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Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America: Organized by the Wichita Art Museum

Current exhibition
June 7 - September 14, 2025
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Works
  • Robert Peterson Raise Them Up To Be Kings, 2022 Oil on canvas 31 1/2 x 25 5/16 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Raise Them Up To Be Kings, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    31 1/2 x 25 5/16 inches
  • Robert Peterson Crowns and Halos, 2024 Oil and gold leaf on canvas 65 1/3 x 49 1/8 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Crowns and Halos, 2024
    Oil and gold leaf on canvas
    65 1/3 x 49 1/8 inches
  • Robert Peterson Assieds-toi (take a seat), 2024 Oil on canvas 72 x 54 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Assieds-toi (take a seat), 2024
    Oil on canvas
    72 x 54 inches
  • Robert Peterson American Dreamin', 2024 Oil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
    Robert Peterson
    American Dreamin', 2024
    Oil on canvas
    72 x 48 inches
  • Robert Peterson Heart of Gold, 2024 Oil and gold leaf on canvas 60 x 36 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Heart of Gold, 2024
    Oil and gold leaf on canvas
    60 x 36 inches
  • Robert Peterson Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, 2020 Oil on canvas 74 x 50 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    74 x 50 inches
  • Robert Peterson Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, 2024 Oil on canvas 46 x 36 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    46 x 36 inches
  • Robert Peterson Pure Joy, 2024 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Pure Joy, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Head in the Clouds, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 72 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Head in the Clouds, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    48 x 72 inches
  • Robert Peterson Daughter of an Immigrant, 2021 Oil and diamond dust on canvas 60 x 48 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Daughter of an Immigrant, 2021
    Oil and diamond dust on canvas
    60 x 48 inches
  • Robert Peterson Untitled (Blue Blow Pop), 2019 Oil on panel 24 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Untitled (Blue Blow Pop), 2019
    Oil on panel
    24 inches
  • Robert Peterson Untitled (Hair Curlers), 2019 Oil on panel 30 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Untitled (Hair Curlers), 2019
    Oil on panel
    30 inches
  • Robert Peterson Untitled (Brick Phone), 2019 Oil on panel 24 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Untitled (Brick Phone), 2019
    Oil on panel
    24 inches
  • Robert Peterson Protector. Protect Her. (Nothing like a Mother’s love), 2022 Oil on canvas 40 x 80 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Protector. Protect Her. (Nothing like a Mother’s love), 2022
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 80 inches
  • Robert Peterson Not my first rodeo, 2024 Oil on canvas 73 3/4 x 85 3/4 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Not my first rodeo, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    73 3/4 x 85 3/4 inches
  • Robert Peterson Longing to be seen, 2024 Oil on panel 30 x 24 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Longing to be seen, 2024
    Oil on panel
    30 x 24 inches
  • Robert Peterson Birds of a feather, 2024 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Birds of a feather, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson When you see him, you see me, 2022 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches
    Robert Peterson
    When you see him, you see me, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    24 x 18 inches
  • Robert Peterson Virginia, 2024 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Virginia, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 inches
  • Robert Peterson Still Standing, 2024 Oil on canvas 64 x 48 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Still Standing, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    64 x 48 inches
  • Robert Peterson Saint Daniel, 2023 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Saint Daniel, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Saint Gregory, 2023 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Saint Gregory, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Small Town Girl, 2024 Oil on canvas 49 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Small Town Girl, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    49 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches
  • Robert Peterson Slaying Giants. Protest 2020., 2020 Oil on canvas 50 x 74 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Slaying Giants. Protest 2020., 2020
    Oil on canvas
    50 x 74 inches
  • Robert Peterson Saint Francis, 2023 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Saint Francis, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Oklahoma Son, 2024 Oil and gold leaf on canvas 21 12 x 21 1/2 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Oklahoma Son, 2024
    Oil and gold leaf on canvas
    21 12 x 21 1/2 inches
  • Robert Peterson Imperfectly perfect, together, 2023 Oil on canvas 81 1/2 x 115 1/2 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Imperfectly perfect, together, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    81 1/2 x 115 1/2 inches
  • Robert Peterson I Am Forever, 2024 Oil on canvas 54 x 114 inches
    Robert Peterson
    I Am Forever, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    54 x 114 inches
  • Robert Peterson Everyone Deserves Flowers, 2024 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Everyone Deserves Flowers, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Back to Black, 2024 Oil on panel 30 x 24 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Back to Black, 2024
    Oil on panel
    30 x 24 inches
  • Robert Peterson Sunday Kind of Love, 2022 Oil on canvas 54 x 114 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Sunday Kind of Love, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    54 x 114 inches
  • Robert Peterson Gifted, 2024 Oil and gold leaf on canvas 21 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Gifted, 2024
    Oil and gold leaf on canvas
    21 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
  • Robert Peterson Alocasia, 2021 Oil on canvas 41 x 41 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Alocasia, 2021
    Oil on canvas
    41 x 41 inches
  • Robert Peterson She is Like Water, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
    Robert Peterson
    She is Like Water, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    36 x 36 inches
  • Robert Peterson Saint Alexander, 2023 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Saint Alexander, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    25 x 21 inches
  • Robert Peterson Three Brothers, 2022 Oil on canvas 40 x 60 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Three Brothers, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60 inches
  • Robert Peterson My Favorite Everything, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 1/2 x 46 inches
    Robert Peterson
    My Favorite Everything, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 1/2 x 46 inches
  • Robert Peterson Apple of America’s Obsession, 2024 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Apple of America’s Obsession, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 30 inches
  • Robert Peterson American Muscle, 2022 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 inches
    Robert Peterson
    American Muscle, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 80 inches
  • Robert Peterson A Moment of Silence, 2023 Oil on canvas 37 x 41 inches
    Robert Peterson
    A Moment of Silence, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    37 x 41 inches
  • Robert Peterson Together We Stand, 2023 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
    Robert Peterson
    Together We Stand, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    24 x 24 inches
  • Robert Peterson What goes around, comes around, 2023 Oil on panel 48 x 48 inches
    Robert Peterson
    What goes around, comes around, 2023
    Oil on panel
    48 x 48 inches
Overview
Robert Peterson, "Gifted," 2024, Oil and gold leaf on canvas. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody.
Robert Peterson, "Gifted," 2024, Oil and gold leaf on canvas. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody.

Somewhere in America tells a deeply personal-yet widely recognizable-story of family, community, and legacy.

In his portraits, contemporary artist Robert Peterson renders African American life beautifully and joyfully, rejecting stereotypes to celebrate the “Black experience as [he] knows it.” The artist’s first major museum exhibition, Somewhere in America features key paintings from Peterson’s existing works, as well as over 20 new works, many painted on a monumental scale. Each painting—loving depictions of individuals, couples, and families in everyday moments—commemorates Peterson’s community in small-town Oklahoma, his wider circle of friends and family throughout the country, and the people he encounters that spark memories of those he has known, both past and present. Self-taught, Peterson picked up a paintbrush for the first time in 2012 to distract himself from an upcoming hip replacement. He had his first solo exhibition in New York City less than a year later. Today, his work sells out at art fairs and galleries and is collected by museums, with works at the Philbrook Museum of Art, Weisman Art Museum, and Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg. 

 

Robert Peterson Somewhere in America is organized by the Wichita Art Museum.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Installation Views
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
  • Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
    Installation view, Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America, 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.
Press
  • Installation View: "Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America," 2025. Photo: Evan Sheldon.

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