Tie Fighter Painting

Peter Konsterlie has over twenty-five years of experience exhibiting and curating in museums and galleries on the east coast as well as the Midwest. Intuitions such as The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield Connecticut, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center. A skilled, award-winning artist with a strong background in Art History, Konsterlie’s art works have been featured in numerous public and private collections including The Plains Art Museum, Carnegie Mellon, Washington D.C., Sarah Bowen Gallery in Williamsburg, NY, Housatonic Museum, Claire Oliver Gallery, NY, and most recently at the Drawing Center Viewing Program in New York City. Konsterlie’s work has been purchased and leased for feature film and television productions such as the Blue Bloods with Tom Selleck, and on the ABC news program 20/20 with John Stossel. WAC, SOLOS Exhibition "Konsterlie's work also incorporates documentation in paintings that resemble the studies of a scientist exploring the layers and compartments of the human body. In Konsterlie's work, the artist's process is intentionally transparent – which he mirrors in his compositions' through visible transparent washes of the paint and dissected layers in his presentation of the cosmos." Amy Mackie, Assistant Curator New Museum, Art 21 "I was immediately drawn to the dynamic composition of Konsterlie's work. The paint and color create an interaction and depth most likely achieved through great effort and skill. Konsterlie's style demonstrates an interest in historical abstract painting and experimentation." Leslie Shaffer, Executive Director Artspace, Corcoran Gallery Radius Exhibition, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum "Konsterlie employs medical diagrams of the human body, taking already abstracted anatomical information and reinterpreting it in an intuitive and expressionistic manner. The artist utilizes a variety of techniques, including spray painting through stencils and accidents involving controlled drips and fluid staining of the canvas. Konsterlie transforms what might be merely grotesque into the strangely beautiful, with compositions that speak of the fragility of the human body." Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum