BORN 1960 New Zealand
STUDIES Paris
Background
From a very young age I pursued a career in the fine arts, specializing in drawing and painting in every school I attended during my formative years.
After leaving the compulsory constraints of high school art classes I travelled to Paris, France earning a scholarship in sculpture, painting, printmaking and life drawing whilst studying under some of the most respected names in the Parisian art world such as Camillo Otero and Susanne Runacher. The sweet taste of student life in a liberal art school like The Paris American Academy became the catalyst to the unrestrained experimentation evident in my work for the next ten years.
From 1990 to the turn of the century, prompted by marriage to my first wife and settling back in New Zealand, the experimentation gave way to a recognisable style and a preoccupation with extending my technical range instead of pursuing a narrative. I seek to establish a dominant theme to my work, concentrating my efforts on maturing the subject matter and technique without surrendering to the influences of social trends.
I have been a finalist in several major art awards including the Air New Zealand Art Award, The Nola Holmwood Memorial Portrait Prize, The Eider Este Art Award and have also received a silver medal in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. My predominantly large works have been exhibited in France, America, Australia, and New Zealand with consistent public interest and I have been rewarded with a faithful customer base.
Peter was educated in the fine arts at secondary and tertiary level under the tutorlage of several eminent artists such as Camillo Otero Suzanne Runacher and Rafael Madhavi at The Paris American Academy of Fine Arts and Languages. His work is held in private collections in America, England, Italy,France, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
EXHIBITIONS
1980 Salon des Artistes Francaise, Paris, FR
1981 La Defence, Paris, FR
1982 Canterbury Gallery, Rotorua, NZ
1983 Words and Pictures Gallery, Auckland,NZ
1984 ASA Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1985 Contemporary Gallery, Warrensburg, Mo,USA
1988 Nola Holmwood Portrait prise finalist
1990 Team MacMillan Art award finalist
1991 Ida Este Art Award finalist
1992 Portfolio Gallery, Auckland,NZ
1993 Chiaro Scuro Gallery, Auckland,NZ
1994 Mogan le Faye Gallery, Auckland,NZ
1995 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, AUS
1996 ARTEX, Auckland,NZ
1997 ARTEX, Auckland,NZ
1997 ARTEX, Auckland,NZ
1998 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, AUS
1999 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2000 Windsor and Newton Art Award finalist
2005 Fishers Fine Arts, Auckland, NZ
2006 Fishers Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ .
2007 Fishers Fine Arts, Christchurch, NZ
2007 Fishers Fine Arts, Auckland, NZ
2008 Exhibitions Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2008 Fishers Fine Arts, Christchurch, NZ
2009 Exhibitions Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2010 Exhibitions Gallery, Wellington NZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Daily Star Journal, Warrensburg Mo. USA. Portrait of an Artist
Waikato Times. Hamilton NZ. Instilation of the Mural
‘Nickel Molding and Fossilising’. ASA Gallery and studios
Thursday Arts, New Zealand Herald. TJ McNamara
Perspective on Art, New Zealand Herald. TJ Mc Namara
Pavement Magazine Auckland NZ.’ Creative Destruction
Perspective on Art, New Zealand Herald. TJ Mc Namara
National Beaches Weekender Sydney AU. Paying Homage
Television New Zealand. Dynamism of a Football Player. Zara Potts
Western Leader Auckland NZ. ‘Carving out a place’. Rani Timoti
The Painted Garden in New Zealand Art. Christopher Johnstone
New Zealand Gallery. Denis Robinson
COMMISSIONS
American Coin Cllection. 40 engravings, Shamhart collection
12 mtr mural for Resycled Recreation. Seabrook collection
American coin collection. 40 engravings, Shamhart collection
Nemrut Dhugi. Turkish Cafe. Auckland
The Factory. Elisar Salama Collection