| |  | 1940 | Born Melbourne, Victoria | | 1972-1995 | Senior lecturer at the University of Ballarat | | 1978-2009 | Full time practising Sculptor | | 2010 | Peter passed away on Wednesday, 6th of January 2010 | | | | | | For more information on Peter Blizzard, please visit his website: | | | www.peterblizzard.com |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2009 | 'Whale Song: Time and Space', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Peter Blizzard - A Retrospective', Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC
| | 2008 | 'Venerate the Earth', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | ‘Whalesong’ series, Axia Modern Art, Armadale, New South Wales
| | 2006 | ‘Sacred Land’, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
| | 2005 | Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
| | 2003 | Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
| | ‘Sacred Stone’, Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
| | 1998 | Bulle Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1997 | Isogaya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
| | 1996 | Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1995 | Bell Gallery, Saiki, Japan
| | 1993 | Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1992 | Sculpture and Works on Paper, David Ellis, Melbourne
| | Sculpture and Works on Paper, Chairman’s Lounge, Australian Airlines, Melbourne
| | Wall Street Exchange Art Consultants, Melbourne
| | 1991 | Sculpture and Paper Works, Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria
| | 1981 | Works on Paper, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | ‘Summer stock show’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne
| | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | Inaugural Annual Lorne Sculpture Exhibition
| | 2005 | McClelland Survey & Sculpture Award Select Exhibition, Langwarren, Victoria
| | Brisbane Art Fair, Queensland
| | Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak, Victoria
| | ’contempora2’, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at NewQuay
| | 2004 | ‘Shanghai Art Fair’, with Australian Art Resources, China
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Bibliography
| 2009 | 'A lifetime of ideas, responses' The Courier: 21 November 2009 (to view article go to 'news') | | | |
Awards2008 Who’s who in Victoria- Inaugural edition, page 76
2006 Order of Australia Medal- for Arts and Education
2001 City of Port Phillip, Design and Urban Development Award for ‘Bay Totem’
1996 Crouch Prize- Acquisitive, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
1982 Mildura Sculpture Triennial- Acquisitive, Mildura City Council, Victoria
1981 Australian Sculpture Triennial- Acquisitive, Philip Institute, Melbourne
1979 Caulfield Invitation Sculpture Award, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne
CollectionsBaillieu Myer Collection, Elgee Park, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Caulfield Arts Centre, Victoria
City of Ballarat, Victoria
City of Mildura, Victoria
City of Port Philip, Victoria
City of Townsville, Queensland
Dalwhinnie Winery, Moonambel, Victoria
Deakin University, Art Collection, Victoria
Department of Justice, Victoria
Gold Museum, Ballarat, Victoria
Ian Hicks Collection, Shoreham, Victoria
La Trobe University, Victoria
Manningham City Council- Doncaster, Victoria
Massui Shipping Line, Beppu, Japan
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria
St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Victoria
University of Ballarat, Victoria
Vatican Museum, Vatican, Italy
Verdaccio Studio, Tuscany, Italy
Xavier College, Melbourne
Yamaji Tsutomu Collection (3 hospitals), Osaka, Japan
Private collections in Australian, Italy, USA and Japan
Commissions2006 ‘Orchard Earth Totem’, steel and stone, 6 metres
high, City of Doncaster, Victoria
‘Jade Stone Totem’, jade stone and bronze, 2
metres high, Private Collection, Winchelsea,
Victoria
2004 Victoria bronze, stone and steel, 4 metres high, St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat
‘Stone Garden/ Journey’, stone and water, 6.5
metres high, Australian Ex-prisoners of War
Memorial, Ballarat
2002 ‘Moonambel Earth Totem’, steel and stone, 4.5
metres high, Dalwhinnie Winery, Victoria
2001 ‘Shrine to the Water Moon’, bronze and glass,
Osaka, Japan
‘Water Clouds Shrine’, bronze and glass, Osaka,
Japan
‘Bay Totem’ fountain, bronze, stone and water, 4.5 metres high, St. Kilda, Victoria
2000 ‘Shrine to the Ancient River’, bronze and stone, 4.7 metres high, 360 Collins St, Melbourne
1999 ‘Quarter Moon Shrine’, bronze, glass and marble, Osaka, Japan
‘Mountain Spirit Totem’, bronze and stone, 4.5
metres high, 60 Castlereigh St, Sydney
‘Sun Cloud Shrine’ macquette, bronze, marble and basalt, 65cm high, Murdoch Sculpture Foundation
for McClelland Sculpture Park
‘Metamorphis of a Golden Landscape’ 6 Courtroom doors, brass, copper and bronze, each 2.5 x 0.92 metres, Ballarat Law Courts, Victoria
1998 ‘White Stone Altar’, bronze and marble, Japan
1996 ‘High Coastal Sail’, bronze, 2.5 metres high, Private Commission, Portsea, Victoria
‘Sea Wave Series’ (series of 6 sculptures),
bronze and glass, commissioned by Masui Kota-
Masui Shipping Line for Sea Wave Hotel, Beppu,
Japan
1995 ‘Flame’, brass, basalt, 3 metres high, Monument to commemorate the end of the War in the Pacific
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