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KENNETH PELOKE'S work has been featured in Western Art Collector, In Style, Luxe, Western Art & Architecture and is displayed in both public and private installations throughout the world including China, Singapore, Austrailia, New York, Scottsdale, Jackson Hole and Sun Valley, ID.


Born 1978 in rural New York, Ken is the youngest of four children who were raised by a single mother. He began painting and drawing at the age of seven. Without proper art materials readily available Ken used crayons, pens, house paint, cardboard, the backside of scrap wallpaper and even the walls in the house to sketch his drawings. 

At the age of nine Ken and his family moved to Arizona where private oil painting lessons and a trip to Sedona, Arizona, inspired him to paint landscapes.  He continued his art education progressing through various subject matters and mediums but eventually pursued a seemingly more practical road in Graphic Design. Unknowingly, this would prove to be beneficial to his creative process just a few years later.

At just twenty-nine he began painting professionally focusing on abstract pieces inspired from non-subjective forms in his mind and raw energy. ”Staring at a blank canvas with no image to reference creates an indescribable excitement and feeling of anticipation.” Today he uses both the subjective as well as the abstract in his work. Although his latest pieces reflect a culmination of his experiential background Peloke prides himself on his versatility. There will always be something new to explore and more excitement to come. 

 

EDUCATION

2011, Figure Study - Scottsdale Artist School

 

2000-2002, Graphic Design, Figure Painting - Scottsdale Community College

 

2000, Art History- Arizona State University

           

AWARDS

Best in Show, Downtown Phoenix Festival of the Arts, March 2010

 

EXHIBITIONS

2010, March, Group Show- Art Duel, Downtown Phoenix Festival of the Arts

           

2011, Expressions Gallery Grand Re-opening, Scottsdale, AZ

 

2011, December, Small Works Group Show, Expressions Gallery, Sun Valley,ID

 

2012, February, Spirit of the Horse, Expressions Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

           

2012, May- August, Strength and Grace- The Olympic Spirit, Elisa Contemporary Art, Bronx NY

 

2012, July, Solo Show- Kenneth Peloke, Expressions Gallery, Sun Valley ID

 

2012, February, Spirit of the Horse, Expressions Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

           

2012, May- August, Strength and Grace- The Olympic Spirit, Elisa Contemporary Art, Bronx NY

 

2012, July, Solo Show- Kenneth Peloke, Expressions Gallery, Sun Valley ID

 

2013, August, Tribute to the Hampton Classic, the Design Studio, Bridgehampton, NY

 

2013, October, Reflection and Vision Exhibition, New York Design Center, NY

 

2013, November, 20th Annual Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ

           

2014, June, Fleeting at Susan Eley Fine Art, New York NY

 

2014, November, Icons of the Southwest, Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

 

2015, March, Group Show- Daytime Gallery Exhibition, Houston, TX

 

2015, July, Solo Show, Ken Peloke, Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

 

2016, February, Solo Show, Equine Masterpieces, Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

 

2016, February, Group Show: Best of the West, Broschofsky Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

 

2016, April, Elisa Contemporary at Affordable Art Fair, New York NY Spring 2016

           

2016, May, Sugar and Spice, Eisenhauer Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

 

2016, July, Solo Show, Photorealistic Journey, Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

           

 

COLLECTIONS       

Anheuser-Busch Family Collection

 

Wrigley Family Collection

           

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Western Art Collector Magazine, December 2011, Issue 52

 

Western Art Collector Magazine, January 2012, Issue 53

 

Sun Valley Magazine, Summer 2012

 

Mountain Living Magazine, August 2013

 

Dan’s Papers- The Hampton Classic, August 2013

 

Images AZ Magazine Greyhawk, DC Ranch, North Scottsdale, October 2013

 

The Marshall Insider, December 2013

 

Sun Valley Property New

 

Affordable Art Fair NY Booth Preview

 

Sun Valley Gallery Association, September 2016

 

Jackson Hole Magazine, November 2016

 

 

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