7890 

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