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Kyle Adam Kalev Peets

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New book NUMBSKULLS! Finished this beast (300 pages) about a year ago but just getting around to documenting it. It’s all mono screenprints. I tried to make something that felt as unhinged and belligerent as the state of the world. It’s also about masculinity, insanity and hungry cowboys and has lots of repetition and layering. It’s perfect bound (but not that perfect) and 10”x14”. I’M A MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

#artistbooks #printmaking #screenprint #contemporary #screenprinting by @kyle.peets

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More Sticks and Branches for ya!
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#screenprinting #screenprint #landscape #printmaking #contemporanyart by @kyle.peets

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I was hiking the other day and taking tons of photos of sticks and branches and I thought how funny would it be to make a series titled STICKS AND BRANCHES. So here are some sticks and branches. More to come… Do you like sticks and branches?

#screenprinting #screenprint #landscape #printmaking #contemporanyart by @kyle.peets

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At beginning of the summer I wanted to make a book that felt unhinged and belligerent to match the state of the world. Here’s a sneak peak, it’s called NUMBSKULL, and has become the bane of my existence but maybe is still cool and I just need to finish it so I can meet it freshly. It’s got a lot of pages.
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screenprinting #screenprint #screenprinted #serigrafia #serigraphy #silkscreen #silkscreenprinting #silkscreenart #print #printmaking #contemporaryart #contemporaryprint #palouse #wallawalla #columbiabasin #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapeart #color #acrylic #monoprint #monoprinting #monoprints #screenprintmonotype #screenprintmonoprint #monoprint #monotype #bookarts #artistbooks #artistsbooks #kylepeets by @kyle.peets

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More pics from my show, Willy-Nilly, @carnationcontemporary photo cred @mariogalluccistudio (nothin’ Willy-Nilly about them photos! They look GREAT)
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screenprintingw #screenprint #screenprinted #serigrafia #serigraphy #silkscreen #silkscreenprinting #silkscreenart #print #printmaking #contemporaryart #contemporaryprint #palouse #wallawalla #columbiabasin #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapeart #color #acrylic #monoprint #monoprinting #monoprints #screenprintmonotype #screenprintmonoprint #monoprint #monotype #collage #collageart #collageprint #kylepeets by @kyle.peets

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Here’s some install shots of my recent show, Willy-Nilly, @carnationcontemporary by the super talented @mariogalluccistudio . Enjoy!
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screenprinting #screenprint #screenprinted #serigrafia #serigraphy #silkscreen #silkscreenprinting #silkscreenart #print #printmaking #contemporaryart #contemporaryprint #palouse #wallawalla #columbiabasin #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapeart #color #acrylic #monoprint #monoprinting #monoprints #screenprintmonotype #screenprintmonoprint #monoprint #monotype #collage #collageart #collageprint #kylepeets taken in Portland Oregon by @kyle.peets

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NOW ON VIEW - WILLY-NILLY
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets (@kyle.peets)
June 7 - June 29,
Opening Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM Hours: Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment
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EXHIBITION
Estonia was one of the last European countries to be forcefully converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.
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This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.
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Kyle Adam Kalev Peets is a multi-disciplinary artist-educator and plant lover. He has had solo exhibitions at Carnation Contemporary (Portland, OR), Platte Forum gallery (Denver, CO) as well as group exhibitions like, Art Shanty on the frozen White Bear Lake (Minneapolis, MN). His work was published in the periodical SPRTS by Endless Editions (New York, NY), archived in the Watson Library Special Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA, Manhattan, Artists’ Books. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa as well as a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the Iowa Center for The Book. Kyle currently teaches Print and Book Arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. by @kyle.peets

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NOW ON VIEW - WILLY-NILLY
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets (@kyle.peets)
June 7 - June 29,
Opening Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM Hours: Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment
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EXHIBITION
Estonia was one of the last European countries to be forcefully converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.
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This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.
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Kyle Adam Kalev Peets is a multi-disciplinary artist-educator and plant lover. He has had solo exhibitions at Carnation Contemporary (Portland, OR), Platte Forum gallery (Denver, CO) as well as group exhibitions like, Art Shanty on the frozen White Bear Lake (Minneapolis, MN). His work was published in the periodical SPRTS by Endless Editions (New York, NY), archived in the Watson Library Special Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA, Manhattan, Artists’ Books. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa as well as a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the Iowa Center for The Book. Kyle currently teaches Print and Book Arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. by @kyle.peets

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OPENING SATURDAY - WILLY-NILLY
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets (@kyle.peets)
June 7 - June 29,
Opening Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM Hours: Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment
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EXHIBITION
Estonia was one of the last European countries to be forcefully converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.
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This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.
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ARTIST
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets is a multi-disciplinary artist-educator and plant lover. He has had solo exhibitions at Carnation Contemporary (Portland, OR), Platte Forum gallery (Denver, CO) as well as group exhibitions like, Art Shanty on the frozen White Bear Lake (Minneapolis, MN). His work was published in the periodical SPRTS by Endless Editions (New York, NY), archived in the Watson Library Special Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA, Manhattan, Artists’ Books. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa as well as a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the Iowa Center for The Book. Kyle currently teaches Print and Book Arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. by @kyle.peets

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Hey got a new solo show, Willy-Nilly, opening June 7 @carnationcontemporary 5pm-8pm. Come say hi and let’s drink afterwords! Taarvisaaks 🇪🇪

Estonia was one of the last European countries to be converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.

This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.

#screenprinting #screenprint #screenprinted #serigrafia #serigraphy #silkscreen #silkscreenprinting #silkscreenart #print #printmaking #contemporaryart #contemporaryprint #baltic #estonia #columbiabasin #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapeart #color #graphica #monoprint #monoprinting #monoprints #screenprintmonotype #paganism #monoprint #monotype #collage #collageart #collageprint #kylepeets by @kyle.peets

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OPENING SATURDAY - WILLY-NILLY
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets (@kyle.peets)
June 7 - June 29,
Opening Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM Hours: Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment
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EXHIBITION
Estonia was one of the last European countries to be forcefully converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.
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This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.
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ARTIST
Kyle Adam Kalev Peets is a multi-disciplinary artist-educator and plant lover. He has had solo exhibitions at Carnation Contemporary (Portland, OR), Platte Forum gallery (Denver, CO) as well as group exhibitions like, Art Shanty on the frozen White Bear Lake (Minneapolis, MN). His work was published in the periodical SPRTS by Endless Editions (New York, NY), archived in the Watson Library Special Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA, Manhattan, Artists’ Books. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa as well as a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the Iowa Center for The Book. Kyle currently teaches Print and Book Arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. by @kyle.peets

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Willy-Nilly, by Kyle Adam Kalev Peets
📍Carnation Contemporary, 8371 N Interstate Ave #3, Portland
🗓️ June 7 - 29, 2025
✨Opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM
⏳ Hours : Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment
🎟️ Free to the public

Estonia was one of the last European countries to be forcefully converted from Paganism to Christianity. Today Estonia is one of the least religious countries in Europe. Only a small percentage of Estonians believe in God, but most believe they can talk to trees. This body of work has something to do with that.

This project begins with a slow turn back to my Estonian roots to embrace pre-Christian magical thinking, animism, awe and wonder. I employ an advanced print technique I call, Willy-Nilly, that prioritizes intuition, failure and chance over logic. Layering and repetition are used to create hypnotic rhythms that look back to ancient spiritual technologies that disrupt logical thinking, like spinning in a circle or repeating a word over and over. The layering of multiple photographs onto one picture plane challenges the western obsession with the individual — especially as it’s enforced by the single authoritative lens of the camera. These kinds of images obstruct legibility but also surface new forms of reading. Layering creates pictorial anomalies and abstractions that confuse our relationship to nature as it’s mediated through images. I think of this as an alternative tool for understanding, revealing the hidden by challenging how we expect landscape pictures to look.

Kyle Adam Kalev Peets is a multi-disciplinary artist-educator and plant lover. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa as well as a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the Iowa Center for The Book. Kyle currently teaches Print and Book Arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

#artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists by @kyle.peets

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