(born 1980) in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, Peter Shear lives in Bloomington, Indiana. A self-taught painter and sometimes organizer of paintings, Shear has exhibited across the United States and Europe, most recently alongside Ellen Siebers in ‘Basic Instinct’ at FJORD, Philadelphia; Matthew Wong in ‘Good Bad Brush’ at The Occasional Gallery, Burlington, Washington; and Katelyn Eichwald at Alter Space, San Francisco. Recent group exhibitions include ‘Dek Hed’, curated by Ross Simonini at The Thing Quarterly, San Francisco; ‘Bring Something Pink’, curated by Yifat Gat at Espace Despalles, Paris; and ‘The Black & White Project’ at Transmitter, Brooklyn. Other past exhibitions include the solo shows ‘Family Resemblance’ at ATM, Austin, and ‘Dragon Express’ at Welcome Screen, London, and the group exhibitions ‘Peer Review’ at the Imperial College of London; ‘Drops of Jupiter’ at Bannerette, Brooklyn; ‘The Double Down’, curated by Trudy Benson and Jason Stopa at Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn; ‘Reason and Romance’ curated by Alain Biltereyst at 6b Gallery, Elingen, Belgium; and ‘Transposed Planes’ at LVL3, Chicago.