Going to all the wrong places

Peter Frederiksen

April 19–May 18, 2024


Installation Views

<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

Going to all the wrong places. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

Going to all the wrong places. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

Going to all the wrong places. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

Going to all the wrong places. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

Going to all the wrong places. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024

<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024 thumbnail
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024 thumbnail
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024 thumbnail
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024 thumbnail
<em>Going to all the wrong places</em>. Installation view, Steve Turner, 2024 thumbnail


Works

Peter Frederiksen. <em>Going To All The Wrong Places</em>, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Falling Victim To Old Patterns</em>, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 10 x 8 inches  (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Not Taking Any Chances</em>, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Not Yet Sure Of The Lengths To Which I Would Go</em>, 2021. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 cm)
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Feeling Like A Win, But It’s Yet To Be Determined</em>, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. Going To All The Wrong Places, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. Falling Victim To Old Patterns, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. Not Taking Any Chances, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. Not Yet Sure Of The Lengths To Which I Would Go, 2021. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. Feeling Like A Win, But It’s Yet To Be Determined, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Peter Frederiksen. <em>Going To All The Wrong Places</em>, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm) thumbnail
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Falling Victim To Old Patterns</em>, 2024. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 10 x 8 inches  (25.4 x 20.3 cm) thumbnail
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Not Taking Any Chances</em>, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm) thumbnail
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Not Yet Sure Of The Lengths To Which I Would Go</em>, 2021. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 cm) thumbnail
Peter Frederiksen. <em>Feeling Like A Win, But It’s Yet To Be Determined</em>, 2022. Freehand machine embroidery on linen, 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm) thumbnail

Steve Turner is pleased to present Going to all the wrong places, a solo exhibition by Chicago-based Peter Frederiksen that features embroidered works depicting people at the edge of a precipice. His colorful embroideries highlight an instant in time, right before or right after an action. One shows a foot at the starting line for a footrace and another presents feet at the edge of a cliff. In the title work, the fingers of someone who is not visible are desperately clinging to the top edge of a building. The works are inspired by the Golden Age of animation and they elicit both nostalgia and a sense of foreboding.

Peter Frederiksen (b. 1987, Chicago), attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2006-2008) and has had solo exhibitions at UNION Gallery, London (2020); Galleri Urbane, Dallas (2020, 2021, 2023); Massey Klein Gallery, New York (2022); Moosey, Norwich (2023) and at The Flat, Milan (2023). This is his first exhibition with Steve Turner.

Born 1987, Downers Grove, Illinois
Lives and works in Chicago

Education
2008
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Going to all the wrong places, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2023
I Tried To Warn You, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
Left To My Now Devices, Moosey, Norwich, England
Coward! The Flat, Milan

2022
NO NO NO NO NO, Massey Klein Gallery, New York

2021
Human Cannon Ball, Galleri Urbane, Dallas

2020
In Stitches, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK! UNION Gallery, London
Found Myself In Another Situation, Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago

2018
Peter Frederiksen: New Embroideries, Cabinet Shop, Chicago

2010
Strapped: A Down and Out Festival, The Inconvenience, Chicago

Two-Person & Group Exhibitions
2024
twentyfour, UNION GALLERY, London

2023
History of the Humanity, The Flat, Milan
“Chicago Style” Hold The Ketchup, All Star Press, Chicago
Not Just Another Pretty Face 2023, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Be Still, Life, Stolen Space, London
UNI[2]ON, UNION Gallery, London
A Very Special Episode, Gallery1988, Los Angeles
If velocity is the soul of wit, then gravity is the voice of reason, Hunt Gallery, Toronto ArtVerona (with The Flat – Massimo Carasi)
Art Rotterdam (with The Flat – Massimo Carasi)

2022
Tense Anxieties: Peter Frederiksen + Tomasz Kręcicki, PostmastersROMA, Rome
Go Figure! Daniel Raphael Gallery, London
Intersections, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
TEXT-ile, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin

2021
Textile Narration, Galerie Les Drapiers, Liège, Belgium
Issue #149, NAP Gallery, Digital
RIPE, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
Noises from the closet, The Flat, Milan
MULTIVERSE, Daniel Raphael Gallery, London
Holding Hands, UNION Gallery, London

2020
Summer Collective, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
Grounded, Daniel Raphael Gallery, London
Not Just Another Pretty Face COVID-19, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
History of the Humanity, The Flat, Milan
“Chicago Style” Hold The Ketchup, All Star Press, Chicago
Not Just Another Pretty Face 2023, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
89th Exhibition of the Members, Arts Club of Chicago

2019
Not Just Another Pretty Face 7, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Flower Show: Andrea Donadio and Peter Frederiksen, Cabinet Shop, Chicago

2018
Gift Edit, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
Bread & Butter, Galleri Urbane, Dallas
88th Exhibition of the Members, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago

2014
LP Cult Classic, Aquanaut, Chicago

2012
Good Clean Fun, Studio 115/114B, Chicago

2010
Mischief Night POD Show: Peter Frederiksen and Dylan Jones, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

2009
Co-Paintings, Cute Puppies: John Henley and Peter Frederiksen, Spoke, Chicago

Bibliography
2023
Adam Hencz. “Stitching Stories: Interview with Textile Artist Peter Frederiksen,” The Artlander, February 24

2022
Anna Schneider. “Artist Spotlight: Peter Frederiksen,” Booooooom, November 29
Dom Carter. “IPeter Frederiksen ‘draws with a sewing machine’ to create stunning embroidery artwork,” Creative Boom, September 20
Liz Gorney. “Sabotage, suspicions, and violence: embroidering the dark side of cartoons with Peter Frederiksen,” It’s Nice That, February 10

2020
Anna Meinecke. “DOUBLE TAP #16 Peter Frederiksen,” Gallery Talk, July 29

2019
Dorothé Swinkels. “Cartoons vormen inspiratie voor borduurwerk Peter Frederiksen,” Textiel Plus, November 26
Katie Wells. “Cartoon-Like Abstract Embroidery by Peter Frederiksen,” The Fiber Studio, April 11

2009
Ariel Pittma. “Peter Frederiksen: Embroideries at the Compound,” Chicago Now, July 15