SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
VIRIDIAN GALLERY, New York, NY “22nd International Juried Exhibition” 2011 Curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator Whitney Museum Award of Distinction - Second Prize
GLADSTONE HOTEL, Toronto, Canada “Hard Twist Juried International Exhibition” 2011
BEIJING INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNALE, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2010
CARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Carmel, California, Two Person Show 2011
AXIS GALLERY, 6th Juried National, Sacramento, CA 2011
MARIN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Novato, CA “Artfully Reclaimed V” National Juried Exhibition 2011 Juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
PETALUMA ARTS CENTER, Petaluma, CA, “Fire / Ice” Juried by Brigitte Micmacker, New Leaf Gallery 2011 LIBERTY ARTS YREKA, Yreka, California, Curated by Michael Crane, Curator Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, Oregon 2011
CARMEL ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY, Carmel, California, “Added Dimension” 2011 HOUSTON MEMORIAL SCULPTURE GARDEN, Carmel, California, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 2011
PRIVATE MEMBER’S ART SHOW, Clint Eastwood’s Private Club “Tehama,” Carmel, California, USA 2009
SCULPTORS OF THE CARMEL ART ASSOCIATION, Monterey Public Library, California 2009
SCULPTURE IN THE WINERY: Staglin Family Vineyard, Rutherford, Napa Valley, California, USA 2008
C0NNECTIONS, Sculpture Exhibition, Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, CA 2008
SNOOZE BUTTON: Awakening to American Culture in Decline, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Juried by Steven Wolf, Steven Wolf Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco
OBJECTS OF ENGAGEMENT, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA 2006 Juried by Michelle Rowe-Shields, Curator for Villa Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
IN THE ROUND, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA 2005 Curated by Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Curator
ARTIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT, Artist Public Lecture, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 2005
WIT AND WISDOM, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA Juried by Beth Goldberg, Falkirk Curator 2005 INTERIOR DESIGN SHOWHOUSE, invited and featured by Joseph Hittinger Designs, Atherton, CA 2005 SIERRA MAR, Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA 2004-2006
ANNUAL FALL AUCTION EXHIBIT, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 2004
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR FINE ART EXHIBITION, Juried Statewide sculpture competition, Sacramento, California, USA Special Award and Excellence Award, 2004.  Phil Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California.
5 CONTEMPORARY SCULPTORS, Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel, CA 2004
OFF THE RIM, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA Curated by Executive Director and Curator, Grounds for Sculpture, Brooke Barrie 2004
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA 2004
GILLIAN HODGE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Sierra College, Grass Valley, CA 2003-2004 Juried by Scott Shields, Curator of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento            
THE ARTIST IN THE STUDIO, Resident Artist, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2003
MEMBER’S EXHIBITION, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA 2003 Juried by Cheryl Haines, proprietor of Haines Gallery, San Francisco
SUMMER OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW, Juried exhibition, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA 2003
RUTH BANCROFT GARDENTS SCULPTURE SHOW, Walnut Creek, CA 2003
OBJECTS AND ABSTRACTIONS, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2003
NEW ARTISTS SHOW, Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA 2002
REFLECTIONS IN METAL, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA 2002
SPECIFIC GRAVITY, Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, CA 2001
10 VIEWS/22 DIMENSIONS, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA 2000
OPEN STUDIO, Figurative Sculpture, New School Studios, Santa Fe, NM 1997
SPACE – NEW FORM, NEW FUNCTION, Juried National, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 1987                 
WICHITA NATIONAL, Juried National Exhibit, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, USA 1986 CONTAINERS, Juried National Exhibit, Hickory Street Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1986
VISIONS OF FAMILY, Merit Award, Juried National, Centre for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 1986 www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/baker/baker.htm
SOLO EXHIBIT, Artist’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1986
CLAY AND FIBER, Juried Regional, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM 1986

PUBLICATIONS:
Catalog of the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China 2010
Catalog of the Symposium of the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China "An Artist's Sculptural Commentary on Human Survival, the Environment and Mythology" 2010
Carmel Magazine, “Local Artist Honored by the Chinese” regarding the artist both speaking at the Beijing International Art Biennale in 2010 and showing at National Art Museum of China 2010, Fall 2010/11 Carmel Magazine, “Art for All” article describes sculpture “Lineage” at Winfield Gallery, Summer/Fall 2006
Architectural Digest, photograph of installed sculpture “Lift,” September 2005
Catalog of Grounds for Sculpture, "Spring Summer Exhibitions" 2004 Catalog of the California Fine Art Exhibition "California State Fair Fine Art" 2004 InFORM, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art 2004 Monterey Coast Weekly, feature article “Force of Nature: Peter Hiers brings steel to life,” November 2004 Sculpture Magazine, November 2004, article regarding Grounds For Sculpture exhibition initiated by the artist Albuquerque Journal, David Bell review of Hiers’ 1986 solo exhibition in Santa Fe: “Texture, form and color are of a piece, a fact that contributes to the installation’s being a work of art in itself.”

"Vas Vitalis",  68"x8"x2", Steel
 

"Quiet Fire", 83"x6"x3", Steel