# Event Details - **Event Name**: Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 06:15 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Part of the Art Department's weekly visiting artist lecture series.About this EventPeter Shear (b. 1980, Beverly Farms, MA) is best known for small-format canvases that resist classification, fixed formulae, or repetition. As a painter, he has staked out a position that uncouples abstract painting from the inheritance of established idioms, offering an exploratory approach and an alternative to dogma and orthodoxy. Working with essentials—planes of color, schematic marks, loosely defined shapes, provisional geometries—his paintings inhabit the space between abstraction and legibility, suspending recognition without resolving it.His brushwork shifts from thick to feathery to dry, while grounds may be flat, stained, built up in layers, or left exposed. “Drawing in paint” is central to the practice—as is observing works from a distance, returning over time to work through compositional tensions. Without yielding to overt “pattern seeking” or insistent “expressionism,” the works draw viewers close through an economy of means. In this regard, Shear shares ground with painters like Thomas Nozkowski, Raoul de Keyser, and Ilse D’Hollander, artists who turned away from grand gestures toward quieter, more searching engagements with the medium.A forthcoming exhibition of new work will be held in São Paulo with Mendes Wood DM in November 2026. Recent solo exhibitions include Slipway, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2026); The Company, Denison University, Granville (2026); A Point Between the Eyes, Mendes Wood DM, Germantown (2025); Accident Report, American Art Catalogs, New York (2024); Reality Show, Blum, Los Angeles (2024); Following Sea, Cheim & Read, New York (2023); The Cat Came Back, Castle, Los Angeles (2022); Peter Shear: Empty Boat, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2021); Recording, Fortnight Institute, New York (2021); and Time Stamp, Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis (2019).Recent group exhibitions include Surface and Signal, Blum, Tokyo (2025); Breath, Art Cake, Brooklyn (2025); Find and Keep: Janine Iversen and Peter Shear, CLEARING, New York (2024); The Wrong Tree, dunes.fyi, Portland (2024); The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York (2023); Real Life, Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (2023); Things Seen, Make Room, Los Angeles (2023); A Game for the Living, dunes.fyi, Portland (2023); The Sense of Sight: Landscape, the City, and Abstraction, Make Room, Los Angeles (2023); Regarding Kimber, Cheim & Read, New York (2022); Small Paintings, Venus Over Manhattan, New York (2022); 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2022); Beyond Genres, Outsider Art Fair, New York (2022); Angle of Repose, Poker Flats Gallery, Williamstown (2021); A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford (2021); Zwang, C.G. Boerner, New York (2020); and Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia e Tamina, P420 Arte Contemporanea, Bologna (2019).The 2025 recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Painting, his work has been written about in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Office Magazine, Hyperallergic, Esse Arts, and Vanity Fair; his artist’s book Accident Report was published in 2024 by American Art Catalogues. He lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana.About the Visiting Artist Colloquium:The Art Department Colloquium is a series supported by the Anonymous Fund and the Brittingham Trust. Visiting Artist lectures are held every Wednesday during the academic year, and are free and open to the public.RSVPs recommended. Walk-ins welcome as capacity alllows.Frequently Asked Questions:Where should I park?There are several parking garages within a few blocks of the museum. Limited accessible parking stalls are located in front of the building. Contact UW Transportation Services for more information: https://transportation.wisc.edu/visitor-parking/. We are also on several Madison Metro bus routes, and BCycle stations are nearby.Where at the museum is this event?This event will take place in the Chazen's Auditorium.Can I call if I have questions?Yes! You can call the welcome desk to speak with our Visitor Services team at 608-263-2246. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/d3e8dab0-bb40-11f1-9913-21574437e213-rimg-w1200-h377-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/visiting-artist-colloquium-peter-shear/100001999704859064 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes - Location: Chazen Museum of Art - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Madison - **state**: WI - **country**: United States - **location**: Chazen Museum of Art - **lat**: 43.0738724 - **long**: -89.39863220000001 - **full address**: Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Avenue, Madison, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/9541711aacacbcb1b01eb45150c81a2e21a9f81d18f87871b90a4c2ff0f8709f-rimg-w1200-h675-dce8e8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1788583516 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear being held? - **A:** Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear takes place on Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 06:15 pm at Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Avenue, Madison, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear? - **A:** Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear is organized by Chazen Museum of Art. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Madison, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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