Peter Reginato
American sculptor and painter (born 1945)
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Peter Reginato (born August 19, 1945), is an American abstract sculptor and painter.[1][2][3][4]
BornAugust 19, 1945
Dallas, Texas, United States
EducationSan Francisco Art Institute
KnownforAbstract sculpture
Abstract painting
Abstract painting
Peter Reginato | |
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Peter Reginato (2014) | |
| Born | August 19, 1945 Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Known for | Abstract sculpture Abstract painting |
Biography
Reginato was born on August 19, 1945, in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Berkeley, California.[5][6] He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, from 1963 to 1966.[6]
After his first successful solo show in 1966 at the Open Theatre Gallery in Berkeley, where he showed mostly paintings, he decided he wanted to be a sculptor. He moved to New York City later that same year. In 1970 and in 1973, his work was included in the Whitney Biennial.[citation needed]
Exhibitions
His work has been shown at:
- The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio[citation needed]
Collections
Reginato has work in the permanent collections of the following:
- Allen Art Center, Houston, Texas
- Brown University
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- IBM Corporation
- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
- Metropolitan Museum of Art[7][8]
- Mint Museum of Art
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
