Peter Shear (b. 1980, Beverly Farms, USA) lives and works in Bloomington.

Recent solo exhibitions include A Point Between the Eyes, Mendes Wood, Germantown (2025), Reality Show, Blum, Los Angeles (2024); Following Sea, Cheim and Read, New Yoek (2023); Peter Shear: Empty Boat, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2021); Time Stamp, Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis (2019).

Recent group exhibitions include The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York (2023); Real Life, Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (2023); Things Seen, Make Room, Los Angeles (2023); Regarding Kimber, Cheim & Read, New York (2022); Small Paintings, Venus Over Manhattan, New York (2022); 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2022); Zwang, C.G. Boerner, New York (2020); A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford (2021); Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia e Tamina, P420 Arte Contemporanea, Bologna (2019); Locus Focus: Peter Shear and Arvind Sundararajan, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (2018); Winter Show, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2018); and Basic Instinct: Peter Shear and Ellen Siebers, FJORD, Philadelphia (2016).