The Think Potato Institute emerged through more than three decades of artistic practice, research, exhibitions, collecting, publications, lectures, festivals, and cultural experimentation.
The timeline below highlights selected milestones in the development of TPI.
1996
First Annual Think Potato Festival
Springfield, Missouri
1998–2004
PotatoEngine.com
Early online potato art platform
2001
The THINK POTATO INSTITUTE Concept Emerged
2002
POTATOLAB
Stony Brook University
2002
Featured on Spuds Unwrapped
National Television Debut on Food Network
2003
The Dialectical Potato
Publication of foundational POTATOISM essay
2003
Potato House & Think Potato Festival IV
Mills Pond House, New York
2004
Cult of Potato Founded
Rotterdam, Netherlands
2005
Cult of Potato World Tour
2010
The THINK POTATO INSTITUTE (Temporary Headquarters)
Riverhead, New York
2011
The Potato Revolution: Cult of Potato 2011
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
2011
Potato Revolution Café
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
2012
Occupying Potato
Islip Art Museum
2012
Unpacking My Potato Collection
Islip Art Museum Historical Room
2016
The Big Potato / Think Potato Festival V / Potato Masquerade Ball
Ripe Art Gallery
2018
POTASIA
Charles B. Wang Center
2018
World Potato Congress Presentation
POTATOISM: How Potato Symbolism in Art and Culture Advances the Potato Revolution
Cusco, Peru
2024
United By Potato Power / Potato for Gourmets / Global Potato Cinema
Cēsis, Latvia