CLEON PETERSON was born in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. He received a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena and an M.F.A. from The Cranbrook Academy in Michigan.
Cleon’s chaotic and violent paintings show clashing figures symbolizing a struggle between power and submission in the fluctuating architecture of contemporary society. His works are monochromatic and channel the fashion sensibility of the early 1980’s, complete with skinny ties and day glow colors.
Peterson’s nightmarish tableaux’s feature scenes of a barbaric holocaust, where might is right and the weak are merely souls with holes for the strong to torment and abuse. The work forces us to ask of ourselves some of the most pertinent questions plaguing Western society, such as is there any genuine good in the world? He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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