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

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, ; 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.

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.

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

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, Claremont, CA also studying sociology, anthropology and theatre before he received his B.A. in Fine Art in 1973. He studied there with Mowry Baden, James Turrell and Michael Brewster. Shelton went on to earn a trade certificate in welding from the Hobart School of Welding Technology in Shelton's hometown of Troy, Ohio, in 1974 working as industrial welder in Ohio and Michigan before returning to California where he opened his first studio in Santa Monica in 1975. He earned 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, 2000
 * Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999-2000
 * Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1994, 1984, 1982, 1980
 * John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1989
 * Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987
 * Young 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.
 * -Between 1984 and 2011, Shelton was presented in twenty-four solo and over forty-five total exhibitions at L.A. Louver, Venice, California, and Louver Gallery New York, NY.


 * 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 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 Exhibition Venues

 * American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
 * Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
 * American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
 * Castillo de Santa Barbara, Alicante, Spain
 * Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
 * Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
 * Edifice de La Lonja, Majorca, Spain
 * Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
 * Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
 * Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, Leeds, England
 * The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
 * Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
 * Museo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
 * Museo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, Italy
 * Musee D’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
 * Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
 * Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
 * Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy
 * Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
 * Panza Foundation, Varese, Italy
 * Sezon Art Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
 * Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool, England
 * Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
 * UBS Galleries, New York, NY
 * Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
 * Venice 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, OH
 * City of Chicago, IL.
 * Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
 * Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
 * Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
 * Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
 * Henry Art Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 * Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
 * Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
 * Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
 * Museo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
 * Museo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, Italy
 * Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
 * Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
 * Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
 * Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
 * Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland
 * Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
 * New York Public Library, New York, NY
 * Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
 * Panza Foundation, Varese, Italy
 * Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
 * Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * United States Federal Art Collection
 * Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Bibliography

 * Ollman, Leah. "Peter Shelton." Art in America.  Mar. 2012: 173, illus.
 * Melrod, George. “Interview: Peter Shelton.” art ltd.  May/June 2012: 50-54, illus.
 * Doktorczyk-Donohue, Marlena. “Simple Simply Isn’t, a Conversation with Peter Shelton.” Sculpture.  April 2012 Vol. 31: 38-45, illus.
 * McGrew, Rebecca, and Glen Phillips. It happened at Pomona, Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973.  Claremont: Pomona College Museum of Art, 2011.  292-97, illus.
 * Burlingham, Cynthia. Outside the Box, Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum and Los Angeles Museum of Art, 2010.  illus.
 * Firmin, Sandra Q. Artpark 1974-1984.  Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press and State University of New York, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, 2010.  134, illus.
 * Betinski, Elizabeta, Lyn Kienholz, and Corinne Nelson. L.A. Rising Art and Artists Before 1980.  Los Angeles: California International Art Foundation, 2010. 415, illus.
 * Franciolli, Marco, and Manuela Kahn-Rossi. Donate Panza di Biumo.  Lugano: Museo Cantonale d’Arte, 2010. 61-62,  illus.
 * Westwater, Angela. HUNTERS & GATHERERS.  Sent: Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, 2010.  8, illus.
 * Thomas, Elizabeth. Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art.  Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.  372-73, illus.
 * Zelevansky, Lynn. The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (BCAM/LACMA/2008)  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.  181-82, illus.
 * Momin, Shamim M., and Adam D. Weinberg. Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria 25 Years.  New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008.  25, illus.
 * Bostrom, Antonia, ed. The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008.  xi, 1, 11, 151-153, illus.
 * Hoppe, David. “Public Icons, Peter Shelton’s library sculptures cast Indy in a new light.”  NUVO [Indianapolis, IN] 29 Apr. 2009: cover, 10-12, 17, illus.
 * Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today.  London: Phaidon Press, 2007.  373-74, illus.
 * Fox, Howard N, and Catherine Grenier. Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Art Capital.  Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2006.  46, 302, 317, 328, 354, illus.
 * Rochette, Anne, and Wade Saunders. “Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculpture Today.” Art in America. Nov. 2006: 180-81, illus.
 * Rose, Barbara. Monocromos de malevich al presente, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.  Madrid, 2004.  19, 94, 95, illus.
 * Belli, Gabriella. Le Stanze dell’Arte, Figure e Immagini del XX Secolo.  Trento: Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, 2002.  7, illus.
 * Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. The Panza Collection.  Varese: Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, 2002.  222, illus.
 * Minola, Anna, Maria Cristina Mundici, Francesco Poli, and Maria Teresa Roberto. Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino Roma New York.  Torino: hopefulmonster editore, 2000.  421, illus.
 * Baker, Kenneth. “End of the Century Art: Production in Los Angeles.”  Panza: The Legacy of a Collector.  Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999.  130-139, illus.
 * Brooks, Rosetta. “Peter Shelton.”  Artforum.  Mar 1998: 105-106, illus.
 * Neuman, David. Spatiotemporal Mars 10. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 1998.
 * Baas, Jacquelynn. sixtyslippers.  Berkeley: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, 1998.  illus.
 * Knight, Christopher. “bodyknowledge.” godspipes blackelephanthouse.  Dublin  and Leeds: Irish Museum of Modern Art and Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, 1998.  illus.
 * Biggs, Lewis and Robert Hopper. leaving tracks: arttranspennine ‘98.  Liverpool and Leeds:  Tate Gallery Liverpool and [[Henry Moore Foundation | Henry Moore Sculpture Institute}}, 1998.  182-185, illus.
 * Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. “La Exposicio a Sa Llonja.”   Colleccio Panza di Biumo: Anys 80 i 90.  La Laja: Govern Balear, Conselleria d’Educacio, Cultura i Esports, 1997.  9, 20, 22, 102-107, 150-151, illus.
 * Smith, Edward Lucie. Art Today.  London: Phaidon Press, 1995. 60, illus.
 * Eliel, Carol. bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994.  illus.
 * Kienholz, Edward. Peter Shelton.  Hope: Faith and Charity in Hope Gallery, 1992.  illus.
 * Eliel, Carol S. PETERSHELTONasculptor’sDRAWINGS.  Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1992.  illus.
 * O’Douherty, Brian. Twenty-Seven Installations: Portland Center for the Visual Arts.  Portland: Oregon Art Institute, 1989.  illus.
 * Princenthal, Nancy. “The Body in Question.”  Sculpture.  Sept./Oct. 1989: 24 - 29, illus.
 * Friedman, Martin. Sculpture, Inside and Outside.  Minneapolis: Rizzoli, Walker Art Center, 1988. 7, 12, 16, 17,  216-231, illus.
 * Butler, Cornelia. Peter Shelton - Waxworks.  Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1988.  illus.
 * Clearwater, Bonnie. Abstract Expressions in Recent Sculpture.  Lake Worth: Lannan Museum, 1987.  illus.
 * Monaghan, Kathleen. Elements: Five Installations.  New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987.  illus.
 * Fox, Howard. Avant-Garde in the Eighties.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987. 97,98, illus.
 * Tonelli, Dr. Edith A. floatinghouseDEADMAN.  Los Angeles: University of California, Wight Art Gallery, 1987.  illus.
 * Pietrantonio, Giancito Di. “I Luoghi Mobili Dell Indefinito: Neoinformale, Postastrazione E Neominimalismo.”  Anniottanta.  Milano: Mazzotta, 1985.  123, 152, 161, illus.
 * Caroli, Flavio. “Pittura Veloce, Post-Astrazione E Post- Naturalismo,” Catalogo Generale 1984, La Biennale di Venezia.  Venice: Edizioni la Biennale, 1984.  201, 213, illus.
 * Knight, Christopher. Peter Shelton Sculpture.  British Columbia: Open Space Gallery, 1982.  illus.

External Links:
Official Website

L.A. Louver Website

Shelton at Sperone Westwater

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