Peter Liashkov
1. Lovers, 2004, Acrylic, powdered pigment, pencil, pastel on synskin, 90 x 48 in.
2. Apparition, 2008, Acrylic, powdered pigment, charcoal on synskin, 72 x 48 in.
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Biography
1939, Born of Russian parentage in Rouen, France
1949-1955, Lived in Argentina
1955, Emigrated to Southern California; currently resides in Los Angeles
1975-present, Professor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Drawing and Painting
Education
1967, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, M.F.A.
1958-1961, Slavic Languages, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2009
"Corpora in Extremis", San Luis Obispo, CA
2008
“Ancestral Memory”, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“In the Dermisphere”, Art Center College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
“Marks, Scratches & Doodles”, Palos Verdes Art Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
2006
“Outside In: The Body Unearthed”, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition
“Skin”, Klapper Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Otis Alumni Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
“El Nopal Press”, Museo Nacional De La Estampa, Mexico D.F.
“The Russian Prints”, El Nopal Press Annex/5th Street, Los Angeles, CA
“Draw”, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2004
“Vulnerable” Peter Liashkov/Susan Rankaitis, ANDLAB, Los Angeles, CA
“Drawing Performance” Peter Liashkov/Pen Tsou/Adrienne O’Sullivan, Art Center
College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2002
“Archaeology” Storage Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
“Representing L.A.: Pictoral Current in Southern California Arts” Laguna Art Museum,
Laguna Beach CA
“FACE” Peter Liashkov/Salomon Huerta, L.A. ARTCORE Center, Los Angeles, CA
“2001 International Art Exchange Show” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2000
“El Nopal Press 1990-2000” Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, NY
1999
“Synskin” Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo show)
1997
“Changing Media: Books and Prints,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
“The Evita Prints” Oculorum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo show)
“Additions to the Collection” San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1996
“True Bliss” L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
“Drawn from L.A.” Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
(catalogue)
“L.A. Current: The Full Spectrum” Hammer Museum Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Drawn Conclusions” Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
“Men” Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA (solo show)
“L.A. Figures” Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994
“Troika” (Peter Liashkov, Francesco Siqueiros, Eloy Tarcisio)
Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico, DF
1993
“La Grafi ca Actual” F. Riestra Gallery, Mexico, DF
“El Nopal Press: A Portfolio” S.P.A.R.C., Venice, CA
1992
“The Russian Album” Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
“The Russian Album: New Prints” Archetype Press, Pasadena, CA
1991
“The Russian Album 1920-1980” Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Cruciformed: Images of the Cross since 1980” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (catalogue)
1990
London International Art Fair (with Jan Turner Gallery), London, UK
“Angel Art” Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
“Glassrack 1975” Bliss Gallery, Pasadena, CA
“Collecting On A Shoestring: Jeri Coates”
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)
1988
“Ruth Schaffner Collection” University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
“Peter Liashkov” California State University, Los Angeles, CA
“Art Against AIDS” Pacifi c Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Peter Liashkov - New Paintings” Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
“Peter Liashkov: Cruciforms 1978-1988” University Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
1987
“The Great Drawing Show: 1587-1987”
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“AIDS Project L.A.” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986
“Classical Continuum” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Concerning The Spiritual: The Eighties” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
“Peter Liashkov, Peter Lodato, Susan Rankaitis” Fisher Art Gallery, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
“The Torso,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
“Transparent Skin: The Figure Paintings of Peter Liashkov” Peppers Gallery, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA (catalogue)
1984
“Summer Olympiad” Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“A Broad Spectrum, Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptors 1984” Design Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Peter Liashkov: Paintings” Acme Art, San Francisco, CA
1983
“L.A. Seen” Fisher Art Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
1982
“Figuration” University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
“Peace Show” Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
1981
“Inside Out/Beyond Likeness” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, CA (catalogue)
“Decade” Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (catalogue)
“Peter Liashkov” Baum/Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980
“Peter Liashkov” Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
“Figurative Art” Baum/Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Southern California Drawings” Joseloff Gallery, Hartford College of Art, Hartford, CT
1979
“Works on Glass” Baum/Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Artist as Social Critic” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Portraits—1979” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Visual Incantations” L.A.C.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978
“Aesthetics of Graffi ti” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
1977
“Los Angeles” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“Eight from L.A.” Baum/Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Current Concerns” University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA (catalogue)
1976
“Peter Liashkov/Stephen Zaima” University of California, Riverside, CA (catalogue)
1975
“Peter Liashkov” Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973
“Peter Liashkov” Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1971
“Peter Liashkov” Kuhn Galerie, Aachen, West Germany
Selected Collections
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
The Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
ITT, Chicago, IL
Bank of Boston International, Los Angeles, CA
Credit Lyonnais Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Warner Brothers Records, Inc., Burbank, CA
Springfi eld Art Museum, Springfi eld, MO
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
AT&T, Chicago, IL
Joel Schumacher, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newquist, Santa Ana, CA
Howard Ahmanson Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Ruth Schaffner, Santa Barbara, CA
Bibliography
Nancy Kay Turner, ”Peter Liashkov, Pierre Picot, and Harrison Storms” Artscene, November 2006
Peter Frank, “Peter Liashkov, Susan Rankaitis,” Art Picks of the Week, L.A. Weekly, September 2004
Orville Clark Jr., “Peter Liashkov and Susan Rankaitis” Artscene, September 2004
“Representing L.A.: Pictoral Current in Southern California Arts” catalogue essay, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA, November, 2001
Stephen Nowlin, “Peter Liashkov” catalogue essay, May, 2000
Julie Joyce, “Neutral Grounds/Fertile Territory: A History of Bliss” catalogue essay for “True Bliss” exhibition, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA, 1997
“No Easy Answers” El Financiero, Mexico, DF, 1993
“The Russian Album: The Promise of Balance” Chas Pik, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1992
David S. Rubin, “Cruciformed: Images of the Cross since 1980” catalogue for Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 1991
Steven Litt, “Using or Abusing a Powerful Symbol” The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, September, 1991
Judith Spiegel, “Expressions of Hope,” Artweek, November, 1988
Cathy Curtis, “At the Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, October, 1988
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, “Peter Liashkov: Sure of the Uncertain” catalogue essay for solo exhibition, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, January, 1988
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Kenneth Baker, “Art in the Right Spirit,” San Francisco Chronicle, August, 1985
David S. Rubin, “Concerning the Spiritual: The Eighties,” catalogue essay, San Francisco Art Institute, 1985
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Daily News, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA, January, 1983
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