Peter Juvonen

Formation

Born

Turku, Finland — Port Orchard, Puget Sound, Washington

Formation

Self-taught — 35+ year career

Never attended art school. Imagination, dreams, and reading as primary sources.

Practice

Multi-disciplinary: figurative, abstract, florals, skyscapes, conceptual

Works in obsessive series; style shifts continuously

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2015–18

Ryan James Fine Art — Kirkland, WA

Three solo exhibitions

2012

Roby King Gallery — Bainbridge Island, WA

2009

Fountainhead Gallery — Seattle, WA

2007

Nordic Heritage Museum — Ballard, WA

1993–95

Friesen Gallery — Seattle, WA and Sun Valley, ID

1988–92

Foster White · Woodside Braseth — Seattle, WA

Tacoma Art Museum solo 1988. Bellevue Art Museum 1987.

Awards & Press

1987

First Place, Painting — Washington Painting & Sculpture, Tacoma Art Museum

Juried by Howard Fox, curator at LACMA

1985

Best of Show — Northwest Juried Art Exhibition

Juried by Mary Beebe, Curator of Art, UC San Diego

1977

Artists in the City Program — Seattle Arts Commission

Press

Art in America · Metropolitan Home · Seattle Times · Seattle Weekly

Collections

Museum

Tacoma Art Museum — Tacoma, WA

Museum

Bellevue Art Museum — Bellevue, WA

Public

Washington State Arts Commission — State Art Collection

Seated Figures: monotype + colored pencil + acrylic + graphite

Public

Seattle Arts Commission · Seattle City Light

Corporate

Microsoft · Boeing · SAFECO · Hyatt Hotels · Swedish Hospital

Private

France · Italy · UK · Netherlands · Finland

Practice

Approach

Imagination and dreams as primary source — not observation

Visual re-interpretations of the real and surreal

Animal Totem

Series from childhood memory of father’s handstanding ability

Triggered by a dream involving a bear. Meditation on balance and familial love.

State

25+ solo exhibitions · 80+ group shows throughout the United States

Works at JG

Range

30+ works — abstract, figurative, Animal Totem series, skyscapes

Late Afternoon Bath · Symphonic · Blue Moon Rising · Storm Clouds · Golden Cloud

Formation

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Awards & Press

Collections

Practice

Works at JG

Selected Works