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Peter's works are featured in a one man exhibit at the The Institute of American Indian Art - Museum of Contemporary Native Art (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - from November 15, 2019 through March 2020. “Iroquois Creation Story” will showcase drawings, 3D objects, and the film Iroquois Creation Story. Cards, t-shirts, and other items will be available in the gift shop.
"Urban Indian" - a group exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York - features Peter's work: Images of the subway station at Broadway-Lafayette. A handbag and book marks are available in the gift shop. September 21, 2019 through March 8, 2020.
Peter's work can be seen in a group exhibition - “The Land on Which We Gather” - at the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oneonta - from September 3 through October 18, 2019.
Peter's work will be exhibited at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center (Rochester, New York) - “Take Back the Walls” - from August 31 through September 21, 2019.
On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Peter will take part in a rededication ceremony of Signal, an installation developed in collaboration with artist Mel Chin. The rededication ceremony is a part of Mel Chin’s exhibition, “All Over The Place”, and will be hosted by members of the Six Nations who will share remarks on current climate justice conflicts in the region. As part of the ceremony, the artists will present a new plaque commemorating the contribution of Chin and Jemison in the production of the work – a public action that joins the current debate surrounding the role and meaning of public monuments in reckoning with a more complete understanding of U.S. history.
The March 2018 issue of Art in America magazine reviews "Unholding" at Artists Space in New York City. Peter's paper bags are part of the exhibit that ran through January 21, 2018.
The Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York opened their Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Gallery on November 19, 2017 featuring a recently acquired work by Peter.
Peter's work is currently on exhibit at Monroe Community College's (MCC) Mercer Gallery. The show, Indigenous Environmental Activism in Art, runs from November 14 through December 14, 2017, and is free and open to the public. A recent article in City Newspaper speaks about the exhibit and the motivation behind it.
The issue of Art in America October 2017, features "Art Warriors and Wooden Indians" written by Kathleen
Ash-Milby and features a painting by Peter as well as a discussion of his role in the Native American Art Movement.
A new publication No Reservation: New York Contemporary Native American Art Movement, written by David Martine, the publication features an extensive interview with G. Peter Jemison, and is edited by Jennifer Tromski with a forward by Dore Ashton. A book party will be held at Artists Space on December 7th.
Peter Jemison's paper bags are part of an upcoming exhibit at Artists Space, 55 Walker Street, New York, NY. "Unholding" takes a look back at a ground breaking exhibit, "We the People," mounted in 1986 and curated by the late Jean Fisher and Jimmie Durham. The exhibition opens on November 17, 2017, and runs until January 21, 2018.