Thirty five years
of working with what remains

Exhibiting since 1991, John Peterson builds paintings from acrylic, charred bone, ash, tar and salvaged material, where decay is a beginning rather than an ending.

Every show, 1991-Current

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2025

5 exhibitions

The Crow Show

Studio Door Gallery
San Diego, California

Forms and Figures

Exhibizone Gallery
Vancouver BC

Passage Of Life

Exhibizone Gallery
Vancouver BC

40th Annual Juried Exhibition

Lancaster Museum of Art
Lancaster, California

Once Upon a Time

Echo Park Arts Gallery
Echo Park, California

2024

1 exhibition

Tree Stories

Sasse Museum of Art
Pomona, CA

2023

8 exhibitions

Juried Exhibition

Museum of Art and History, MOAH
Lancaster, CA

Call Of The Wild

San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center
Encino, CA

Signs and Symbols

Gallerium Art
Vancouver, BC

Melancholy

Gallerium Art
Vancouver, BC

Call Of The Wild

Las Lagunas Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

50 and Older

Las Lagunas Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Flora and Fauna

Memento Mori Gallery
Lakewood, CO

Mini Packs a Mighty Punch

KBM Art Gallery
Riverside, CA

1996

2 exhibitions

MWP

Group exhibition curated by Nancy Sadler
Hollywood, CA

From Start To Finish

San Bernardino Community College
San Bernardino, CA

1995

9 exhibitions

I’m Toast

Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, CA

Curated Collection at Mad River Post

Group exhibition curated by Nancy Sadler
Santa Monica, CA

Miracle on 17th Street

17th Street Arts Complex
Santa Monica, CA

Sanded and Poured

750 Gallery
Sacramento, CA

L.A. Artists

Fran Willis Gallery
Victoria, BC

The Winter Show

Boritzer Gray Hamano Gallery
Santa Monica, CA

Venice Art Walk

William Turner Gallery
Venice, CA

Mono in Four

Aria Noir Gallery
Pomona, CA

Inner City Arts Annual Auction

Inner City Arts
Beverly Hills, CA

1994

6 exhibitions

Take A Little Bit Home

Dillingham Caples Gallery
Claremont, CA

LA Movers

William Turner Gallery
Venice, CA

Collage

William Turner Gallery
Venice, CA

New Works

William Turner Gallery
Venice, CA

Venice Art Walk

William Turner Gallery
Venice, CA

Inner City Arts Annual Auction

Inner City Arts
Beverly Hills, CA

1992

3 exhibitions

John Peterson and John Garrett

Decades Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

John Peterson and John Garrett

Club Vertigo VIP Suite
Los Angeles, CA

Untitled Show

Wavelengths Gallery
San Bernardino, CA

1991

2 exhibitions

Art Beat

Art Beat juried exhibition
Costa Mesa, CA

Group Exhibition

The Koll Center Collection
Aliso Viejo, CA

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In ancient Scandinavia Eikthyrnir was the Deer God from whose antlers produced all water, spilling from the ends of its giant antlers down from above to form the streams, rivers and vast oceans.

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The use of marigolds signifies wealth, health and prosperity, but the vibrant colors of the flowers remains shrouded and inaccessible, as we all struggle to find these things in life.

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The use of marigolds signifies wealth, health and prosperity, but the vibrant colors of the flowers remains shrouded and inaccessible, as we all struggle to find these things in life.

$250.00