Born 1981 in rural New Hampshire, Peter was raised a “free-range-child”. Currently based in NYC, his paintings engage Nature-Culture dialectics through an intensely optical and unique cosmology of paint.

He earned a BFA from Cornell University and MFA from Hunter College, where he received the Tony Smith Prize (’09). Distinctions include: the Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship (National Academy, ’09); the Clowes Foundation Full-Fellowship (Vermont Studio Center, ‘05); the Sun Room Honorarium (Wave Hill, ’07); plus residencies at Red Gate Gallery (Beijing, ‘05) and the Bronx Museum of the Arts (’07).

In addition to solo shows at Wave Hill (NYC, ‘07) and Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts (NYC, ‘07), exhibits include: Chinese Contemporary Gallery (Beijing, ‘06); the Bronx Museum (NY, ’06); Wave Hill (‘07); Daniel Weinberg Gallery (LA, ‘09); the National Academy of Fine Arts (’09); Ana Cristea Gallery (NYC, ’10); The Doors Special Feature Exhibition (Seoul Korea, ’10); Heather James Fine Art (CA, ’11); Loretta Howard Gallery (NYC, ’11); and the Lancaster Museum of Art (PA, ’11).

His work is featured in prominent collections, including the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, the John H. Friedman Collection, the Shirley L. & Herbert J. Semler Foundation, the Stephen P. Hanson Collection and Citibank.

He is also an avid guitarist who focuses on experimental electronic jazz projects. Peter has performed at venues such as The Stone and CBGBs and recently co-founded Coo Gua, an electronic-jazz collective.