Michael Peterson
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b. 1952, Wichita Falls, Texas
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
GTE Telephone Operations, Irvine, TX
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Edmonds, WA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Michael Peterson: Evolution | Revolution, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2006-07 Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Bellevue Arts Museum,
Bellevue, WA
2006 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ARTscottsdale, WestWorld, Art & Antiques, Scottsdale, AZ
Wood Now, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, traveling
Turning 20-Still Evolving, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Wood Sculpture: A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements, Tryon, NC
Solo Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 Beneath the Bark, Bringham Young University Museum, Provo, UT
Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Whole Grain – Sculptural Wood, with CWA, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Rooted in Innovation: Contemporary Wood Sculpture,
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2001-03 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned and Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition, Minnesota Museum of American
Art, St. Paul, MN
University of California, Davis, CA
University of New York, Purchase, NY
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, The McAllen International Museum,
McAllen, TX
2000 Artful Wood: Selections from the Irving and Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, M.H. de Young
Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
1996-99 Turn, Turning, Turned Form Exhibitions USA, A National Division of American Arts
Alliance, Traveling Venue
1996-99 Revolution/Evolution I, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Evolution in Form: Furniture, Turnings and Sculpture, Arrowmont School of Art and
Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1998-09 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Wallace, Kevin, A Sculptor's Natural Dialogue, Craft Arts International, Australia,
Issue #60
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
Wallace, Kevin, Celebrating Nature – Craft Traditions/ Contemporary Expressions, Craft
and Folk Art Museum
500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
Beneath the Bark – Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning, Brigham University, Provo, UT
2003 Sacred Vessels, CLAL-National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
2002 Michael Hosaluk, Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Guild
2001 Wood Turning in North America Sincce 1930, Woodturning Center and Yale University
Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2000 Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AK
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, Bonita Fike, Detroit Institute of Arts,
Abbeville Press
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work has always been grounded in the natural world and expressed through objects that embody the creative energy contained there. My continued treatment of the organic object has led to an ever-evolving sense of presentation aimed at creating greater visual interest and a stronger sculptural statement. The work evolves out of the process of making and develops its own logic. There are a few absolutes.
The nature of subtractive sculpture is especially suited to this approach as it allows the work to reveal itself and allows me to become as lost in the process as possible.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
GTE Telephone Operations, Irvine, TX
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Edmonds, WA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Michael Peterson: Evolution | Revolution, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2006-07 Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Bellevue Arts Museum,
Bellevue, WA
2006 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ARTscottsdale, WestWorld, Art & Antiques, Scottsdale, AZ
Wood Now, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, traveling
Turning 20-Still Evolving, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Wood Sculpture: A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements, Tryon, NC
Solo Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 Beneath the Bark, Bringham Young University Museum, Provo, UT
Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Whole Grain – Sculptural Wood, with CWA, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Rooted in Innovation: Contemporary Wood Sculpture,
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2001-03 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned and Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition, Minnesota Museum of American
Art, St. Paul, MN
University of California, Davis, CA
University of New York, Purchase, NY
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, The McAllen International Museum,
McAllen, TX
2000 Artful Wood: Selections from the Irving and Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, M.H. de Young
Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
1996-99 Turn, Turning, Turned Form Exhibitions USA, A National Division of American Arts
Alliance, Traveling Venue
1996-99 Revolution/Evolution I, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Evolution in Form: Furniture, Turnings and Sculpture, Arrowmont School of Art and
Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1998-09 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Wallace, Kevin, A Sculptor's Natural Dialogue, Craft Arts International, Australia,
Issue #60
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
Wallace, Kevin, Celebrating Nature – Craft Traditions/ Contemporary Expressions, Craft
and Folk Art Museum
500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
Beneath the Bark – Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning, Brigham University, Provo, UT
2003 Sacred Vessels, CLAL-National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
2002 Michael Hosaluk, Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Guild
2001 Wood Turning in North America Sincce 1930, Woodturning Center and Yale University
Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2000 Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AK
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, Bonita Fike, Detroit Institute of Arts,
Abbeville Press
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work has always been grounded in the natural world and expressed through objects that embody the creative energy contained there. My continued treatment of the organic object has led to an ever-evolving sense of presentation aimed at creating greater visual interest and a stronger sculptural statement. The work evolves out of the process of making and develops its own logic. There are a few absolutes.
The nature of subtractive sculpture is especially suited to this approach as it allows the work to reveal itself and allows me to become as lost in the process as possible.