Summary

Peter Gutkin (b. 1944, Brooklyn, New York) is a San Francisco-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting and functional design. He received his BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he later taught alongside appointments at the University of California, Berkeley and California College of the Arts.

Drawing inspiration from the cosmos, Peter Gutkin's sculptures and works on paper translate planetary imagery and atmospheric conditions into refined geometric forms. The sculptures from his Saturn series are designed to be reconfigured, allowing their compositions to evolve through subtle adjustments and reinforcing his interest in transformation and the variability of form. His minimalist sculptures and atmospheric works on paper reduce complex visual experiences to their essential relationships of color, form and space.

Since the late 1960s, Gutkin has exhibited extensively in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum, the Pasadena Museum of Art and the San Diego Museum of Art. His work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions, including at Modernism, and is held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Anderson Collection, the Oakland Museum, NASA Ames Research Center, the Portland Museum of Art and other public and private institutions. A recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowships, Gutkin has maintained a rigorous studio practice for more than five decades.

Past EXHIBITIONS

2013

• Wall Sculptures & Drawings 1973-2013

  August 8 - October 31, 2013