Peter Gronquist
Peter Gronquist is a multi-disciplinary artist working in diverse mediums and materials ranging from video and painting, to sculpture and site-specific installations in our natural and built environment. Whether harnessing the wind itself with a massive, silver monochrome flag rippling in the middle of the desert, or activating the soft, penumbral glow around an industrial lighting fixture, Gronquist always leaves behind a record of frozen yet fleeting moments charged with his own personal subjectivity.
He has long since dispensed with a single signature style in favor of the query or search, itself. That is to say, in lieu of an ongoing series of uniform structures and ensembles with a consistent autographic aesthetic, Gronquist pursues fluidity & flexibility as a first principle; he is constantly stalking the perfect material fusion of form and concept in a state of low-grade vigilance, searching for exploitable disjunctions in their temporal collision.
Gronquist’s paintings, for example, are defined by simple gestural strokes that slash the pictorial field, simultaneously evoking triumphal ab-ex mark-making as well as the more subtle interventions of minimalist practitioners such as lucio fontana. By hewing closely to the bare minimum of color and line, Gronquist is able to sidestep the more grandiose and bombastic legacy of his predecessors in favor of a slight disruption or disturbance in his visual field. He is continually fascinated by the way reflected natural light and projected man-made light interact and inform each other, creating otherworldly vibrations that hover and oscillate just above the picture-plane.
Throughout his career, Gronquist has employed aluminum, ceramic, paint, fabric, mirrors, basic lumber, led lighting systems, virtual and augmented reality to challenge reductive notions of the traditional and modern. Based in portland, oregon, Gronquist draws inspiration from the pastoral sensibility and rural backdrop of the pacific northwest to create work inflected by a sense of rough poetry and impermanence.
-David C. Hunt
Pete Gronquist has exhibited in galleries and fairs across the globe, most recently at Hashimoto Contemporary, Winston Wachter and The Unit London.
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All For Not, 2021
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Kinda Blue, 2021
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Quiet, 2021
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36 Peonies, 2019
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Distortion, 2019
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Launch, 2019
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Scribble 2, 2017
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6x6 Chrome Jets, 2017
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Fern, 2018
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Immortals 12, 2018
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Orlane Gradient (Orange to Magenta), 2018
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Vibration, 2018
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Arrangement, 2019
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Ferns and Roses, 2019
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Immortals 4, 2018
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Light vs. Paint, 2017
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Los Angeles Inaugural Group Exhibition
2021年9月10日 - 10月2日 Hashimoto Contemporary LAHashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our new Los Angeles location, opening in the heart of Culver City. Our new...继续 -
Art Miami 2019
2019年12月3日 - 12月8日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our participation in Art Miami. The gallery has exhibited in the Miami art...继续 -
Seattle Art Fair 2019
2019年8月1日 - 8月4日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to return to the Seattle Art Fair this August where we'll be exhibiting new works by P...继续 -
Art Market SF 2019
2019年4月25日 - 4月28日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our participation in Art Market San Francisco. The gallery has participate...继续 -
CONTEXT: Art Miami 2018
2018年12月4日 - 12月9日CONTEXT Art Miami, along with the 29th edition of Art Miami, commences on December 4th, 2018 with the highly anticipated...继续 -
Seattle Art Fair 2018
2018年8月2日 - 8月5日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our first ever participation in The Seattle Art Fair in Seattle, Washingto...继续
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Opening Night in Los Angeles!
2021年9月24日Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate our new Los Angeles space! It was so wonderf...继续 -
Installation: Los Angeles Inaugural Group Show
2021年9月15日Hashimoto Contemporary Los Angeles is pleased to present our Inaugural Group Show featuring works fr...继续 -
Announcing Hashimoto Contemporary Los Angeles
2021年9月1日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our new Los Angeles location, opening next week in the...继续 -
Announcing Art Miami 2019
2019年11月26日Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce our debut at Art Miami in Miami, FL. To celebrate our ...继续