PETER EXTON --- Artist's Statement

"Incredible skill…tour de force work"
  M. Thomas, art critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Statement

Through ongoing experiment on the lathe, I am interested in exploring new visual vocabularies, new patterns, and new sculptural dynamics.

Selected Collections

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR
Royal Cultural Center, Jedda, Saudi Arabia

Selected Awards

International Turning Exchange, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Professional Fellowship Grant, American Association of Woodturners, 2006
Award of Excellence for Innovation, Whitney Museum of Art, 1999
Innovative Use of Materials, Philadelphia Furniture Show, 1996

Selected Exhibitions

Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists; 2007
 Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show   2006
Smithsonian Craft Show   2004, 2003, 2000, 1999
Branching Out: Contemporary Woodturning in 2002
 Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
Nature Takes a Turn; 2001
 Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, and touring
Horizons 2000: Artists Woodturners
 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Transformation: Contemporary Works in Wood; 1999
 Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Mid-Atlantic Craft Exhibit; 1994
 Towson State University, Towson, MD
Emerging Artists; 1994
 Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Spotlight Southeast; 1994
 Winston-Salem, NC
Turned Objects Exhibition/World Turning Conference; 1993
 Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE