DAVID ALLAN PETERS

David Allan Peters

9 June - 23 July 2022
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MILES McENERY GALLERY is delighted to announce an exhibition of paintings by David Allan Peters. The artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery will open on 9 June at 520 West 21st Street and remain on view through 23 July 2022. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Adam Milner.
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New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘David Allan Peters,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022
Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
David Allan Peters
Untitled #1, 2022
Acrylic on panel
60 x 60 inches
152.4 x 152.4 cm

"David Allan Peters works with between twenty and thirty colors of paint in the studio which he mixes in plastic buckets, often introducing other mediums to alter the transparency, body, or iridescence of the paint. Using brushes, pallet knives, and trowels, he builds layers of paint in varying thickness one on top of the other."

- Adam Milner in "How It's Made: Adam Milner on David Allan Peters"
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #2, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  48 x 48 inches
  121.9 x 121.9 cm
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #3, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  30 x 30 inches
  76.2 x 76.2 cm
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David Allan Peters
Untitled #4, 2022
Acrylic on panel
30 x 30 inches
76.2 x 76.2 cm

"David Allan Peters makes his paintings in groups, sort of counting them as they are made; They have no titles, and are instead documented sequentially as Untitled #1, Untitled #2, and so on. Each year, the number system restarts, so the first painting finished in January is always Untitled #1, for example.

'How many paintings do you think you’ve made?'

'Not enough.'"

- Adam Milner in "How It's Made: Adam Milner on David Allan Peters"
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #5, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  36 x 36 inches
  91.4 x 91.4 cm
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #6, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  36 x 36 inches
  91.4 x 91.4 cm
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David Allan Peters
Untitled #7, 2022
Acrylic on panel
24 x 24 inches
61 x 61 cm

"David Allan Peters uses a small handheld linoleum cutting tool usually used for printmaking, to rhythmically and repetitively cut out thin sections of the painting. The cutter has a plastic handle designed to fit comfortably in the artist’s hand and a steel, U-shaped blade which will reveal concentric strata of color. How long and deep these cuts are will determine how many layers of color we see so this stage requires some balance between determination and trance, focus and flow. The artist draws out a grid to help keep his marks aligned, and then inserts the blade. While the artist cuts, his blade makes the seemingly solid planes of color almost jiggle."

- Adam Milner in "How It's Made: Adam Milner on David Allan Peters"
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #8, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  30 x 30 inches
  76.2 x 76.2 cm
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #9, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  48 x 48 inches
  121.9 x 121.9 cm
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- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #10, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  36 x 36 inches
  91.4 x 91.4 cm
- David Allan Peters
  Untitled #11, 2022
  Acrylic on panel
  30 x 30 inches
  76.2 x 76.2 cm
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David Allan Peters
Untitled #30, 2021
Acrylic on panel
48 x 36 inches
121.9 x 91.4 cm

"It takes about six months in total for a painting to move down the line of David Allan Peters’ four rooms to completion. The finished work is signed on the back, wrapped up in shipping material, and it leaves the studio and heads down the road, onward to New York City. The artist’s assistant repairs and repaints the studio walls and floors, providing a fresh start for the next body of work, and David Allan Peters begins again."

- Adam Milner in "How It's Made: Adam Milner on David Allan Peters"
David Allan Peters Studio, 2022

David Allan Peters Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
David Allan Peters in his Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 2022

DAVID ALLAN PETERS (b. 1969, Cupertino, CA) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, CA, and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA.

Recent solo exhibitions include Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming); Royale Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA; AKA PDX, Portland, OR; “Super Optic,” Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA; “Paintings,” Marc Arranaga Contemporary Art, New York, NY; and “Integrity Spiral,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Recent group exhibitions include “LA Painting,” Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; “Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Art Toronto 2017, Royal Projects, Toronto, Canada; “Hello My Name Is...Los Angeles,” Royale Projects, Los Angeles, CA; “Aftermath Post-Minimal Abstraction,” Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA; “Looking Back at Tomorrow,” Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA; “Fresh,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; “Palette To Palate,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; “Spectrum,” Kellogg Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA; and “Strataigraphic,” Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA.

He is a recipient of the Nora Bartine Memorial Award from De Anza College, Cupertino, CA.

The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
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David Allan Peters