Born and raised in Greenwich Village, Peter Madden is a recent transplant to Portland, ME. Prior to that, Peter lived in Boston for more than 20 years and continues to teach book arts and alternative photography at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Massachusetts College of Art. He leads workshops throughout the United States and around Europe, including The Guild of Bookworkers, Massachusetts College of Art, Bennington College, The Center for Book Arts in New York City, the San Francisco Center for the Book, the Greek Island of Skopelos, and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In addition, he hosted a television series on book arts, which was distributed extensively. Peter studied at Pratt Institute, Parson's School of Design, and Massachusetts College of Art.

 

    His work is exhibited at and collected by the country’s leading museums and educational institutions, including Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Harvard's Houghton Library, and the Center for Book Arts in New York City. In addition, he shows at galleries throughout the United States. Peter is the recipient of an Artists' Foundation Fellowship, a Saint Botolph Foundation Grant, and most recently, a Massachusetts Cultural Council award.