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jon peters
biography



PERSONAL HISTORY

Born in 1968

EDUCATION

Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 “Working in White”, Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ
2005 “Recent Works” Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2004 “Slick” Bettcher Gallery, Miami FL
2001 “Cuts” Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
1999 “Clamour and Silence” Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
1998 Fairleigh Dickinson University, The Stadler-Zenner Academic Building, Beverly and
Robert Chell Lounge, Madison, NJ
1997 The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
1997 Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
1993 Franklin Lakes Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 “Art for the Arts”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2006 “Garden Party”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2005 “Summer Fun”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City
2004 “This is What You Want” Bettcher Gallery, Miami FL
2002 “Art in America Contemporary Painting”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2002 “Paper and Steel”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2001 “Small Works”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2000 “Summer Sculpture Series”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
1999 “Painting”, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
1997 Two Sculptors, New York, NY
1997 Art Forms, Red Bank, NJ
1996 Monmouth Museum, NJ Juror, Joseph Jacobs, Newark Museum,
1995 South Jersey Art Show, Cherry Hill, NJ

COMMISSIONS/SPECIAL PROJECTS

2007- 2008 Designed and created 11 works of art for Corduroy Restaurant’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.
2003-present Licensed images of selected artwork for sale world wide through Art Group in London.
1998 Curator, The Paterson Museum, The Winter Sculpture Exhibit, featuring the works of Michael Malpass
1994 Outdoor Sculpture fabricated from parts of silk looms. Commissioned by The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ.

EXHIBITION REVIEWS/ARTICLES

Cattaui, Jennifer “Jon Peters, Furniture Maker and Artist” M.A.R. MAGAZINE, Summer 2006, p 86.
Nash, Margo “Computers, Beeswax and Minerals” New York Times, December 2002.
DeNicola, Linda “Cuts” The Hub, February 2001.
DeNicola, Linda “Summer Sculpture Series” The Hub, July 2000.
Rogers, Lois “Soho on the Navesink” The Asbury Park Press" August 2000.
Traster, Tina “The Art of Collecting Art” New Jersey Savvy Living, Summer 2000.
Casey, Sheilagh “Clamour and Silence” The Two River Times, November 1999.
Bischoff, Dan “Two New Galleries Surface in NJ” Star-Ledger, November 1999.
Flint, S.K. “Exploring Abstraction,” Artspeak, April 1996, p 22.
Grant, Will. “Emerging Artists,” Artspeak, November 1995, pp. 11 Illus.
Kolflat, Gail. State of the Arts, November, December 1996.