Kevin Peterson was born in 1979 in Elko, Nevada. After a childhood which included stints in Nevada, Michigan and Washington, Kevin arrived in Texas in 1996. He studied art and psychology at Austin College in Sherman, TX. He received degrees in Fine Art and Psychology in 2001.
Kevin Peterson was the recipient of the Hunting Art Prize in 2015 for his painting titled, “Fire”
Kevin Peterson’s artwork titled “Coalition II” was the cover art for the album “The Getaway “, the eleventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Kevin has shown work in galleries and Museums throughout the world. He now makes his home in Houston, TX where he works out of Winter Street Studios.
Artist Statement:
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.
Notable Shows and Awards:
2021, Habitat (solo show), Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020, Embers (solo show) ,Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2019, Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia, Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (Group Show)
2019, Annual Moleskin Project, SPOKE Art, San Francisco, Ca
2019, Wild (solo show), Thinkspace Galley, Culver City, CA
2017- Moniker Art Fair London, “New Works by Kevin Peterson”, London, UK
2017-Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, “Flourish”, Mesa, AZ
2016- Thinkspace Gallery, solo show entitled “Sovereign”. Los Angeles, CA
2015- Hunting Art Prize *Winner
2015- ArtNow NY, “Urbanology”, New York, NY
2015- Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, “20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz” Los Angeles, CA
2014 – Thinkspace Gallery, solo show entitled “Remnants”, Los Angeles, CA
2014- The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, “Get Real: New American Painting”, Jacksonville, FL
2014 - Tinney Contemporary, “The New Real II”, Nashville, TN
2014- “Saints and Sinners” group show at Stolenspace Gallery, London, UK
2014- TXL/LAX, Project M4, Berlin, Germany
2014- SCOPE NYC, New York, NY
2014- POW! WOW! Hawaii, Exploring the New Contemporary Art Movement, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
2013- Scope Miami Beach, Thinkspace Gallery, Miami, FL
2013, Shooting Gallery, Solo Show entitled “Merge Visible”, San Francisco, CA
2013, SCOPE Basel with Modernbook Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2013, Gallery 309, Group Show entitled, “LAX/PHL”, Philadelphia, PA
2013, Lyons Wier Gallery, Group show entitled, “Returning Reality”, New York, NY
2012, Thinkspace Gallery, Solo show entitled, “Amended”, Los Angeles, CA
2012, Shooting Gallery, Solo show entitled “Prospective”, San Francisco, CA
2012, Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, TX
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, Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, TX
2009, Lawndale Art Center, “The Big Show”, Houston, TX
2009, Parlor Gallery, Group Show entitled “Rare Pleasures”, Asbury Park, NJ
2009, Nau-Haus Art space, Solo Show entitled “Boundaries”, Houston, TX
Publications
Pricco, Evan: “A New Kind of Getaway”, Juxtapoz Magazine, September 2016, n188, p. 18
Juxtapoz : Hyperreal, Ginko Press, Inc, Berkeley, CA 2014, p.144-149
Gangelhoff, Bonnie: Kevin Peterson, Children in the City”, Southwest Art, Volume 42, no. 8, January 2013, p. 20
Houston Modern Luxury, Cover, December 2011
Blue Canvas, Cover, Volume 9, August 2011
Schmal, Jody: “On the Make”, Houston Modern Luxury, December 2010, p.66
Hoerth, Kristin: “A Busy Month”, Southwest Art, Volume 38, no. 10, March 2009, p.23
Online:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/preview-kevin-peterson-qamendq-thinkspace-culver-city
http://hifructose.com/2012/10/23/preview-jacub-gagnon-and-kevin-peterson-at-thinkspace/
http://hifructose.com/2011/07/15/provenance-solo-exhibition-by-kevin-peterson/