Culture Now: Peter Shelton

California-based artist Peter Shelton discusses his long-established sculptural practice with Martine d’Anglejan-Chatillon. Shelton is internationally recognised for his iron, steel and fibreglass sculptures that often replicate abstracted parts of the human body as well as elements of architecture.

Artist Peter Shelton was born in Troy, Ohio in 1951. He holds an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles (1979).

Shelton has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in over fifty-five solo exhibitions and over one hundred and twenty group shows, including recently: La Percezione del futuro - La collezione Panza di Biumo a Perugia., Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria and Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy, (2015); Six Sculptors, L.A. Louver Gallery (2015); powerhousefrenchtablenecklaces, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (2012); eyehand: Selected Sculpture from 1975–2011,  L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (2011); redpocket, blackslot, uheader, and drawings, Portland Art Museum, Portland (2011);blackelephanthouse, Henry Moore Institute Studio, UK (1998-99); sixtyslippers, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1997), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (1998), Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI (1999), Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (1999); godspipes, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (1998), L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (2006), Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN (2008); bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1994).

Martine d'Anglejan-Chatillon is a partner of the Thomas Dane Gallery and has been with the gallery since its inception in 2004. She specialises in the production and placing of complex media artworks - such as film and digital media, sculpture and installation. Her earlier career focused on museum development at the National Gallery, London, and the Whitechapel. For many years she also managed large scale cultural projects for the Rothschild Foundation. She is a longstanding friend of Peter Shelton.