PETER KIRKILES
Born: New Haven, CT 1966.
EDUCATION
1998
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1989
B.F.A., Tufts University, Medford, MA / School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Cavalier Galleries, Art Palm Beach
2023
Cavalier Galleries, Art Miami
Cavalier Galleries, True to Form, group show
Cavalier Galleries, Art Palm Beach
Cavalier Galleries, Chelsea NYC, Inaugural group show
2022
University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT (5 year sculpture loan).
Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT (ongoing)
Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury VT group show "Tools of the trade"
2020 - 2021
The Gallery at 4 India, Nantucket MA, Red Truck
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Vermont, "At Scale", Solo outdoor sculpture exhibition
2019
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Litchfield CT. (Solo show)
Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture, Pingree School, Hamilton Mass.
Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme CT.
Sculpture Now 2019, at The Mount, Lenox Mass.
2018
Standard Space Gallery, Sharon, CT, "All things being equal", March 17- April 29, 2018 (Solo show)
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. Aldrich Undercover
EBK Gallery, CT Contemporary, Silvermine Art Center group show Oct 14 - November 10, 2018
Washington Art Association, Maquette: The Art of the Model, Aug.11-Sept. 15, 2018
Washington Art Association, Sculpturewalk 2018, July 1 - November 1, 2018
2017
Salomon Contemporary, Hazy Shade of Winter, Washinton Depot, CT, Nov. 18- Dec 18, 2017
CCSC Art Gallery, New Britain, CT, "Off The Wall" Sept 7-Oct 7, 2017
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Three sculptures (www.ebkgallery.com)
Delamar Hotel Commision, West Hartford CT. Land, Sea, Air
2016
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, Bernard Pliers
Salomon Contemporary, Lake Life, Aglia
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Four Columns Inn, Newfane, VT, Zig Zag Rule, "Tools of the trade"
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME (Summer 2016, group show)
The Gallery, Morris, CT, Slaiby's General Merchandise (February 20- April 2, 2016)
2015
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, Ct, Singular Perspective
EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT, Sculpture, June 16 - 30 2015 (Solo show)
2014
Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Sharon Twin Oaks Benefit, Log Rule, Twin Folding Rules 1&2
Bushnell Plaza Sculpture Garden, Hartford, CT, Bushnell Segment (red), Joan Hurwit curator
Hubert Gallery, www.hubertgallery.com, select works
Scope Basel Art Fair, Diane Birdsall Gallery
Cutlog Art Fair, Diane Birdsall Gallery, (May 8-11, 2014)
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT (March 1 - April 1, 2014) (Solo show)
2013
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY. Mixed Lot (Solo show)
Connecticut Sculptors at The Governor's Residence, Four Colorful Rules, No.38,39,40, & 41
Palm Springs Art Fair, Eckert Fine Art, Millerton, NY. Ivory Rule No.23
2011-2012
The Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT. Chris Armstrong and Peter Kirkiles
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. Aldrich Undercover
Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT. Vertical Rule No. 26
art-MRKT Hamptons, Eckert Fine Art, Millerton, NY. Vertical Rule No. 19
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT. Folding Rule No. 13: One Equals One (Solo show)
2010
The Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT. Bevel Square: Art Garage Benefit
Sculpture Now, Lee, MA. Handplane No. 1
2009
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT. Obvious (Solo show)
Ober Gallery, Kent, CT. Spring Selections
2008
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT. Three Hours: Concession/Recession
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT. Paris–New York-Kent
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY. Twelve Foot Folding Ruler
1991-2005
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Public Easel
1998
SOFA New York, New York, NY. The Yaw Gallery Functional Vase Project
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. MFA Thesis Exhibition
1994-95
Chester Gallery, Chester, CT. two sculptures outside
1992-94
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. Chest of Drawers
AWARDS
2014
Finalist, MIT List Center for Visual Art - Percent For Art Program, 36 Foot Rule, Nanotechnology Building
WORKSHOPS / RESIDENCIES
2019
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA July 2019 , one week etching workshop.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Joyce and Myron Laban. Bloomfield Hills, MI
George Beylerian. Kent, CT
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Charles Mallory, Greenwich, CT
Paul Kelenian, Santa Fe, NM
The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT