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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 

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