Peter Shear
(b. 1980) in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana
While unified in simplicity of delivery, Peter Shear's paintings range widely across imagery and manner of execution. The result is a body of work which Shear, borrowing from the languages of abstraction, has evolved into a shorthand vocabulary at once personal and familiar, slangy and poetic.
Born 1980 Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021: Forthcoming: Fortnight Institute, NY
2021: Forthcoming: Empty Boat, KOKI Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2019: Time Stamp, Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University
2017: Magnolias All At Once, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
2017: Editions of You, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2017: Opportunity Cost, A\M Projects, Indianapolis, IN
2016: Family Resemblance, ATM, Austin, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021: Forthcoming: A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
2021: Downtown, curated by Sam Gordon, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
2020: Maelstom, curated by Fortnight Institute, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2020: Zwag Curated by Kylie Manning, CG Boerner, New York, NY
2019: Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia e Tamina, P420 Galleria, Bologna, Italy
2018: Locus Focus: Peter Shear and Arvind Sundararajan, curated by Emil Robinson, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati.
2018: Lonely Planet, curated by Andrew Brischler, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2017: Say Yes, curated by Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit
2017: ONLY Small Paintings, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
2016: Basic Instinct, Peter Shear and Ellen Siebers, FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
2016: Good Bad Brush: Peter Shear and Matthew Wong, The Occasional Gallery, Burlington, WA
2016: Katelyn Eichwald and Peter Shear, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
2015: Peer Review, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College of London, England
2014: Brute Moderates, Clinton King & Peter Shear, Firework Space, Brooklyn, NY
2013: The Double Down, curated by Trudy Benson and Jason Stopa, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013: Reason & Romance, curated by Alain Biltereyst, 6b Gallery, Elingen, Belgium
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019: Mousse Magazine | Sofia Silva | February 2019
2019: Art Viewer | George, Peter, Sofia e Tamina at P420 | February 28, 2019
2018: FieldTrip, 'A Conversation with Peter Shear', interview with Ryan Kerr,
2018: Observer, 'The Artists Busting the Myth That Big Paintings Sell Better', Margaret Carrigan
2017: Magnolias All At Once, published by Fortnight Institute, 2017
2017: Artdependence, "The beginning of the 21st century is a great time for the world's autodidacts."
2017: New York Times, Roberta Smith, 2017
2017: New York Magazine, 'The Art World Needs a Jolt. The Electricity Is Coming From Some
Surprising Places.' by Jerry Saltz.
2017: Hyperallergic, 'The Homages and Inventions of a Self-Taught Painter' by John Yau, 2017
2017: Hyperallergic, 'The Studio Visit That Wasn't Exactly a Studio Visit: Dan Devening, Mie Kongo,
2017: New City Chicago,'What's the Point of Abstraction These Days?' by Alan Pocaro
2017: 'Suspect Poetics' by Brian Leahy, 2017.
2016: 'Peter Shear: Some Thoughts, Open Not Closed' by Chris Ashley.
2013: Sensitive Skin Magazine #10.
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“The beginning of the 21st century is a great time for the world’s autodidacts.”
Dirk Vanduffel, Art Dependence, August 15, 2017 -
The Art World Needs a Jolt. The Electricity Is Coming From Some Surprising Places.
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, June 29, 2017 -
The Homages and Inventions of a Self-Taught Painter
John Yau, Hyperallergic, June 25, 2017 -
What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week
Roberta Smith, New York Times, June 22, 2017 -
Peter Shear Paints with Humility
Anna Zanes, Office, June 19, 2017