Peter Halley

Basic data

Peter Halley is a contemporary US painter and graphic artist. Inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Donald Judd, and Josef Albers, Halley is best known for his artworks depicting rectangular cells connected by angular pipes or conduits.

• Born: 24 September 1953
• Place of birth: New York City, USA
• Nationality: American
• Studied at: Yale University, University of New Orleans
• Era: Contemporary art
• Stylistic direction: abstract art, Minimalism, Hard-edge painting

Exhibitions 

• 10.02.2022 - 08.05.2022 Geometrische Opulenz – Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich.
• 10.10.2021 - 13.02.2022 The 80s. Art of the eighties – Albertina Modern, Vienna.
• 18.09.2021 - 09.01.2022 NEW ORDER. Über Kunst und Ordnung in ungewissen Zeiten - Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg.
• 22.06.2018 - 16.09.2018 A Measure of Humanity - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus.
• 14.02.2018 - 13.05.2018 Hirshhorn Presents Largest Exhibition on Art and Commodity in the 1980s - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington.
• 05.12.2017 - 15.04.2018 Art and Space - Guggenheim, Bilbao.
• 23.06.2017 - 10.09.2017 Peter Halley - Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow.
• 12.05.2016 - 21.08.2016 PETER HALLEY - Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt/Main.

Literature

• Peter Halley: The Complete 1980s Paintings, Cara Jordan & Clément Dirié (Publ.), Zurich 2017.
• The Schirn Ring - Peter Halley, exhibition catalog, Max Hollein (Publ.), Vienna 2016.
• Peter Halley - Prisons, exhibition catalog, Martin S. Fischer, Barbara Happe & Steffen Siegel (Publ.), Jena 2014.
• Personal Structures: Time Space Existence, Peter Lodermeyer, Karlyn De Jongh, Sarah Gold, Cologne2009.
• net.art 2.0 – New Materials towards Net art, Tilman Baumgärtel, Nuremberg 2001.

Own Writings

• Selected Essays 1981-2001, Peter Halley, New York, 2013.
• Recent Essays 1990-1996, Peter Halley, New York 1997.
• NOTES ON ABSTRACTION, Peter Halley, in: Arts Magazine, New York, 1987.
• BEAT, MINIMALISM, NEW WAVE, AND ROBERT SMITHSON, Peter Halley, in: Arts Magazine, New York 1981.

Collections

Costa Rica

• San José - Contemporary Art Museum (MADC)

Germany

• Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof.
• Erlangen - Kunstpalais Erlangen.

England

• London - Tate Collection.

France

• Paris - Fondation Cartier.

Italy

• Turin - Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art.

Luxemburg

• Luxemburg  - Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM)

USA

• Charlotte - Mint Museum of Art.
• Los Angeles - Broad Contemporary Art Museum Santa Monica / The Broad Art Foundation.
• Miami - RUBELL FAMILY COLLECTION Miami °.
• New York - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Weblinks

• Peter Halley Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
• Official Website of the artist.

News

• Peter Halley and Ugo Rondinone ‘Still’ a two-person dialogue exhibition. by: Mark Westall, in: FAD Magazine, 27.03.2019.
• Peter Halley on Dystopian Geometry, Why He Started Index Magazine, and How the ’80s Were No Party, by: Max Lakin, in: Vulture, 07.12.2018.