GEORGE PETERSON •   BREVARD, NC

Peterson has exhibited his work from Los Angeles to New York including the Boston Fine Art Museum (MA). His sculptures are in the collections of Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC) and the Wustum Museum (WI). George currently works from his studio in North Carolina.

About the skateboards:
"My aim with this series is to celebrate the iconic nature of the skateboard. As a person who obsesses about all the different wood species, I put these broken and banged up pieces of plywood in the same category as any exotic material. Not because its rare or expensive, but that its been processed in a very unique and specific way. Creatively speaking, this series owes much to the culture and industry of skateboarding. Like making art, skateboarding is a very creative and personal outlet. It is also inherently destructive: boards get cracked, broken and worn down. It is a subtle and unintended type mark making.

This series is about layers: it speaks of the utility and beauty of wood, the culture and byproducts of out modern world and the visual/ textural language I’ve developed through my work as an artist. 

The material for this work is supplied by Asheville area skaters. I donate $5 for each used board to the non profit, DIY, skater managed and built Foundation Skatepark here in Asheville. In the last 5 years we have recycled over 1000 skateboards and generated $5000 + for this unique slice of Asheville culture. You can make a donation by going to foundationasheville.com or bringing in your used decks to PUSH skate shop on Patton ave."

 

 


ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

MAIN LEVEL GALLERY

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1st (5-7pm)

March 1 - April 24, 2024
Blue Spiral 1 at COHAB.SPACE
October 5 - November 5, 2023
George Peterson
SHOWCASE GALLERY
January 6 - February 22, 2023
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November 23, 2021 - January 1, 2022
In Balance
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
September 3 - October 29, 2021
Mark Making
MAIN GALLERY
November 6, 2020 - January 8, 2021

MEDIA

GEORGE PETERSON

January 18, 2023