Portrait ©Jon Furlong
Portrait ©Jon Furlong

Bio

Cleon Peterson is an LA based artist whose chaotic and violent paintings show clashing figures in a struggle between power and submission in the fluctuating architecture of contemporary society.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Seattle, Washington, 1973. Currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Education:

2006 M.F.A. The Cranbrook Academy
2004 B.F.A. Graphic Design, Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, CA (Graduated with Honors and Distinction)

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2023
'Under the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars' at Kaikai Kiki, Tokyo

2022
'Mr Sinister' at Albertz Benda, New York

2021
'With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932' Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit
'Exiles' at Louis Buhl, Detroit
'Truth & Lies' at OTI Gallery, Los Angeles

2020
'Hysteria' at OTI Gallery, Los Angeles

2019
'Rose Béton Biennale' at Musée des Abattoirs, France
'Stare Into The Sun' at Pilevneli, Istanbul

2018
'Blood & Soil' at OTI Gallery, Los Angeles
'The Shadow of Men' at Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

2017
'Victory' at Galerie Du Jour, agnés B, Paris

2016
'The Judgement' at Plus One, Antwerp
'Purity' at OTI Gallery, Hong Kong

2015
'Poison' at Library Street Collective, Detroit

2014
'End of Days' at New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects:

2023
By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects at The Denver Art Museum, USA

2022
Storage Wars at The Hole, Los Angeles
Sublime Bodies at AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong
Prism at NANZUKA, Tokyo

2021
Under the Sun, Mural on Roadway
Raadhuis – Tempsplein, Heerlen
This is America at the Kunstraum Potsdam, Berlin

2018
Experience Pommery #14, Commissioner
Hugo Vitrani, Reims, France

2017
The Maxi Edmond De Rothschild, Gitana, France
'Lock Route' at Gillman Barracks, Singapore

2016
Eiffel Tower, Nuit Blanche, Paris
Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi

2014
Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2011
Postermat at The Hole, New York
Pure Logo at New Image Art, Los Angeles
Public Domaine at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris

2010
Come As You Are at Prism Gallery, Los Angeles
The Power of Selection at Part 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago

2009
14 Artists at New Image Art, Los Angeles
Trailblazers at Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Ginger at New Image Art, Los Angeles

2007
Art Basel at Deitch Projects, Miami Beach
Mail Order Monsters at Deitch Projects, New York
Brodeo at New Image Art, Los Angeles

Exhibited at

KAIKAI KIKI — TOKYO
ALBERTZ BENDA — LA & NYC
DENVER ART MUSEUM
NANZUKA — TOKYO
GALERIE DU JOUR — AGNÉS B
PİLEVNELİ — ISTANBUL
O.T.I. — HONG KONG & LA
M.C.A.DENVER
PLUS ONE GALLERY — ANTWERP
LIBRARY STREET COLLECTIVE
AISHONANZUKA — HONG KONG
NEW IMAGE ART GALLERY
ALICE GALLERY
CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM
LOUIS BUHL
PALAIS DE TOKYO
THE HOLE LA & NYC
DEITCH

Recent Bibliography

Cleon Peterson: Blood and Soil,
published in partnership with Cranbrook Art Museum, 2023
This is America, albertz benda
in collaboration with Arndt Art Agency, Berlin, 2021
With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932
Cranbrook Art Museum, 2022
Rose Béton Biennale Catalogue, Musée des Abattoirs, 2020
Palais 24, Le Magazine de Palais de Tokyo, 2016
The Judgement, Exhibition catalogue, Plus One Gallery, 2015
'Cleon Peterson', series mono-petit, Draw Down, 2015
Future/Memory, Document Press, 2013
Paradigm Magazine, November, 2013
Bomb Magazine, March, 2011
Agenda. JDS Architects. Can We Sustain Our Ability to Crisis? Actar, 2010
Elephant #10, Spring, 2010
LoDown Magazine, October 2010
Anthem Magazine, June, 2008
Live Through This, edited by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York, NY., 2007
From Here On Out, Selected Graduate Works From: Cranbrook Academy of Art 2006, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI 2006
Mixing Messages, Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture, Princeton Architectural Press, NY., 2004
Zines, Booth-Clibborn, London, 2001
Arkitip Magazine, March, Los Angeles, 2000
Dysfunctional, Booth–Clibborn, London, 1996
I.D. Magazine, London, England, September, 1995