Works
About Peter Anton
Peter Anton (1963, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American artist and sculptor. His primary subject matter is food with an emphasis on chocolates and other sweets. Often referred to as “Candy Warhol,” Anton creates giant realistic sculptures and is best known for his “bigger than life” boxed chocolates.
At times Anton’s studio can resemble a sweet shop since it is filled with dozens of real treats which he uses as models. His beginning process is to eat, smell, feel, study and dissect a new food over and over again in order to hyper-familiarize himself with the new subject. He then begins the long and tedious process of sculpting, carving, sanding, painting, and construction of his mixed media works.
“In my sculptures I like to alter and overstate foods to give them new meanings. I have an innate reverence for the things we eat. Food brings people together and there is no better way to celebrate life. Through the use of humor, scale, irony, and intensity in my forms, the foods we take for granted become aesthetically pleasing and seductive in atypical ways. I like to create art that can lure, charm, tease, disarm and surprise. My sculptures put viewers in a vulnerable state so that I can communicate with their inner selves in a more honest and direct way. I activate the hunger people have for the things that give them pleasure and force them to surrender. The sensual nature of the works stimulates basic human needs and desires that generate cravings and passion.”
Peter Anton
Pictures
Peter Anton | Live Painting Session
Collections
Tommy Mottola & Thalia, New York, NY
Tom Werner, Boston, MA
Dennis Hopper, Los Angeles, CA
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Sir Howard Stringer, Palm Beach, FL
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Lord Norman Foster, London, England
Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim, Cologne, Germany
Keith Richards, Weston, CT
Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, FL
Torsten Prochnow, Prince Collection, New York
The Barenaked Ladies, Miami, FL
Georgio Perfetti, Milan, Italy
J.Ira & Nicki Harris, New York, NY
Cosnova Cosmetics, Sulzbach, Germany
Jeffrey Chodorow, Hamptons, NY
The Jordanian Royal Family, Amman, Jordan
Charles & Linda Ho, Hong Kong
Susanne & Wolfgang Porsche, Germany
Bank Oppenheim, Cologne, Germany
Perfetti Van Melle, Breda, Netherlands
Leasconcept, Essen, Germany
Breitling Watches, Grenchen, Switzerland
Schneider Transportation, Green Bay, WI
ExecuCounsel, Toronto, Canada
Coty Cosmetics, New York, NY
Tennesee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
President Bill Clinton, Chappaqua, NY
Giulio Cappellini, Milan, Italy
Rufus Crosby Kemper, Jr., Palm Beach, FL
Blackstone Resort Hotel, Jeju, Korea
Solo exhibitions
2017
Unix Gallery, New York, SUGATARIUM
2016
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA CANDY DANDY
Unix Gallery, New York, NY I LOVE YOU
2015
Gallery Valentine, East Hampton, NY FROSTBITE
Art Miami, with Gallery Delaive
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium, BONBON-O-RAMA
Unix Gallery, New York, NY THE FOODHIST TEMPLE
TEFAF, with Gallery Delaive
Museum Jan Van Der Togt, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2014
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands LIFE IS LIKE A GREAT BIG BOX OF CHOCOLATES
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece SWEET PARADISE
2013
Davis Klemm Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany PETER ANTON SCULPTURE
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA RANDOM ACTS OF INDULGENCE
2012
Art Miami, SUGAR & GOMORRAH
2010
Galerie Ralph Schriever, Cologne, Germany CANDY ART
2009
UrbanArt, Seoul, Korea SWEET ATTRACTION
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY SCULPTURE
2008
Galerie Pergolese, Paris, France NEW WORK
Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Miami, FL RECENT WORKS
2007
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany BIGGER THAN LIFE
2005
Hammer Galleries, New York, NY HOW SWEET IT IS!
2002
Russeck Gallery, New York, NY NEW YORK CHOCOLATE SHOW
2000
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY KING SIZE
1999
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY SWEET SHANGRI-LA
1998
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY U.F.O. UNIDENTIFIED FOOD OBJECTS
1996
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY CHOCOLATE THROUGOUT THE LAND!
1995
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY THE GREAT AMERICAN SEED SHOW
1993
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC MY DINNER WITH HENRI
Selection of group exhibitions
2019
Lisser Art Museum, Lisse, the Netherlands
2017
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn
Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach
2016
Museum Villa Rot, Burgriedon-Rot, Germany
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn
2015
William Benton Museum, Storrs, CT
2014
Bank of America Center, Houston, TX
Davis-Klemm Gallery Munich, Germany
Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
2013
Schloss Gottorf Museum, Schleswig, Germany
2012
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
Gallery Valentine, East Hampton, NY
Strathmore Museum, Bethesda, MD
Schloss Neuenburg Museum, Neuenburg, Germany
Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
Keszler Gallery, New York, NY
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2011
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Keszler Gallery, New York, NY
Southampton, NY
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL
Davis-Klemm Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2010
Keszler Gallery, New York, NY
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Unix Fine Art, London, England
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, LA
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL
2009
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Madden Museum of Art, Denver, CO
2008
Davis-Klemm Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Miami, FL
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
2007
Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Paris, France
Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Miami, FL
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
2006
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Russeck Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2004
Russeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
COPIA American Center for Food Wine & Arts, Napa Valley, CA
Russeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2002
Russeck Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1998
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
1996
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
1995
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, NY
Stonington Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Koucky Galleries, Charlevoix, MI
Owl 57 Galleries, Woodmere, NY
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1993
Aetna Gallery, Hartford, CT
Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT