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Full Name
  
Peter Shelton

Role
  
Sculptor

Nationality
  
American

Period
  
Movement
  
Postminimalism

Known for
  
Name
  
Peter Shelton


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Born
  
January 18, 1951

Education
  
University of California, Los Angeles (1979), Pomona College

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada

Meet the artist peter shelton


Peter Shelton is an American sculptor born in 1951 in Troy, Ohio.

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Peter Shelton (sculptor) Peter Shelton eyehand Selected sculpture from 1975 2011

Shelton has exhibited extensively, including solo shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994; University of California, Berkeley 1998; the Irish Museum of Modern Art 1998-1999; and Portland Art Museum, 2011. He has participated in group exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 2004; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2004; Tate Gallery Liverpool, England, 1998; and Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2006.

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Awards include Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987; John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1989; Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999/2000; and the St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000. Shelton is part of collections such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Panza Foundation, Milan, Italy; and Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland. Public commissions include ‘’sixbeastsandtwomonkeys’’ for the Police Administration Building in downtown Los Angeles, 2008-2009, ‘’thinmanlittlebird’’ for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 2008-2009, and ‘’cloudsandclunkers’’ at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Concours A), Seattle, WA, 2003.

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Shelton has maintained his studio in Los Angeles since 1975. He lives in Venice, California.

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Early life and education

Peter Shelton was born in Troy, Ohio, on January 18, 1951.

Shelton spent his early school years in Tempe, Arizona. He was a pre-medical student at Pomona College, Pomona, CA studying sociology, anthropology and theatre, before he received his B.A. in Fine Art in 1973. Shelton went on to earn a trade certificate in welding from the Hobart School of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, in 1974, and his M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979.

Work

I like to think of my work as a threshold between in and out, object and space, heavy and light.

How far away from a corner in a room is it no longer a corner? If you are in a pocket, at what point do you pass when you are no longer in the pocket? Language tries to cope with these questions, and often, poorly. ... When I was a young boy, I would ask friends one of my favorite riddles, "What is the difference of an orange?" When my question was met only with puzzled, distorted faces, even irritated silence, I would happily answer "the peel!" What interests me most in my work is the "peelness" of it...

Awards and grants

Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999-2000Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1994, 1984, 1982, 1980John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1989Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987Young Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985

Solo exhibitions and major projects

Peter Shelton has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in over fifty-five solo exhibitions and over one hundred and twenty group shows, including:

  • powerhousefrenchtablenecklaces, 2012. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
  • eyehand: Selected Sculpture from 1975–2011, 2011. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
  • redpocket, blackslot, uheader, and drawings, 2011. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
  • blackelephanthouse, 1998. Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, England (1998-99).
  • "sixtyslippers, 1997. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1997). University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (1998). Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI (1999). Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (1999).
  • godspipes, 1989-98. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (1998). L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (2006). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN (2008).
  • bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet, 1994. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Peter Shelton: Drawings and Sculptures, 1990-92. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1990). Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1992).
  • thingsgetwet, 1989-2012. Louver Gallery New York, NY (1993). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1994). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1997). Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (2012).
  • waxworks, 1989-99. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (1988). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1989). San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (1989).
  • BLACKVAULTfalloffstone, 1988, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
  • STRETCHspread, 1987. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, FL (1988). Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2001).
  • TUBtubesandpipes, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1987). Irvine Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA (1989).
  • HARDSTRETCHdroop, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
  • floatinghouseDEADMAN, 1985-86. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1986). Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1987). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN (1989). Louver Gallery New York, NY (1990).
  • pipegutwaterseatandSTANDSTILL, 1983-84. Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR (1984).
  • MAJORJOINTShangersandsquat, 1983. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (1983). L.A. Louver and Malinda Wyatt Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (1984).
  • whiteroundHEAD, 1982. Artists Space, New York, NY.
  • trunknutsWHITEHEADfloater, 1981-82. Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1982).
  • NECKWALLfootscreensleeper, 1981. Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  • BROWNROOMS, 1977-78. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (1980).
  • BIRDHOUSEholecan, 1980. Chapman College, Orange, CA, in conjunction with the L.A. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
  • HEADROOMfootspace, 1980. Artpark, Lewiston, NY.
  • SWEATHOUSEandlittleprincipals, 1977-81. Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1979). Contemporary Arts Forum in Santa Barbara, CA (1982).
  • Selected group exhibitions

    American Academy in Rome, Rome, ItalyAllen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OHAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NYCastillo de Santa Barbara, Alicante, SpainCentre Pompidou, Paris, FranceCleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHEdifice de La Lonja, Majorca, SpainFrankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, GermanyHammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CAHenry Moore Sculpture Institute, Leeds, EnglandThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXMagasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, SwedenMuseo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, SwitzerlandMuseo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, ItalyMusee D’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FranceMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, SpainMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CAMuseum of Modern Art, Bologna, ItalyMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NYPanza Foundation, Varese, ItalySezon Art Museum of Art, Tokyo, JapanTate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool, EnglandTel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IsraelUBS Galleries, New York, NYYorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire, EnglandVenice Biennale, Venice, Italy

    Major permanent commissions

  • sixbeastsandtwomonkeys, City of Los Angeles, CA (2008–09)
  • thinmanlittlebird, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, IN (2008–09)
  • cloudsandclunkers, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA (2003–06)
  • ROCKshadow, City of Seattle, WA (2002)
  • Collections

    Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OHCity of Chicago, IL.Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHGetty Museum, Los Angeles, CAGrunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CAHammer Museum, Los Angeles, CAHenry Art Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WASpeed Art Museum, Louisville, KYLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CAMagasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, SwedenMuseo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, SwitzerlandMuseo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, ItalyMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CAMuseum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CAMuseum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FLMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXMuseum of Modern Art, Lodz, PolandMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NYNew York Public Library, New York, NYOrange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CAPanza Foundation, Varese, ItalyPomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CASmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.United States Federal Art CollectionWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

    References

    Peter Shelton (sculptor) Wikipedia