PETER DIMICK
ABOUT PETER DIMICK
Peter Dimick
b. 1975
Peter Dimick’s paintings are part of an ongoing search for imbalance. He is inspired by random events and imagery from film and print. He overlaps his own sketches with layers of acrylic paint as he searches for the perfectly imperfect stage of the painting. Deconstruction and rebirth play a large role in his work. He destroys and reworks the colors, shapes and materials themselves. He piles drawings on top of each other and finds new images among the disorder. He cuts finished paintings into pieces and sews them back together and paints with anything from knives to the back of his fingers. On a daily basis he is challenged by the lack of guidelines in art and enjoys discovering new ways to approach his painting; whether he starts with a drawing, a blank canvas or pieces of canvas sewn together. His differing approaches are evident in his wide variety of styles from abstract to realism.
Peter Dimick was born in Berlin, Vermont and attended the University of Vermont as a studio art major. He currently lives and works in San Francisco.
EDUCATION
1995-98 Studio Art and Philosophy, University of Vermont, Burlington, VM
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 "Vermont Paintings," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 “Colors and Shapes,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Dimick,” Piola, Miami, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 “Little Boxes,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Kaleidoscope,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Restructured,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Exposed,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Hueliday,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 “White Van Professionals,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA