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Artist Statement
My recent work manifests itself through various modes of production and analysis. My work’s inspiration and, I believe, its strength lies in my address of painting’s fertile and extensive history as well as its current, shifting position within contemporary culture. Whether it is the use of traditional painting mediums, digital technologies, or other techniques, I am in search for modes of image- and object making that question the meaning, process, and definition of contemporary abstraction.
The history of modern art, abstraction and 20th century attitudes of the avant-garde provide a rich platform for the conceptual framework of my practice. Specifically, I am interested in combining ideas and theoretical concepts located within the stylistic attributes of abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop, and anti-formal paradigms. These historical moments are strategically referenced without hierarchy, not in order to build upon their accomplishments or failures, but in order construct visual experiences that exist as an unstable hybrid where the artistic production of stylistic and aesthetic paradigms simultaneously become subject to critique as well as nostalgic celebration. Through this methodology my work creates an unstable balance and fusion of these historical periods and blends the historical references into multifaceted, complex and nonlinear experience.
My recent work manifests itself through various modes of production and analysis. My work’s inspiration and, I believe, its strength lies in my address of painting’s fertile and extensive history as well as its current, shifting position within contemporary culture. Whether it is the use of traditional painting mediums, digital technologies, or other techniques, I am in search for modes of image- and object making that question the meaning, process, and definition of contemporary abstraction.
The history of modern art, abstraction and 20th century attitudes of the avant-garde provide a rich platform for the conceptual framework of my practice. Specifically, I am interested in combining ideas and theoretical concepts located within the stylistic attributes of abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop, and anti-formal paradigms. These historical moments are strategically referenced without hierarchy, not in order to build upon their accomplishments or failures, but in order construct visual experiences that exist as an unstable hybrid where the artistic production of stylistic and aesthetic paradigms simultaneously become subject to critique as well as nostalgic celebration. Through this methodology my work creates an unstable balance and fusion of these historical periods and blends the historical references into multifaceted, complex and nonlinear experience.
CV
Peter Demos
Education
2008 Master of Fine Art, CUNY, Hunter College
2004 BFA Kansas City Art Institute
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Long Long Gone”, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, NY
“Un-titled”, David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“Arrival/Departure”, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
“Brucennial”, 350 w. Broadway, New York, NY
“Holy Hail”, Ligne Roset, New York, NY
2009
“The Open”, Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY
“Alternative Abstraction”, Nina Freudenhiem Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008
“Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition”, Hunter College, New York, NY
“Come on Shake it Check it”, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
2007
“Dialogues”, Times Square Gallery at Hunter, New York, NY
2006
“Gimmicks”, Paragraph, Kansas City, MO
“((((((O))))))”, Paragraph Project Space, Kansas City, MO
2005
“Impulse Art Fair”, Miami, FL
“The Affordable Art Fair”, New York, NY
“On Site and In Progress”, The Bank Gallery UCP, Kansas City, MO
“Y-Topia”, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Corporate Partnership Exhibition Program”, Kansas City, MO
2004
“Hover Craft”, Beth Alison Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2003
“Kansas City Flat Files”, H and R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
“The Digital Show”, KCAI Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“The Untitled Show”, The Apex Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002
“1+1=1”, The Hobbs Building, Kansas City, MO
“Deconstruction”, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Residencies/Grants
2009
Tony Smith Award
2004
Urban Culture Project Studio Program, Kansas City, MO
Lectures/Visiting Artist Series
2010
Visiting Artist, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2005
Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Publications
2005
“New American Paintings” No. 59 Open Studios Press
Peter Demos
Education
2008 Master of Fine Art, CUNY, Hunter College
2004 BFA Kansas City Art Institute
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Long Long Gone”, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, NY
“Un-titled”, David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“Arrival/Departure”, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
“Brucennial”, 350 w. Broadway, New York, NY
“Holy Hail”, Ligne Roset, New York, NY
2009
“The Open”, Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY
“Alternative Abstraction”, Nina Freudenhiem Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008
“Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition”, Hunter College, New York, NY
“Come on Shake it Check it”, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
2007
“Dialogues”, Times Square Gallery at Hunter, New York, NY
2006
“Gimmicks”, Paragraph, Kansas City, MO
“((((((O))))))”, Paragraph Project Space, Kansas City, MO
2005
“Impulse Art Fair”, Miami, FL
“The Affordable Art Fair”, New York, NY
“On Site and In Progress”, The Bank Gallery UCP, Kansas City, MO
“Y-Topia”, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Corporate Partnership Exhibition Program”, Kansas City, MO
2004
“Hover Craft”, Beth Alison Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2003
“Kansas City Flat Files”, H and R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
“The Digital Show”, KCAI Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“The Untitled Show”, The Apex Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002
“1+1=1”, The Hobbs Building, Kansas City, MO
“Deconstruction”, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Residencies/Grants
2009
Tony Smith Award
2004
Urban Culture Project Studio Program, Kansas City, MO
Lectures/Visiting Artist Series
2010
Visiting Artist, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2005
Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Publications
2005
“New American Paintings” No. 59 Open Studios Press
Installation View2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Canvas
108 x 90 inches
2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester”
84 x 66 inches
2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Canvas
53 x 45 inches
2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Black Canvas
53 x 45 inches
2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester
31 x 28 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Black Canvas
53 x 45 inches
2009
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester
31 x 28 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester
53 x 45 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Black Canvas
53 x 45 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester
31 x 28 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Black Canvas
53 x 45 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Polyester
31 x 28 inches
2010
“Untitled”High Gloss and Matte Acrylic on Black Canvas
31 x 28 inches
2010
“Untitled”Ink Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010
“Untitled”Ink Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010
“Untitled”Ink Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010
“Untitled”Ink Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010
“Untitled” DetailInk Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010
“Untitled” DetailInk Collage on Paper
30 x 22 inches
2010