Tropic of Cancer - Ben Peterson

Tropic of Cancer, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Lygia Pape, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Joaquin Torres Garcia, Gonzalo Fonseca, Carlos Cruz Diez, Screwed and Chopped, Value Village parking lot (Paul Wall), Tlatelolco, The Old Gringo (book), Under the Volcano (book), Under the Jaguar Sun (book), hottest summer on record Houston Texas, Butthole Surfers at 117 degrees, Purity is a Myth (book), Mariposa South West (account), Tirana (city) Mexico City, El Norte (book).

Peterson’s current work consists of ceramic sculptures fired and painted to resemble archeological objects, or fragments of architecture. He has a BFA from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and a MFA from Stanford University. Peterson’s works are found in numerous public and private collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA. He is the recipient of the Pew Fellowship, and has been an artist in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, as well as Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland.