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Realistic Paintings By The Artist Kevin Peterson
Incredibly detailed and realistic paintings by Kevin Peterson
ABOUT KEVIN PETERSON
Kevin Peterson studied art at Austin College in Sherman, TX where he received his BFA in 2001. Kevin now makes his home in Houston, TX where he works out of Winter Street Studios.
“My work is about the varied journeys we take through life. It’s about growing up and living in a world that is broken. These paintings are about trauma, fear and loneliness and the strength that it takes to survive and thrive. They each contain the contrast of the untainted, young and innocent against a backdrop of a worn, ragged, and defiled world. Support versus restraint, bondage versus freedom, and tension versus slack are all themes that I often visit. My work deals with isolation, loneliness and longing teamed with a level of optimistic hope. Issues of race and the division of wealth have arisen in my recent work. This work deals with the idea of rigid boundaries, the hopeful breakdown of such restrictions, as well as questions about the forces that orchestrate our behavior.” – Kevin Peterson
Upcoming Shows:
December 2014 Solo Show at Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Notable Shows and Exhibitions:
May 2014, TXL/LAX, Project M4, Berlin, Germany
March 2014- SCOPE NYC, New York, NY
February 2014- POW! WOW! Hawaii, Exploring the New Contemporary Art Movement, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
December 2013- Scope Miami Beach, Thinkspace Gallery, Miami, FL
September 2013- Shooting Gallery (solo show “Merge Visible”) San Francisco, CA
June 2013- Art Basel, Modernbook Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
November 2012 – Thinkspace Gallery (solo show “Amended”), Culver City, CA
November 2012 – Quidley and Co (group show “Urban Intersections), Boston Massachusetts
2012- Breeze Block Gallery, Group Show entitled “Space//Form”, Portland, OR
2012 – Shooting Gallery, Solo Show entitled “Prospective”, San Francisco, CA
2011 – C.A.V.E. Gallery, Solo Show entitled “Provenance”, Venice, CA
2011 – Colton Farb Gallery, Group show entitled “Use Your Illusion”, Houston, TX
2011 – Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City Art Walk Group Show, Culver City, CA
2009 – Lawndale Art Center, “The Big Show”, Houston, TX
2009 – Parlor Gallery, Group Show entitled “Rare Pleasures”, Asbury Park, NJ
2009 – Nau-Haus Artspace, Solo Show entitled, “Boundaries“, Houston, TX
2007 – National Figurative Show, Santa Cruz, CA
