Peter Konsterlie lives and works between Connecticut and New York. He has had several solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad, most notably The Aldrich Contemporary Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Plains Art Museum, Carnegie Mellon, Washington D.C., Sarah Bowen Gallery in Williamsburg, NY, Housatonic Museum, Claire Oliver Gallery, N.Y, and most recently at the Drawing Center Viewing Program in New York City. Konsterlie's work has been purchased and leased for feature film productions, and television productions such as the Blue Bloods with Tom Selleck, and on the ABC news program 20/20 with John Stossel.
Community efforts include:
Project Return Birdhouse Auction, Altered book auction Westport library,Vietnam Veterans for Peace, Nurture Art- helping young artists, Art for Haiti, Aids Awareness Auction, Black Rock Food Pantry, Monothon Norwalk Print Center, Art Space Gala Auction, Independent Film Fundraiser in Stamford, CT, WPKN Community Radio, Green Chimneys, Aids Benefit, Kids with Disabilities, NEA benefit, Children Defense Fund, Beat the Odds, and Charles Schultz Tribute for 9/11 heroes.
WAC, SOLOS Exhibition
"Konsterlie's work also incorporates documentation in paintings that resemble the studies of a scientist exploring the layers and compartments of the human body. In Konsterlie's work, the artist's process is intentionally transparent – which he mirrors in his compositions' through visible transparent washes of the paint and dissected layers in his presentation of the cosmos."
Amy Mackie, Assistant Curator New Museum, Art 21
"I was immediately drawn to the dynamic composition of Konsterlie's work. The paint and color create an interaction and depth most likely achieved through great effort and skill. Konsterlie's style demonstrates an interest in historical abstract painting and experimentation."
Leslie Shaffer, Executive Director Artspace, Corcoran Gallery
Radius Exhibition, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
"Konsterlie employs medical diagrams of the human body, taking already abstracted anatomical information and reinterpreting it in an intuitive and expressionistic manner. The artist utilizes a variety of techniques, including spray painting through stencils and accidents involving controlled drips and fluid staining of the canvas. Konsterlie transforms what might be merely grotesque into the strangely beautiful, with compositions that speak of the fragility of the human body."
Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Peter Konsterlie
Gallery Director
The Schelfhaudt Gallery
Shintaro Akatsu School of Design (SASD)
http://www.schelfhaudtgallery.com/gallery-director
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