Creed Gallery in Ascot, Berkshire, offers signed limited-edition silkscreen prints by Cleon Peterson, the Los Angeles artist known for stark, graphic scenes of power and violence. Our seven prints run from £400 to £1,250 and include the Little Big Man series, Virgins (White), Eclipse (Gold) and It's Mine. Our team can advise on edition, framing and documentation for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.
About Cleon Peterson
Cleon Peterson was born in Seattle in 1973. He has spoken about a troubled youth, including years of heroin addiction and homelessness, and his early paintings drew on psychiatric institutions, street life and violence he had witnessed. He studied at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena (BFA, 2004) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, 2006), and worked in graphic design and illustration, including at Shepard Fairey's studio. In 2016 Paris's Nuit Blanche festival commissioned Endless Sleep, the first mural painted at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, and in 2017 he designed the livery of the racing yacht Maxi Edmond de Rothschild.
The Work: Power, Violence and Repetition
His compositions are dense with figures locked in conflict, in a spare palette of black, white, red and yellow that reads like a sign system. He draws on Greek pottery and political propaganda posters, and names Leon Golub, Paul McCarthy and Philip Guston among his influences. He says he shows violence explicitly to highlight the overreach of authoritarian power. After the 2016 US election he began making work responding directly to political leaders.
Our Cleon Peterson Prints
The Little Big Man prints, in gold and red, pair Donald Trump with Robert Mueller or Vladimir Putin. Virgins (White)(£850), Eclipse (Gold) (£1,000) and It's Mine (£1,250) are shadow-figure compositions in his black-and-white palette with a single accent colour. All are signed limited-edition silkscreens.
Collecting Cleon Peterson at Creed Gallery
We state the edition size and number, dimensions, publisher, signature and documentation for every print. You're welcome to visit the gallery in Ascot.
Why Collect Cleon Peterson
His imagery is instantly recognisable and tied to a real body of public work, and the prints are accessible. As with any artist, individual pieces vary in demand and value, so our team is happy to talk you through the specifics of any work you're considering.
