CLEON PETERSON

Gli iconici scenari di Cleon Peterson (Seattle, Stati Uniti, 1973), mostrano la lotta tra potere e sottomissione nella mutevole gerarchia della società contemporanea. Il grande impatto delle sue opere origina dal contrasto tra l’eleganza formale della bicromia e la violenta carica tematica.

Il senso di forza e le istanze di denuncia sono espresse attraverso lo snodarsi ritmato di forme aggressive e potenti che, quasi in forma di ombre, disegnano una virile danza dispotica.

Cleon Peterson è nato a Seattle, Washington, nel1973 e ha svolto gli studi presso l’Art Center College of Design, perfezionandosi alla The Cranbrook Academy of Art di Detroit nel 2006. Vive e lavora a Los Angeles.

Tra le principali mostre personali ricordiamo: Stare Into The Sun', Pi̇levneli̇ Gallery, Istanbul, 2019; Blood & Soil, OTI Gallery, Los Angeles, 2018; The Shadow of Men, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, 2018; Victory, Galerie Du Jour, Paris, 2017; The Judgement, Plus One, Antwerp, 2016; Purity, Over the Influence Gallery, Hong Kong, 2016; Poison, Library Street Collective, Detroit, 2015; Disappear Into Midnight, Galerie du Jour Agnès B, Parigi, 2015; End of Days, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 2014; The Brinksman, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, 2012; The Brinksman, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco 2011; White Flag, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY 2011; Daybreak, New Image Art, Los Angeles, 2010; The Unconsoled, Alice Gallery, Bruxelles 2009; The Mirror Stage, Cleon Peterson and Kill Pixie, 2009; Monster Children Gallery, Sydney, 2009; The Occupation, New Image Art, Los Angeles, 2009.

Tra le mostre collettive: Over the Influence, Art Stage Singapore, 2017; Over the Influence at Art16, London 2016; Over the Influence, Hong Kong, 2016; A Decade Of Lazarides, Lazarides Rathbone, Fitzrovia, Londra, 2016; Work In Progress, Gastman, Los Angeles, 2015; Agents Provocateurs, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, 2015; Still Here, Cruel Summer, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, 2014; These Friends Three, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles, 2012; Postermat, The Hole, New York, 2011; New Image Art, SCOPE Fair, Miami, 2011; Pure Logo, New Image Art, Los Angeles, 2011; Public Domaine, Gaite Lyrique, Parigi 2011; The Power of Selection, Part 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago 2010; Come As You Are, Prism Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010; 14 Artists, New Image Art, Los Angeles 2009; Trailblazers, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, 2008; Locals Only, VASF Gallery, San Francisco, 2008; Scope New York, New Image Art, New York; Aqua Art Miami, New Image Art, Miami Beach, 2007; Those Damn Yanks, Leonard Street Gallery, London 2007.