527 Madison Avenue is pleased to announce an exhibition of six paintings by Gary Petersen in the Lobby Gallery from June 24 – November 19, 2021. Located at 54th Street and Madison Avenue, the show is open to the public 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday. This will be the twentieth exhibition in 527 Madison’s ongoing program showcasing noteworthy emerging and mid-career artists and is presented in partnership with McKenzie Fine Art.

Celebrated for his hard-edge geometric abstractions, Petersen says that his work isn’t about a “pure or reductive ideology,” but rather addresses “issues of our current predicaments: uncertainty, imbalance, and insecurity, with a bit of humor thrown in.” A native New Yorker, Petersen received his B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.F.A from The School of Visual Arts. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Grant-Award, MacDowell Fellowship, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship Award, among others. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the states and abroad and resides in several public and private collections including the Dallas Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, and The United States Department of State. He is represented by McKenzie Fine Art in New York.

For inquiries, please contact McKenzie Fine Art at valerie@mckenziefineart.com. For more information about 527 Madison’s exhibitions, please contact Jay Grimm, who organizes the emerging artists program on behalf of 527 Madison at jgrimm@jaygrimm.com.

527 Madison Avenue is a boutique commercial office building located at the corner of 54th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City. Completed in 1986, it was designed by celebrated architectural firm Fox and Fowle. The property has recently completed lobby and elevator upgrades and is owned by an affiliate of Mitsui Fudosan America, the US subsidiary of Japan's largest real estate company, Mitsui Fudosan Co., LTD.