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Recent Work : oil paintings & watercolors by George Pfeifer

Selections now on view in the Lower Level hallway

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The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is pleased to present Recent  Work, an exhibition of oil paintings and watercolors by George Pfeifer in the museum’s Main Gallery.

George Pfeifer was born in Fargo in 1947. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife, Sharon. He’s been making paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints for five decades. When not in the studio, George works in residential remodeling as a designer and project manager and has also restored his own 1883 home in the historic district of St. Paul.

Solo Exhibitions
Pfeifer’s first solo exhibition was at Rourke Gallery in 1966. Since then, he’s presented forty-four solo exhibitions at the Rourke and its former affiliate, the Plains Art Museum. His other solo exhibition venues have included: The Fargo Gallery; M State, Fergus Falls; Jamestown Art Center; Second Crossing Gallery in Valley City; North Dakota State University; Bismarck Art and Galleries Association; Suzanne Kohn Gallery in Minneapolis; Mikkelson Gallery in Washington, DC; Ecce Gallery in Fargo.

Juried and Group Exhibitions
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Pfeifer’s numerous group exhibitions have included: The Annual Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art (Rourke); The Red River Annual (Rourke, Red River Art Center, Plains); The North Dakota Annual in Grand Forks; The Port Townsend, WA Juried Exhibit; The Fine Arts Biennial in Valley City; The Dulin Gallery in Knoxville, TN;The Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul; Newvember (Ecce).

Collections
The Rourke Art Gallery Museum; Plains Art Museum; Dacotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen, SD; North Dakota State University; University of North Dakota; American Crystal Sugar; Honeywell; 3M; The Roger Maris Cancer Center; Microsoft Small Business; Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota; Strong Funds in Menominee, WI; Minnesota Mutual Life; The University of Minnesota Hospital System; and private collections nationwide.
Exhibitions and operations are supported in part by the generous support of the following regional, state, and local entities:
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This activity is funded by The Arts Partnership,
with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.
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This activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council through a Minnesota state legislative appropriation.
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This project is supported in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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521 Main Avenue
​Moorhead, MN 56560
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Tel. 218.236.8861
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  • Visit
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    • Membership
    • Anniversary Fund
    • The Rourke at Sixty
    • Our Partners
  • Learn
    • Intro to Abstraction - Virtual Class
    • Shape to Form - Virtual Class
    • Image Transfers - Virtual Class
    • Single-Layer Linoleum Cut - Virtual Class
    • Three-Layer Linoleum Cut - Virtual Class
    • Cardboard Prints - Virtual Class
    • Intro to Collage - Virtual Class
    • Wheat Paste - Virtual Class
    • Plexiglas Drypoint - Virtual Class
    • Instant Books - Virtual Class
    • Post and Screw Books - Virtual Class
    • The Sketchbook - Virtual Class
    • Glue Prints - Virtual Class
    • Pamphlet Stitch Books - Virtual Class
    • Monotypes - Virtual Class
  • Gallery Store
    • e-Gift Cards
  • e-News Signup
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