Peter Warren creates iconic abstract images which speak for themselves. His central forms are epiphanies which turn into symbols, like new words. The backgrounds are littered with traces of time, meaning, and gesture, allowing the eye to wander.
Through woodworking and sewing techniques, he pushes the physical possibilities of his surfaces. Joining separate canvases on a common plane creates narratives and chance interactions between materials. While his colors, shapes and spaces, battle for hierarchy, settle and become image.
Warren focuses on craft and materials, using an holistic approach to painting. His drawn, carved and sewn lines show a proficient mark maker; leaving a trace. The thin profile canvases hug the wall and reveal their own construction. Worked from the inside out, his work challenges the notion of paintings as a two-dimensional media.
Warren lives and works in San Francisco California. His work has been exhibited in AE open studios from 2010 until present, as well as group and solo exhibitions across the bay area. These include Southern Exposure Gallery; Space Gallery SF; Velcro Wall Gallery, SOMA among many others. He has work in the permanent collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's Wescot House Museum in Springfield, Ohio.
Born: July 13, 1988
Education: 2010 Bachelors Degree in Printmaking, Ohio University School of Art
Career: Professional Woodworker and Picture Framer 2011- Present
Studio: Featured Artist at AE Studios in the Mission 2010-Present