PETER HIERS
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EDUCATION
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH BA, 1982
University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI 1984 and 1985
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 Gallery MC, Manhattan, New York, NY. “Food Chain,” one of 13 international artists selected
2017 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. “7th Beijing International Art Biennale”
2016 Chateau de Bost, Bellerive France. "Polar Self Portraits" selected by London Curator, Zsuzsanna Ardó.
2015 National Art Museum of China. Beijing, China. “6th Beijing International Art Biennale”
Yianna Grammatopolou Gallery, Athens, Greece “Magic Carpet Ride”
2014 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington “Who Are You?” selected by CoCA Curator Joe Roberts
2013 Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia “Disconnect”
2012 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. “5th Beijing International Art Biennale”
Crossing Art Gallery, New York, NY “Going Green II” International Exhibition, First Prize Winner
2011 Viridian Gallery, New York, NY “22nd International Juried Exhibition”
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada “Hard Twist - International Juried Exhibition”
2010 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. "4th Beijing International Art Biennale"
SELECTED AMERICAN EXHIBITIONS
2018 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles. “Cityscapes,” Director, Tressa Williams
National Art League, New York, NY. 88th Juried National Exhibition, selected by Lauren Argentina Zelaya
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA “Connect & Collect,” invited by Executive Director Cathy Kimball
Start Up Art Fair San Francisco, The Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, California.
Start Up Art Fair Los Angeles, The Kinney, Venice Beach, California.
2017 Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, “Down the Road,” Melissa Pickford, Curator. Monterey, CA
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle III” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Elissa Goldstone
Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
Radius Gallery, “New Work” 4-person show, Ann Hazels Curator, Radius Gallery, Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Campbell Gallery, “Awakening” Carmel, CA. Invited by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2016 Radius Gallery, “Intersection” Two-Person Show with Terese Garcia, Curated by Ann Hazels, Radius Gallery, Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz CA
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle II” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Harriet Taub, Executive Director of NYC’s Materials for the Arts
Front Art Space, “OPEN16”, New York, NY. Finalist selected by Art Historian Marina Gluckman, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
The Independent, “Sand City Art Competition”, Sand City, CA. Invited by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery. Awarded “Best of Show”
Carmel Art Association, “10 Perspectives”, Carmel, CA.
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2015 Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Black and White” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Elissa Goldstone, Curator of Exhibitions, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, “Connect & Collect” San Jose, California
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 2014 Crossing Art Gallery, “Collision Course” New York, NY
Museum of Monterey, California “Footsteps of Legacy”
Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California “In 3-D” selected by San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Curator Donna Napper
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, California “In Your Dreams”
Carmel Art Association Gallery, “Dimensions3” Carmel, California
Houston Memorial Art Association, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2013 Brooklyn WAC Gallery “Unhinged” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Marshall N. Price, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum in New York
Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, California “Joseph Campbell: The Artist’s Way” Curated by Gail Enns, Anton Gallery
Works Gallery, San Jose, California “Beyond Gaga” juried by Art Writer DeWitt Cheng and Lauren Baines, Montalvo Arts
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California “6th National Juried Exhibition”
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Monterey Regional Art Center, Monterey, California Joseph Campbell: Nature, Myth & Art
2012 Courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center, New York, NY “Crossing the Lines” selected by Rebecca A. T. Stevens, National Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Critic’s Choice Award, by New York Art Critic and writer, Lily Wei
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2011 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California, “Treading” Two Person Show with New York City photographer
Axis Gallery, 6th Juried National, Sacramento, CA, selected by Curator Dena Beard, UC Berkeley Art Museum
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA “Artfully Reclaimed V” Juried National
Juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA, “Fire / Ice” Juried by Brigitte Micmacker
Liberty Arts Yreka, Yreka, California, Curated by Michael Crane, Curator Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, OR
Caramel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, California, “Added Dimension”
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2009 Tehama, Carmel, California. Private Art Show for Members of Clint Eastwood’s Private Club
2008 Staglin Family Vineyard, Napa Valley, California. Sculpture in the Winery
Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, California. "Connections" Sculpture Exhibition
2007 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. “Snooze Button: Awakening to American Culture in Decline"
Juried by Steven Wolf, Steven Wolf Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. "Objects of Engagement"
Juried by Michelle Rowe-Shields, Curator for Villa Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2005 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. "In the Round"
Curated by Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Curator
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. "Wit and Wisdom" Juried by Beth Goldberg
Interior Design Showhouse, Joseph Hittinger Designs, Atherton, CA
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2004 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey. "Off the Rim" Curated by Executive Director and Curator, Grounds for Sculpture, Brooke Barrie
California State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Juried Statewide sculpture competition, Sacramento, California,
Special and Excellence Awards, 2004. Phil Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. "24th Annual Fall Auction"
Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, CA. "5 Contemporary Sculptors"
Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. "California Dreamin'" Juried Sculpture Exhibition
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2003 Sierra College, Grass Valley, California. "Gillian Hodge Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Juried by Scott Shields, Curator of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California. "The Artist in the Studio" Resident Artist
Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Members Exhibition" Juried by Cheryl Haines, proprietor of Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Ruth Bancroft Gardens Sculpture Show, Walnut Creek, CA
The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. "Objects and Abstractions"
2002 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California. "New Artists Show"
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California. Reflections in Metal"
2001 Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California. "Specific Gravity"
AWARDS
Beijing International Art Biennale - Symposium, Beijing, China 2016. The only American and one of 12 artists chosen from over 200 participating artists worldwide to speak and present artwork at Symposium “Memory and Dream.”
Beijing International Art Biennale - Symposium, Beijing, China 2010. Chosen as the only American, the only sculptor, and one of 5 international artists invited to speak on the topic of "Human Existence and the Environmental Concern" from among over 200 participating artists worldwide.
Crossing Art Gallery, New York City “Going Green II” International Exhibition. First Prize Winner Viridian Gallery, New York City “22nd International Juried Exhibition.” Second Prize - Award of Distinction. Selected by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum, New York City
The Independent, “Sand City Art Competition”, Sand City, CA. Selected by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery. Awarded “Best of Show”
Axis Gallery, Sacramento “6th Juried National” Curated by Dena Beard, UC Berkeley Art Museum. Catalog Cover
California State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Sacramento “Juried Statewide Fine Art Sculpture Competition” Curated by Phil Linhares, Chief Curator of Oakland Museum. Special Award, and Award of Excellence
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek "The Artist in the Studio" Resident Artist
Jacob Gallery at Wayne State University, Detroit “Juried Exhibition.” Critic’s Choice Award, by NYC art critic, writer, Lily Wei
Centre for the Arts at Muhlenberg College, Allentown “Visions of Family” Juried National, Merit Award
PUBLICATIONS:
Architectural Digest, photograph of installed sculpture “Lift,” September 2005
Sculpture Magazine, November 2004, article regarding Grounds for Sculpture exhibition initiated by the artist
Catalog of the 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2017
Catalog of the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2015
Catalog of the Symposium of the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China. “Cultural Dreams, Nightmares and My Dream for the Future” 2015
Catalog of the 5th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2012
Catalog of "Hard Twist" International Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Canada 2011-12
Catalog of "Who Are You?" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2014
Prospectus for Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA. 7th National Juried Exhibition (Cover Photograph)—2012
Catalog of the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "An Artist's Sculptural Commentary on Human Survival, the Environment and Mythology" 2010
back to artist's page
EDUCATION
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH BA, 1982
University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI 1984 and 1985
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 Gallery MC, Manhattan, New York, NY. “Food Chain,” one of 13 international artists selected
2017 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. “7th Beijing International Art Biennale”
2016 Chateau de Bost, Bellerive France. "Polar Self Portraits" selected by London Curator, Zsuzsanna Ardó.
2015 National Art Museum of China. Beijing, China. “6th Beijing International Art Biennale”
Yianna Grammatopolou Gallery, Athens, Greece “Magic Carpet Ride”
2014 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington “Who Are You?” selected by CoCA Curator Joe Roberts
2013 Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia “Disconnect”
2012 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. “5th Beijing International Art Biennale”
Crossing Art Gallery, New York, NY “Going Green II” International Exhibition, First Prize Winner
2011 Viridian Gallery, New York, NY “22nd International Juried Exhibition”
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada “Hard Twist - International Juried Exhibition”
2010 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. "4th Beijing International Art Biennale"
SELECTED AMERICAN EXHIBITIONS
2018 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles. “Cityscapes,” Director, Tressa Williams
National Art League, New York, NY. 88th Juried National Exhibition, selected by Lauren Argentina Zelaya
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA “Connect & Collect,” invited by Executive Director Cathy Kimball
Start Up Art Fair San Francisco, The Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, California.
Start Up Art Fair Los Angeles, The Kinney, Venice Beach, California.
2017 Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, “Down the Road,” Melissa Pickford, Curator. Monterey, CA
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle III” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Elissa Goldstone
Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
Radius Gallery, “New Work” 4-person show, Ann Hazels Curator, Radius Gallery, Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Campbell Gallery, “Awakening” Carmel, CA. Invited by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2016 Radius Gallery, “Intersection” Two-Person Show with Terese Garcia, Curated by Ann Hazels, Radius Gallery, Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz CA
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle II” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Harriet Taub, Executive Director of NYC’s Materials for the Arts
Front Art Space, “OPEN16”, New York, NY. Finalist selected by Art Historian Marina Gluckman, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
The Independent, “Sand City Art Competition”, Sand City, CA. Invited by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery. Awarded “Best of Show”
Carmel Art Association, “10 Perspectives”, Carmel, CA.
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2015 Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Black and White” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn WAC Gallery, “Recycle” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Elissa Goldstone, Curator of Exhibitions, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, “Connect & Collect” San Jose, California
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 2014 Crossing Art Gallery, “Collision Course” New York, NY
Museum of Monterey, California “Footsteps of Legacy”
Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California “In 3-D” selected by San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Curator Donna Napper
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, California “In Your Dreams”
Carmel Art Association Gallery, “Dimensions3” Carmel, California
Houston Memorial Art Association, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2013 Brooklyn WAC Gallery “Unhinged” Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY selected by Marshall N. Price, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum in New York
Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, California “Joseph Campbell: The Artist’s Way” Curated by Gail Enns, Anton Gallery
Works Gallery, San Jose, California “Beyond Gaga” juried by Art Writer DeWitt Cheng and Lauren Baines, Montalvo Arts
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California “6th National Juried Exhibition”
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Monterey Regional Art Center, Monterey, California Joseph Campbell: Nature, Myth & Art
2012 Courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center, New York, NY “Crossing the Lines” selected by Rebecca A. T. Stevens, National Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Critic’s Choice Award, by New York Art Critic and writer, Lily Wei
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2011 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California, “Treading” Two Person Show with New York City photographer
Axis Gallery, 6th Juried National, Sacramento, CA, selected by Curator Dena Beard, UC Berkeley Art Museum
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA “Artfully Reclaimed V” Juried National
Juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA, “Fire / Ice” Juried by Brigitte Micmacker
Liberty Arts Yreka, Yreka, California, Curated by Michael Crane, Curator Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, OR
Caramel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, California, “Added Dimension”
Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
2009 Tehama, Carmel, California. Private Art Show for Members of Clint Eastwood’s Private Club
2008 Staglin Family Vineyard, Napa Valley, California. Sculpture in the Winery
Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, California. "Connections" Sculpture Exhibition
2007 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. “Snooze Button: Awakening to American Culture in Decline"
Juried by Steven Wolf, Steven Wolf Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. "Objects of Engagement"
Juried by Michelle Rowe-Shields, Curator for Villa Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2005 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. "In the Round"
Curated by Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Curator
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. "Wit and Wisdom" Juried by Beth Goldberg
Interior Design Showhouse, Joseph Hittinger Designs, Atherton, CA
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2004 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey. "Off the Rim" Curated by Executive Director and Curator, Grounds for Sculpture, Brooke Barrie
California State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Juried Statewide sculpture competition, Sacramento, California,
Special and Excellence Awards, 2004. Phil Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. "24th Annual Fall Auction"
Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, CA. "5 Contemporary Sculptors"
Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. "California Dreamin'" Juried Sculpture Exhibition
Sierra Mar, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA
2003 Sierra College, Grass Valley, California. "Gillian Hodge Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Juried by Scott Shields, Curator of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California. "The Artist in the Studio" Resident Artist
Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Members Exhibition" Juried by Cheryl Haines, proprietor of Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Ruth Bancroft Gardens Sculpture Show, Walnut Creek, CA
The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. "Objects and Abstractions"
2002 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California. "New Artists Show"
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California. Reflections in Metal"
2001 Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California. "Specific Gravity"
AWARDS
Beijing International Art Biennale - Symposium, Beijing, China 2016. The only American and one of 12 artists chosen from over 200 participating artists worldwide to speak and present artwork at Symposium “Memory and Dream.”
Beijing International Art Biennale - Symposium, Beijing, China 2010. Chosen as the only American, the only sculptor, and one of 5 international artists invited to speak on the topic of "Human Existence and the Environmental Concern" from among over 200 participating artists worldwide.
Crossing Art Gallery, New York City “Going Green II” International Exhibition. First Prize Winner Viridian Gallery, New York City “22nd International Juried Exhibition.” Second Prize - Award of Distinction. Selected by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum, New York City
The Independent, “Sand City Art Competition”, Sand City, CA. Selected by Curator Gail Enns, Anton Gallery. Awarded “Best of Show”
Axis Gallery, Sacramento “6th Juried National” Curated by Dena Beard, UC Berkeley Art Museum. Catalog Cover
California State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Sacramento “Juried Statewide Fine Art Sculpture Competition” Curated by Phil Linhares, Chief Curator of Oakland Museum. Special Award, and Award of Excellence
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek "The Artist in the Studio" Resident Artist
Jacob Gallery at Wayne State University, Detroit “Juried Exhibition.” Critic’s Choice Award, by NYC art critic, writer, Lily Wei
Centre for the Arts at Muhlenberg College, Allentown “Visions of Family” Juried National, Merit Award
PUBLICATIONS:
Architectural Digest, photograph of installed sculpture “Lift,” September 2005
Sculpture Magazine, November 2004, article regarding Grounds for Sculpture exhibition initiated by the artist
Catalog of the 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2017
Catalog of the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2015
Catalog of the Symposium of the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China. “Cultural Dreams, Nightmares and My Dream for the Future” 2015
Catalog of the 5th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2012
Catalog of "Hard Twist" International Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Canada 2011-12
Catalog of "Who Are You?" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2014
Prospectus for Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA. 7th National Juried Exhibition (Cover Photograph)—2012
Catalog of the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "An Artist's Sculptural Commentary on Human Survival, the Environment and Mythology" 2010
