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Peter Shelton
1951 Born January 18, Troy, OH
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
1973 B.A. Pomona College, Claremont, CA
1974 Trade certification: Hobart School of Welding Technology, Troy,
OH
1979 M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
full
biography
Current commissions
Peter Shelton
sixbeastsandtwomonkeys
Public dedication of "sixbeastsandtwomonkeys"
Saturday, 24 October 2009
10 am - 3 pm
Spring Street, between 1st and 2nd Streets
Los Angeles, CA
Parking is available on the street, and in nearby public
and private lots south of 2nd Street, on Main and Spring
Streets.
Selected articles
Knight, Christopher. "Public art review: Peter Shelton's 'sixbeastsandtwomonkeys'"
Los Angeles Times. 22 October 2009.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster
Cheng, Scarlet. "Whimsy, all in a row"
Los Angeles Times. 26 April 2009.
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Peter Shelton
thinmanlittlebird
Public sculpture commission, dedicated 24 April 2009
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
Indianapolis, IN
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Recent exhibitions
Publications
sixtyslippers
Published by the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum,
in collaboration with L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
4 December 1997 - 31 January 1998
Essay by Jacquelynn Baas, interview by Constance Lewallen
60 pages, 65 illustrations
Softback, out of print
This exhibition traveled to the
University of California at Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA;
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
floatinghouseDEADMAN
Republished by Louver Gallery, New York, NY;
originally published by Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
6 January - 3 February 1990
Foreword by Dr. Edith A. Tonelli, selected notes by Peter Shelton
32 pages, 47 black and white and color illustrations
Softback, $15
Peter Shelton: bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet
3 March - 15 May 1994
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Foreword by Stephanie Barron, text by Carol S. Eliel
72 pages, 37 color illustrations, 40 black and white illustrations
Softcover, $20
Peter Shelton: godspipes blackelephanthouse
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust
13 March - 14 June 1998
Foreword by Robert Hopper, text by Christopher Knight
30 pages, 10 color illustrations, 30 b&w illustrations
Softback, $20
Peter Shelton: waxworks
Des Moines Art Center, IA
24 September - 13 November 1988
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
7 April - 4 June 1989
Introduction by Cornelia H. Butler
52 pages, 15 color illustrations
Softcover, $15
Artist's official
Web site: petershelton.net
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