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Peter Wegner

SELECTED WORKS

 Peter Wegner
1978-1980 A.M.E Bale Residential Scholarship, VIC
1983-1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Phillip Institute of Technology, (RMIT), VIC
1986 Diploma of Education, Hawthorn Institute of Education
1988 Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Phillip Institute of Technology (RMIT), VIC
1996 Lecturer, Drawing, Ballarat University
1996-02 Visiting Lecturer Program, Ballarat University, La Trobe University & RMIT
2005 Sessional Lecturer, Drawing, Monash University

Solo Exhibitions

2007'The Burden', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'The Burden', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Melbourne
2005‘Painting life’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2003‘Sitting Still: Portraits of Graeme Doyle’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002‘Sitting Still: Portrait Studies of Graeme Doyle’, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
1998‘West Coast Drawings’, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
1992‘Recent Paintings’, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery of Contemporary Art
1985‘Paintings, Drawings and Prints’, Horsham Regional Art Gallery
1984‘Recent works’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art, VIC
1982‘Recent works’, Bendigo Fine Arts Gallery, VIC

Group Exhibitions

2008'Naked and the Nude', Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
'Dobell Drawing Prize', Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Salon des Refusés 2008’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney
‘Who let the dogs out’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘For Matthew & Others: Journeys with Schizophrenia’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW (Winner)
2005'Australian Contemporary Art’, De Récourt Art in association with Australian Galleries at The Gallery in Cork Street, London
‘Dobel Drawing Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (finalist), NSW State Library; touring exhibition
Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales; touring exhibition
‘Portraits and other works’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (finalist), NSW State Library; touring exhibition
2001The Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Art Gallery
Mornington Drawing Prize, Mornington Regional Art Gallery
James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
‘Cavalcade of Scientists’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
1998The Fleurieu Landscape Prize, Seaview Winery Gallery, Moss Vale
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (finalist), NSW State Library; touring exhibition
1997Nillumbik Invitation Art Awards, Nillumbik Shire Council
Mornington Drawing Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Melbourne Savage Club Invitation Drawing Prize,
James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
1996Ballarat University Staff Exhibition, Ballarat University Gallery
1995Nillumbik Invitation Art Awards, Nillumbik Shire Council
1994Swan Hill Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
1993James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
1991James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
Eltham Invitation Prize, Eltham Shire Council
Diamond Valley Invitation Art Awards, Shire of Diamond Valley
1990BP Invitation Acquisitive Prize, South Melbourne Town Hall
1989Post Graduate Exhibition, Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne
1987F.W Curtis Collection, Bendigo Regional Gallery
‘Works Behind Glass’, Doncaster Municipal Gallery
1986‘Young Printmakers’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
1984Diamond Valley Invitation Print Prize Graduate Exhibition, La Trobe University Gallery
Box Hill Drawing and Print Invitation Prize, Melbourne
‘Phillip to Prahran Paintings’, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
1982Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill
1977Clive Parry Galleries, Melbourne
2000_Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales; regional touring exhibition Sporting 2000_Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales; regional touring exhibition NSW; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Bibliography

Anderson, Patricia; “Portraiture sitting pretty”, Australian, 3 August 2005, Arts p.15
Backhouse, Megan; “Poetic portrait”, Age, A3, 18 August 2003, p.13
Backhouse, Megan; “Two Friends Face Up to Art & Life”, Age, 25 March 2002, The Culture p.5
Barclay, Alison; “Preview”, Victorian Arts Centre News, 1 May 2001, p.12
Barclay, Alison; “Taking A Stand”, Herald Sun, 17 March 2000, p.81, 87
Cross, Elizabeth; Catalogue essay, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, 2002
Cerebona, Ron; “Faces with Inside View’, Canberra Times, 1 June, p.8
Crawford, Ashley; “New Year Group Show”, The Sunday Age, 29 January 2006, p.24
Cross, Elizabeth; Australian Galleries catalogue essay, 2004
Crowle, Dr Christine with Boddy, Janet; “Set Up”, Nillumbik Art Collection Essays, p.76
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Catalogue, 2006
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Catalogue, 1998
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Catalogue, 2002
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Catalogue, 2004
Dougherty, Peter; “Interview”, Art Streams, Nov/Dec 1998
Fortescue, Elizabeth; “Making An Exhibition Of Themselves”, Daily
Telegraph, 18 March 2003, p.121
Frazer, Jane; “Melbourne Brushes Up” The Australian, 27 March 2006, p.12
Germaine, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand
Hart, Bob; “Jaques Pot”, Herald Sun, 20 November 2004, Good Weekender p.2
Higson, Rosalie; “Rip the Canvas Ceiling”, The Australian, 19 February 2007, p.15
Higson, Rosalie; “Poet the Perfect Subject for Prize Winner”, The Australian, 15 March 2006, p.3
Lambert, Catherine, “Chef warms to art”, Herald Sun, 21 March 2004, p.10
Loxley, Anne; “For Matthew and Others: Journeys with Schizophrenia”, Exhibition catalogue, p.132
Makin, Jeff; “Ahead of the Field”, Herald Sun, 9 November 1998
McDonald, Jan; Australian Artists Producing Prints, 1988
McDonald, Jan; “Australian Artists Index 1986”, Artist and Environment Designers in Schools, Print Council
McColloch, Sandra; Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 2007
McDonald, John; “It’s like a Sausage Factory”, Sydney Morning Herald, 1- 2 April p.28
McWhirther, Erin; “Finally, Painter gets The Big Prize with a Wounded Poet”, The Age, 15 March 2006, p.9
Millington, John; “Too close to caricature”, Courier Mail Brisbane, 2 January 1999
Neihoff, Pamela; “You Can Leave Your Hat On”, Racing Through History, Autumn, p.3
Nelson, Robert; “Battered by the brush”, The Age, 20 July 2005, Metro, Arts
Nelson, Robert; “Few prizes in Archibald”, Age, 22 December 2004, A3 p.6
Nelson, Robert; “One’s a stand out”, Age, 5 November 2004, A3 p.6
Nelson, Robert; “Judge Prefers Horrors Over Jewels”, Age, 7 December 2002, p. 27
of Australia, 1986
Smee, Sebastian; “The Odds On The Archibald”, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 2000, p.15
Smith, Amanda; ABC Radio National, Sunday Arts Review, 4 March 2007
Strickland, Katrina; “Artists Face up to More Prize Money”, Financial Review, 15 March 2006, p.8
Takeuchi, Ayand and Simos, Kate; “Windows and Orphans: Something from Nothing”, Monash University Publication, p.30
Thomas, Daniel; “Anti-Archibald: Doing the Doug Moran”, Art Monthly Australia, September 2004, p.21

Awards

2007 Moya Dyring Studio Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (Art Gallery of New South Wales) 
2006Doug Moran prize, NSW  (winner)
2003Artist in Residence, Moonee Valley Racing Club, VIC
1998 Bundanon Trust, Arthur Boyd bequest, Artist in Residence, Nowra
1996 Artists and Environment Designers in Schools – Funded by Education Victoria Artist in Residence Program, Haileybury College
1984 Victor Harbour Art Prize
1982 Victorian Ministry of Education Artist in Residence Program
1978-80 A.M.E Bale Residential Scholarship
1976 Albury Art Prize, Flinders Art Award

Collections

Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Anglican Centre, St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Australian Racing Museum, VIC
Castlemaine Performing Arts Centre
F.W Curtis Collection, La Trobe University, Bendigo
Haileybury College Collection
La Trobe University Art Collection, Bendigo
Melbourne Grammar School Art Collection, VIC
Moonee Valley Racing Club
Municipal Collections of Dandenong, Clayton, Bright, Altona, Frankston, Flinders and Nillumbik
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Perpetual Trustees Collection
Private Collections
Queensland State Library, Hardy Collection
Shell Australia
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Melbourne, VIC
Victorian State Library, VIC

Selected Reviews

Finally, painter gets the big prize with portrait of a wounded poet | The Age | 15 Mar 2006
Battered by the brush | The Age | 19 Jul 2005
New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005

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