Open Atelier Exposition on the Landelijk Atelierweekend

26 and 27 June, 11:00 - 18:00

Zamenhofstraat 108 unit 204

1022 AG Amsterdam Noord

Sharma Peterson's studio will be open to the public.  Take advantage of this special moment to see her art and workplace, to understand her inspiration, and of course to chat and have a drink!

Group Exposition at the Vrijpaleis, Amsterdam

9 - 18 July, 2021

Three Gunscapes which appeared in the In( )side art exposition in the Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, September, 2020

Painted in June 2020

Oil on wood, 30 x 50 cm

Six small Gunscapes in oil on wood, 2020

Paintings based on the clip of an AR15 rifle, 2020

Oil on linen and wood, varying sizes

Road, a big Gunscape based on an AR15 rifle, May 5 2020

Oil on linen, 120 x 195 cm

Three Gunscapes, August 2020

oil on wood, 30 x 50 cm

Four Gunscapes based on a wooden model rifle, 2019-2020

oil on wood and acrylic on paper

I was born in Berkeley, California in 1970 and have lived and worked as an artist in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1995. My first studio was in the Amsterdam Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood, the same area where Rembrandt lived and painted.  Inspired by this incredible history, I painted realistic portraits in oil paint and learned as much as I could about traditional painting techniques.  In 2015, after completing more than 130 commissioned artworks, including sixty works for the permanent collection of the Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum, I began to feel a deep desire to take my work to the next level.

To help myself reach this goal I enrolled in the full time studio art program at Wacker's Academie.  Working with the well known artist Sam Drukker as my mentor I started a body of work in which I paint guns to look like landscapes.  As the wife of a soldier, the violent nature of humans is an unavoidable topic in my life.  In these "Gunscapes" I attempt to strip guns of their inherently violent function by abstracting them and transforming them into something else.  

I graduated from Wackers Art Academie on June 7th, 2019.  Here is a short film about my graduation work:

Please feel free to make an appointment to visit my studio or to contact me if you are interested in purchasing an artwork.  Links to the the documentation of the development of my work on Instagram and Facebook can found on the contact page of this site.