Peter Schuyff, b. 1958 (Baarn, NL), is a painter and sculptor who became famous in the eighties for his paintings in Old Master techniques of new minimalistic forms. He was a prominent member of the Neo-Geo movement and showed his work at Leo Castelli Gallery (1987), Gagosian Gallery (1985) and Barbara Gladstone Gallery (1983). Recently Schuyff took part in the Whitney Biennial, New York (2014), Sorry We’re Closed, Brussel (2014), Palais de Tokyo, Parijs (2011) en het New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2005). Schuyff has upcoming shows at Mary Boone Gallery, NY and Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam. Peter Schuyff his work is in the collections of MOMA, NY; MOCA, LA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and The Fisher Landua Foundation.
Peter Schuyff lives and works in the Netherlands.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Maryboone Gallery (11.5 – 12.18)
2014 Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
2013 Selected Works 1986-2012 - Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
2009 And the Woodwards, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL
Recent Works, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, DE
Studio Rafaelli, Trento, IT
Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Balmoral Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2008 Galleria Mohtashem, Milan, IT
2007 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, US
2006 STATE Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
Peter Schuyff, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, DE
Dipinti sopra dipinti, Galleria Santa Maria, Milan, IT
Work on Paper, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, DE
2005 James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA, US
2004 Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, SP
2003 Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, SP
2002 Galleria In Arco, Torino, IT
Douglaas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2001 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galerie Karl Pfefferele, Munich, DE
1999 Galleria Betta Frigieri, Sassuolo, IT
1998 Ulrich Museum, Witchita, KS, US
Gallery 407, New York, NY, US
1995 Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, SP
1994 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, US
1991 Peter Schuyff: Works on Paper 1981-1991, Sperone Gallery, Rome, IT
1990 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, US
1987 Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, US
Galeria Lucia Amelio, Naples, IT
Hoffman Borman Gallery, Santa Monica, US
1985 Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, JAP
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York , US
1984 Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, US
1983 Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, US
1982 White Columns, New York, NY, US
Group Exhibitions
2014 Whitney Biennale 2014, Withney Museum, New York, US
2013 The Stairs - Algus Greenspon, New York City, NY
Il giardino segreto - Castello Svevo di Bari, Bari
2012 Conceptual Abstraction - Leubsdorf Art Gallery – Hunter College, New York City, NY
2011 Session 4 / All Of The Above - Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Circa 1986 - HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Paradise Row - Felix Ringel Galerie, Dusseldorf
Light - Part II - Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
Lightwork I, curated by Gabriel Rolt and Nick Hackworth, Paradise Row, London
2010 Untitled, 2010, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, NO
Peinture Extrême Painting, Projex-Mtl, Montréal
2008 Galleria del Tasso, Bergamo, IT
Who’s Missing, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Superfudge, Balmoral Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Material Transfer, curator: Susan Gibsey Garvey, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS,CAN
Peter Schuyff/Charlie Roberts, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Au-tour de la géométrie, ProjexMtl Galerie, Montréal, QC, CAN
Lights ON – la luce nell’arte, Artiscope, Bruxelles, BE
Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2005 East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, US
2000 Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
1999 Post-Hypnotic, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal Illinois, IL, US (traveled to Cincinnati Art Center, Atlanta College of Art, Chicago Cultural Center, SECCA, and other venues, 1999 - 2001)
1997 After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, NY, US
1996 Landscape Reclaimed-New Approaches to an Artistic Tradition, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, US
1993 Drawn in the Nineties, touring exhibition, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, US
1992 Off the Wall, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, US
1991 Drawings and Watercolors, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY, US
1989 Vrey Baghoomian Gallery, New York , NY, US Fodor Museum, Amsterdam, NL
1988 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
The Silent Baroque, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, AT
1987 Locations, Galerie Thaddaeuus Ropac, Salzburg, AT
Galleria Bonomo, Roma, IT
Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York, NY, US
1986 Post Abstract Abstraction, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, US Art of the real, Galerie Pierre Hubert, Geneva, CH
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, DE
New York, New Art, Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, UK
Art & Its Double, Fondacion Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, SP
1985 A Brave New World, A New Generation, Charlottenberg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, DK Terrae Motus 2, Fondazione Amelio, Ercolano, IT
Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, US
Tableaux Abstraits, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Nice, FR
1984 Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
1983 Bonnier Gallery, New York, NY, US
1982 The Drawing Center, New York, NY, US
Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Eli Broad Collection
Danhauser Foundation
The Fisher Landau Foundation
Museo Atlantico de Arte Contemporanea
Charles Saatchi Collection
Terrae Motus
Sammlung Goetz
Belkin Gallery UBC
Paul Maenz Foundation
Norton Simon Museum
Chrysler Daimler Collection
Smithsonian Collection