Cleon Peterson 'Balance Of Power' Gold Print Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Balance Of Power (Gold)
Medium: Hand Pulled Deckled 1 Color Screen Print
Size: 38 x 18 Inches
Edition: 75
Price: $250

 

Cleon Peterson 'Balance Of Power' Red Print Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Balance Of Power (Red)
Medium: Hand Pulled Deckled 1 Color Screen Print
Size: 38 x 18 Inches
Edition: 30
Price: $250

 

Cleon Peterson 'Balance Of Power' White Print Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Balance Of Power (White)
Medium: Hand Pulled Deckled 1 Color Screen Print
Size: 38 x 18 Inches
Edition: 75
Price: $200

 

Cleon Peterson is a Los Angeles based artist known for a distinct and unsettling aesthetic that explores the darker impulses of the human condition. His work typically utilizes a restricted color palette of black, white, and primary tones to depict chaotic scenes of violence, power struggles, and social collapse. Drawing inspiration from classical Greek pottery and graphic design, Peterson creates flat, shadowless compositions where stylized figures engage in brutal acts of subjugation and war.

The imagery in his paintings and large scale murals often mirrors the anxieties of modern society, focusing on themes of police states, clashing ideologies, and the inherent cruelty found in hierarchies of power. His characters are frequently anonymous, stripped of individual identity to serve as archetypes of the oppressor or the oppressed. This lack of facial detail forces the viewer to confront the raw action and the systemic nature of the aggression portrayed rather than personal narratives.

Beyond his traditional canvas work, Peterson has gained recognition for massive public installations and collaborations that bring his shadow world into real world environments. His influence extends into the realms of street art and commercial design, where his bold silhouettes provide a stark commentary on the cyclical nature of history and human conflict. By stripping away nuance and focusing on the binary of victory and defeat, Peterson challenges his audience to reflect on the institutionalized violence and moral decay that persist beneath the surface of civilization. His art remains a visceral reminder of the thin line between order and the primal urge for dominance.

Cleon Peterson 'So It Goes' Throw Timed Edition Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: So It Goes
Medium: 100% Cotton Throw
Size: 62 x 62 Inches
Edition: TIMED
Prices: $200

 

*available until 10am EST on Wednesday November 13th, 2025

Serio Press 'Archive Sale' Friday's Release

Artist: Various
Title: Serio Press Archive Sale
Medium: Screen Prints + Artist Proofs
Size: Various
Edition: RARE
Prices: LOT$

 

*new prints are online at 2pm EST

Serio Press Archive Sale Sneak Peek

Artist: Various
Title: Serio Press Archive Sale
Medium: Screen Prints + Artist Proofs
Size: Various
Edition: RARE
Prices: LOT$

 

*sale starts at 2pm EST on Thursday and runs until Sunday, each day new prints will be released.

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Serio Press is a Los Angeles print studio built on ink, daylight and democratic ideals. Opened in 2012 by master printer Jorge López, the shop occupies a former textile mill near the L.A. River, where thirty foot skylights flood custom built work tables with even, north facing light. Specialising in water based screen printing, the team collaborates with artists, museums and social justice organisations to translate paintings, digital collages and photographs into limited edition prints that retain the hand of the original while gaining the tactile snap of pulled ink.

The process begins with high-resolution scanning or direct photography on site. Separations are then output on waterproof film, handcut or digitally printed, and stretched onto aluminium frames tensioned to 25 newtons tight enough to hold fine halftone dots yet flexible for large solids. Using only water-based pigments, printers lay down translucent glazes, metallic overlays or split fountain rainbows, building colour fields that can exceed twenty layers without muddying. Paper stocks range from Somerset velvet to recycled kraft, each chosen to complement the image surface and the artist’s intent.

Beyond edition work, Serio Press runs community workshops, teaching local high school students how to burn screens, mix pigments and edition their own posters. Recent projects include a 5,000 run voter registration broadside for Rock the Vote, a suite of ocean coloured prints with painter Hayley Barker and a monumental twelve color portrait of labor leader Dolores Huerta for the Smithsonian.

Every print leaves the shop stamped with the Serio chop two coyotes circling a saguaro symbolising collaboration, resilience and the belief that art, like ink, should travel far beyond the studio wall.

Cleon Peterson 'Tired Of The Show' + 'Feudal Troubles' Print Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Tired Of The Show + Feudal Troubles
Medium: Hand Pulled 2 Color Screen Prints
Size: 13 x 18 Inches each
Edition: 75 each
Price: $150/Set

Cleon Peterson 'The Power Plant' + 'Lulled To Sleep' Prints Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: The Power Plant + Lulled To Sleep
Medium: Hand Pulled 2 Color Screen Prints
Size: 13 x 18 Inches each
Edition: 75 each
Price: $150/Set

Cleon Peterson is an American artist born in 1973 in Seattle who now lives and works in Los Angeles. He is best known for stark graphic paintings that show stylized figures locked in violent conflict. His scenes explore themes of power domination and societal collapse rendered in a limited palette of black white and blood red. The compositions recall ancient Greek vase painting yet feel urgently contemporary as uniformed aggressors brutalize anonymous victims in endless cycles.

Peterson survived a turbulent youth that included drug addiction and incarceration before earning a BFA from Art Center College of Design in 2004 and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2006. He began his creative career in graphic design working for Shepard Fairey Studio Number One where he refined his bold flat aesthetic. In 2016 he created Endless Sleep a monumental mural painted directly beneath the Eiffel Tower for Nuit Blanche Paris. His work has been exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and galleries across New York London Hong Kong and Sydney. Rather than offering moral judgment Peterson presents a mirror to humanity darkest impulses inviting viewers to confront the brutality that underpins systems of control.

Cleon Peterson 'Shame' Sculpture Pre-Sale Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Shame
Medium: Resin Sculpture
Size: 10 x 9.6 x 5.8 Inches
Edition: TIMED
Prices: $776

Cleon Peterson 'Full Of Hate & Hoodwinked' Prints Available

Artist: Cleon Peterson
Title: Full Of Hate & Hoodwinked
Medium: Hand Pulled Deckled 2 Color Screen Prints
Size: 13.5 x 18 Inches each
Edition: 50
Prices: $150/Set