Gary Petersen is a native New Yorker. He holds a B.S. from Penn State University and an M.F.A. from The School of Visual Arts. He has a studio at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in Manhattan, and lives in Hoboken, New Jersey. His work has been exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the United States.

He has had solo exhibitions at Fusebox Gallery in D.C., Genovese/Sullivan in Boston, and most recently, at Michael Steinberg in New York City. He has participated in group shows at McKenzie Fine Art, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Plus/Ultra (Winkleman) Gallery, Nicole Klagsbrun, Frederieke Taylor, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Janet Kurnatowski and Lohin-Geduld galleries in New York City, as well as at Geoffrey Young Gallery in Massachusetts, Diverse Works in Texas and The Newark Museum in New Jersey. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, The New York Sun, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Partisan Review. Upcoming group exhibitions include Eyeworld at Triple Candie, Mixtape at Jen Bekman Gallery, Casish at Geoffrey Young Gallery and Color-Time-Space at Hofstra University.