About Peter

Peter Holden is a Painter and Artist. He was born in Los Angeles, CA and now lives full-time in San Miguel de Allende.

Peter has a history and lineage in art. He grew up loving sports and music and having great, supportive family and friends. While painting was always present – his grandmother was a Laguna landscapist and one of his two older brothers was an accomplished artist – his focus was really on guitar and music. When he got to college at UCSB he started playing music with visual artists, and took a liking to painting. He began to take classes in Art History in college. After a 6 month European “grand tour” which featured all of the major museums in any one city or country, art began to loom larger in his life.

Exhibitions

2024

Artist in Residence/Solo show, Mat Dot Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Group show, Casa Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2022

Galeria de Todos Santos
Ida Victoria Gallery
Arcane Contemporary Art
Mesón Hidlago
Kooness Contemporary Art

2021

Galeria de Todos Santos
Ida Victoria Gallery

2019

Ida Victoria Gallery/Querencia Club – One Person Show – San Jose del Cabo – February
Todos Santos Artist Studio Tour – February
360 Xochi Quetzal Artist and Writer’s Residency, Chapala Mexico – September-October
Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, Hawaii – “Abstract Only” – Juried Group Show -August
Pharos Gallery – Group Show – Puerto Escondido, Mexico -April

2018

Todos Santos Artist’s Studio Tour Galeria de Todos Santos Todos Santos, Baja Sur
Artist Residency, The Ou Gallery – Vancouver Island BC – September 2018
“From Baja to the Bay-Ou” One Person Show – Ou Gallery. Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island – October

2017

High and Low Gallery Portland, Oregon One Person Show
Galeria de Todos Santos Todos Santos, Baja Sur Group Show
Ida Victoria Gallery San Jose del Cabo, Baja Sur Group Show
Todos Santos Artist’s Studio Tour La Cachora Todos Santos, Baja Sure, Mexico

2016

Oceanside Museum of Art Oceanside, California Juried Competition of Museum Members Group Show
Chileno Bay Beach Resort Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico Multiple Commissions

2015

Artist’s Studio Tour La Cachora – Jack Smith Studio Todos Santos, Baja Sur
Galeria de Todos Santos Todos Santos, Baja Sur Group Show

2014

Galeria Ida Victoria San Jose del Cabo, Baja Sur, Mexico

2012

Galeria de Todos Santos Todos Santos, Baja Sur, Mexico Group Show

2010

LACMA Sales & Rental Gallery Los Angeles Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA Group Show

Mat Dot residency speaking with Thai students

Biography

1961: Los Angeles
1983: BA Literature – UC Santa Barbara
1987-91: Amsterdam/London
1991-3: Firenze, Italy – Academia di Belle Arti
1993: London
1994: Santa Monica
1996: MFA Painting – CSU Los Angeles
2001: Anderson Business School/UCLA
2012: Todos Santos, Baja Sur
2014-15: New Orleans
2017: Portland, Oregon
2018-20: Todos Santos Baja Sur, Mexico
2021: San Miguel de Allende
2024: Peter has recently returned from several months in Thailand, having spent a couple of months as Artist in Residence at the respected Thai gallery Mat Dot where he created a new body of work for a solo show that took place in November 2024.