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HISTORY
    Born 1966, Long Beach California
    Self-taught turner and sculptor
    Full-time studio artist since 1992

STATEMENT
    I take an intuitive and spontaneous approach to my work.  The action of shaping the wood with my hand-held tools is satisfying in a very basic way.  As I work the             wood, I collaborate with it.  The wood has a voice and I have a voice; we interact.  The finished piece illustrates that interplay.

PUBLICATIONS 
    Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis, MFA Publishing, 2007
    Pursuing Excellence, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, 2007                                                                                                                                  
    Connections: International Turning Exchange, Wood Turning Center, 2005
    500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books, 2004
    “New York Times Magazine,” Home Design, Fall 2003
    “American Craft Magazine,” October/November 2002
    Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Guild Publishing, 2002              
    Challenge IV-Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Wood Turning Center, 2001
    “American Craft Magazine,” February/March 2000
    “Turning Points,” Summer 2000
     “Cote Ouest,” February/March 2000
    Style Brut, Flammarion, 1999

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
     Mint Museum of Craft + Design
     Boston Fine Arts Museum
     Wustum Museum
     Woodturning Center               

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
  2007
    Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis, Boston Fine Arts Museum, October
    SOFA NY, del Mano Gallery, May
    Pursuing Excellence, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, March
    2007-a, La Fontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, January
  2006     
    Solo Show, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November
    SOFA Chicago, del Mano Gallery, November
    Turned and Sculpted Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, June
    SOFA NY, del Mano Gallery, May
    Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC, April
    Wood Now, Craft Alliance and Wood Turning Center, March
  2005
    SOFA Chicago, del Mano Gallery, November
    One, La Fontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, October
    Five by Five, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, September
     SOFA NY, del Mano Gallery, May
  2004
    Wood Fired, W.D.O., Charlotte, NC, December
    Whole Grain, Special Exhibit, SOFA, Chicago, IL October
    Four New Visions, Gallery North, Setauket, NY, October
    George Petereson and Molly Doctrow, Focus Gallery, Asheville, NC, August
  2003
    Wood Currents, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ, December
    One Step Back, Two Steps Forward, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, October
    Nature of Craft, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, January
  2002
    George Peterson and Mathew Fine, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ, December
    New Talent in Craft II, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, IL, September
    Turned and Sculpted Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August
    Branching Out, Ellipse Art Gallery, Arlington, VA, April
  2001
    Masters of Turned Wood, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, August
    Sculptural Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, May
    A Way With Wood, Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA, April
    Diversity and Exploration: New Forms in Wood, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, April
    Turning Wood, Painting Landscapes, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC, April      
    Turned Multiples II, Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon, March
  2000
    AllTURNatives, Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, MD, August

GRANTS AND HONORS
    Crafters’ Choice Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, April 2006
    Crafters’ Choice Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, April 2005   
    Excellence Award, American Craft Council, February 2004
    Regional Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts Council, January 2004
    Crafters’ Choice Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, April 2002
    ArtPark, Oak Hill Project, outdoor sculpture installation, May 2001
    Regional Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts Council, January 2001
    Resident, International Turning Exchange, June-August 2000
 
EXCERPT
              “...George Peterson’s scorched turnings of unrefined chunks of wood draw attention to
    the nature of the turning process and to the primal character of wood by presenting both in a
    fashion which in other circumstances might be seen as a grotesque mistake.  By violating
    ordinary rules, Peterson reveals a view and unexpected beauty.  He records his process as an
    interactive dance of energy and resistance in which something of discord plays a leading role.
    Controlled danger and power are intrinsic to turning and, therefore, implicit in even the most
    refined turned objects.  By rejecting pre-ordained from and absolute control, Peterson makes
    process an explicit part of the content of his work.  The work, though, is not simply about
    turning, it suggests a context in which approximations, accidents, and irregularity have a
    positive meaning, a world which rewards boldness and simplicity.”
         Robin Rice, “A Fruitful Balance Between Influence and Originality”