Peter M. Fillerup

Peter M. Fillerup
BornSeptember 4, 1953
DiedAugust 2016
EducationBrigham Young University–Idaho
Brigham Young University
OccupationSculptor
SpouseLisa Ottesen
Children1 son, 5 daughters

Peter M. Fillerup (September 4, 1953 - August 2016) was an American sculptor. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he attended Brigham Young University–Idaho and Brigham Young University in Provo.[1] He was trained by Utah sculptor Avard Fairbanks.[1] He designed a sculpture of Porter Rockwell, who served on the Council of Fifty, as well as lighting fixtures for 20 LDS temples, including the Payson Utah Temple and the Lima Peru Temple.[2][3] In 1997, he designed the Hilda Erickson Memorial Statue, a public statue in memory of all American pioneers in Grantsville, Utah.[4]

Major Sculptures:[1]

  • 1978 "Buffalo Bill the Showman" bronze Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody, Wyoming and Buffalo Bill Museum Golden, Colorado
  • 1979 "Porter Rockwell" bronze LDS Church Museum Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1981 "Liver-Eating Johnson" bronze Johnson gravesite Cody, Wyoming
  • 1982 "Christus" marble Biblical Arts Center Dallas, Texas
  • 1982 "Rough String" marble Century America Orange, California
  • 1984 "Jay hawk" bronze University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
  • 1985 "Scouting- Road to Manhood" bronze Philmont Boy Scout Ranch Cimarron, New Mexico
  • 1985 "Scouting-Road to Manhood" bronze Boulder Dam Area Council Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 1985 "Scouting-Road to Manhood" bronze Central Wyoming Council Casper, Wyoming
  • 1986 "Kit Carson" bronze Salt Lake County Building Sale Lake City, Utah
  • 1987 "Up Front" bronze Soldiers and Sailors Home Buffalo, Wyoming
  • 1989 "Sower of the Good Seed" bronze Christ Church Chicago, Illinois
  • 1990 "Fanning a Twister- Steamboat" bronze University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming
  • 1991 "Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood" bronze LDS Relief Society Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1994 "The Swimming Hole" bronze Brigham Young Historic Park
  • 1994 "The Gardner's" bronze Brigham Young Historic Park
  • 1994 "Repairing the Flume" bronze Brigham Young Historic Park
  • 1994 "The Quarry" bronze Brigham Young Historic Park
  • 1995 "Pioneer Gardner's" bronze Ramah History Museum Ramah, New Mexico
  • 1996 "Journey's End" bronze Heber City Park Heber, Utah
  • 1996 "Hilda Erickson" bronze Grantsville City Hall Grantsville, Utah
  • 1997 "Pioneer Family" bronze Heber Tabernacle Heber, Utah
  • 1998 "Pioneer Family" bronze Tooele Public Library Tooele, Utah
  • 1999 "Noah's Ark" bronze Thanksgiving Point Lehi, Utah
  • 1999 "Chief Washakie" bronze LDS Conference Center Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 2000 "Miner" bronze Park City Museum Park City, Utah
  • 2001 "Cael Sanderson" bronze Wasatch High School Heber, Utah
  • 2002 "Olympic Snowflake" stainless steel Olympic Plaza Midway, Utah
  • 2003 "Russ McDonald" bronze McDonald Field Airport Heber, Utah
  • 2004 "Horse Fountain" bronze Private Residence Midway, Utah
  • 2005 "Bear Crossing" bronze Private Residence Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • 2006 "Baden Powell" bronze LDS BSA Relations National Jamboree
  • 2007 "The Summit" bronze & steel City of Ogden Recreation Ogden, Utah
  • 2008 "Two Eskimo Boys" bronze Sitnasauk Native Corporation Nome, Alaska
  • 2008 "Derrick Family" bronze Derrick Residence Farmington, Utah
  • 2009 "Bud Wright-Park bronze Park City Museum
  • 2009 "City Skier" Park City, Utah
  • 2010 "Hard and Fast All the Way" bronze Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody, Wyoming
  • 2011 "Hard and Fast All the Way" bronze Cabela's Headquarters Sidney, Nebraska
  • 2011 "The Sentinel" bronze Springville Civic Center Springville, Utah
  • 2012 "Hard and Fast All the Way" bronze Redstone Park City, Utah
  • 2013 "Flight to Manhood" bronze Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve West Virginia

Selected Commercial and Public Projects: [1]

  • AmBank Heber, Utah
  • Bill's Pub North Chicago, Illinois
  • Camp Cloud Rim Girl Scout Ranch Park City, Utah
  • Central Wyoming Council BSA Casper, Wyoming
  • Great American Restaurants Manassas and Falls Church, Virginia
  • Heber Valley Railroad Depot Heber, Utah
  • Key Bank New York, New York
  • Marabou Ranch Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Maroon Creek Country Club Aspen, Colorado
  • Maytag Mountain Ranch Hillside, Colorado
  • Montana Grille Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • National Bank of Fremont Fremont, Indiana
  • National Boy Scouts of America Dallas, Texas
  • Pearl Stable Convention Center San Antonio, Texas
  • Philmont Scout Ranch LDS Chapel Cimarron, New Mexico
  • Pinto Ranch Houston, Texas
  • Pinto Ranch Retail Las Vegas, Nevada and Dallas, Texas
  • Red Ledges Heber, Utah
  • Stein Eriksen Lodge Deer Valley, Utah
  • Storm Mountain Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saint Temples Curitiba, Brazil, Dallas, Texas, Manaus, Brazil, Payson, Utah, Tijuana, Mexico and Vancouver, B.C.
  • Wyoming Governors Residence Cheyenne, Wyoming

Other Projects: [1]

  • Nolan Archibald (Black & Decker/DeWalt Tools) residence, Utah
  • Wayne & Nancy Badovinus (Eddie Bauer) residence, Idaho
  • Lowell Baier residence, Montana
  • Ray & Christine Bingham residence, Utah
  • Greg Brown (Cowboys & Indians Magazine) office, Texas
  • Neil & Linda Brownstein residence, Utah
  • Jay & Tamara Call (Flying J) residence, Montana
  • David & Janet Cockrell residence, Wyoming
  • Harlan Crowe, Camp Top Ridge, New York
  • Tom Cruise residence, Colorado
  • Dennis Dodson (Southeast Bell) residence, Montana
  • Jeff & Gail Dyke (Dyke Associates) residence, Maine
  • Michael D. Eisner (Disney) residence, Colorado
  • David & Donna Elmore (E Center) residences, Utah & Montana
  • Bandar bin Sultan, Ambasador, residence, Colorado
  • Edsel Ford (Ford Motor Company) residence, Maine
  • Kem & Caroline Gardner residence, Utah
  • Rodney Haws residence, Utah
  • Jon Huntsman, Sr. (former CEO Huntsman Chemical) residence, Utah
  • Jeffrey Katzenburg (DreamWorks) residence, Colorado
  • Neil Kaufman residence, Kentucky
  • Dave Kaufman residence, Kentucky
  • Robert Lee (Hunting World) residence, Montana
  • John & Cindy Lovewell residence, California
  • John & Vickie Miller residences, Utah & Montana
  • Mount Desert Island Bar Harbour, Maine
  • Ann S. O'Leary (Evergreen House Design), New York
  • Bill & Jennell Presnell residence, California
  • U.S. Ambassador John Price residence, Utah
  • Corrine Prewitt (wife of Artist Hal Prewitt) residence, Utah
  • July Pyle (Pyle Associates) residence, Colorado
  • Sally & Keith Reid residence, Utah
  • Dick & Sunny Reinhold (SOS Staffing) residence, Utah
  • U.S. Ambassador Mercer Reynolds residence, Wyoming
  • Mitt & Ann Romney residences, New Hampshire &Utah
  • Kurt Roney (NuSkin) residences, Utah & Wyoming
  • Blake Roney (NuSkin) residence, Utah
  • Mitchel Rouse Hawkeye Ranch, Wyoming
  • John Schnatter (Papa John's Pizza) residence, Kentucky
  • Steve & Shannon Sorensen residence, California
  • Bill & Joanne Shiebler (Asset Publishing) residences, Wyoming & Utah
  • L.E. Simmons residence, Texas
  • Harris Simmons (Zions Bank) residence, Utah
  • R. M. Stern (R.M. Stern Architects) residence, New York
  • Glenn & Wendy Stearns residence, Wyoming
  • Bruce Talkington (Disney-Winnie the Pooh) residence, Utah
  • George & Wanda Tomlin, Tennessee
  • Jody Thompson (7-11 Stores) residence, Texas
  • Robert & Heather Urich residence, Utah
  • Chad & Wendy Weiss residence, Wyoming
  • Paul Allen, Residence, Washington
  1. ^ a b c d e "Utah Artists Project: Peter M. Fillerup". J. Willard Marriott Library. The University of Utah. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Artist: Peter M Fillerup 1 artifacts total". Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Peter McNiven Fillerup". Deseret News. August 23, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Hammond, Mary Ruth (June 10, 1997). "Statue pays tribute to all pioneers". Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. Tooele, Utah. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.