Peter Burega RECENT PAINTINGS
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Peter Burega Recent Paintings
Railyard Arts District | 1613 Paseo de Peralta | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | tel 505.988.3250 www.lewallengalleries.com | contact@lewallengalleries.com cover: In the Morning Light, No. II, 2018, oil on panel, 60 x 60 in
Peter Burega Peter Burega infuses his sumptuous paintings with a personal vision of nature as a place of light and color. Redefining the relationship between nature and art, it is as though Burega liberates nature from the constraints of time, history and specificity, to allow it to emerge, fully re-imagined and expressed on canvas as unbound consciousness of the pure beauty of nature. Burega’s paintings express the spirit of nature rather than its anatomy. He dissolves specificity of image into essence of color, line, and light that he choreographs into his paintings to create pure sensation. His evocative compositions enlist the unconscious and activate the joy one has experienced in places of beauty but which has been concealed in the folds of memory – the way a long-unheard piece of beautiful music might do. Color harmonies and radiance of light combine with deft marks incised in the painting’s surface to produce dynamic rhythms that set the emotional tone of the painting. Subtlety of structure, composition and the richness of fine glazing complete the complexity of painterly invention contained in each work. His paintings engender a transcendent sense of joy that renews a weary spirit. They create a reverie of beauty that sustains a high level of visual interest that will endure forever. Burega was born in Montreal, Canada and current lives and works in New Mexico. He studied at McGill University, the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, the University of Florence and Whittier College from which he received a law degree. His work is included in numerous important private and institutional collections.
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In the Morning Light No. IV, 2018, oil on panel, 60 x 60 in
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Ile Coco, 2018, oil on panel, 72 x 60 in
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Garza Blanca, No. III, 2019 oil on panel, 60 x 74 in 7
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"Peter Burega's paintings, thick with layers scraped and added, offer a spot to land upon and another place to fly from. The motion within the work is constant. He uses aspects of sky and clouds, water and earth, that when combined is like catching fireflies in a mason jar -- frantic, beautifuil, fantastical, and serene." Michele Corriel "Ones to Watch," Western Art and Architecture, October 2016
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Untitled, No. I (detail)
Untitled, No I, 2019, oil on paper, 49.5 x 38.25 in
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In the Morning Light, No VI, 2018, oil on panel, 40 x 60 in 13
"One governance is the visceral and cerebral balance I draw upon from my experiences, travels, and environment coupled with time spent in the studio. A development that never has specific direction, but gleans from memories, dreams, and emotions while permeating paint and panel. Sometimes adding, sometimes removing, but always exploring the simple act of painting." Peter Burega
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The Lakeshore Series, No. II, 2017, oil on panel, 48 x 59.5 in
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Peter Burega EDUCATION
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1984-87 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1987-91 Juris Doctorate, Whittier College, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Meyer East Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008
Meyer East Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Coda Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2007
Gallery 225, Santa Fe, NM
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Coda Gallery, New York, NY
Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
Mulry Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Art Basel, Miami, FL
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2006
Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2017
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
2005
Mulry Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
New River Fine Art, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2016
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Coda Gallery, New York, NY
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
2004
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
New River Fine Art, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2003
Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Hunter Kirkland Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Coda Gallery, New York, NY
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2002
Coda Gallery, New York, NY
SR Brennan Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014
Julie Mushafer, Boston, MA
2001
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, A
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2017
"The Calm Between Control and Chaos," Boulder Life,
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
March issue
2012
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016
"Peter Burega," Western Art & Architecture, Oct/Nov
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013-14 Nancy Zimmerman, "Chaos and Control in the Work of
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Peter Burega," Trend Magazine, Fall/Spring issue
2011
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Marina La Palma, THE Magazine, Feb/March issue
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009
Albuquerque Journal, August issue
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2006
Steven Biller, "In the Studio - Peter Burega." Art +
2010
McLarry Modern, Santa Fe, NM
Culture, Winter/Spring issue
Comparative Law, University of Florence, Italy
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