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PETER ATKINS

PETER ATKINS

Australia
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Peter Atkins Biography

Peter Atkins was born in Murrurundi, New South Wales in 1963. He studied at the Newcastle Art School, NSW (1983/84) and National Art School, Sydney (1985). Peter has had an extensive solo and group exhibition career with exhibitions including Quirky: From the Collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW (2010); Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2009); Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, VIC (2008); Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria (2007). Collections include the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Peter currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

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Contemporary art exhibition Dana Harris Peter Atkins SUPERsystems at Tarrawarra Museum of Art Melbourne Australia
Dana Harris, Peter Atkins SUPERsystems Tarrawarra Museum of Art 23 March–14 July 2024
Melbourne
Contemporary art exhibition Peter Atkins Obsolete logos at Martin Browne Contemporary Sydney Australia
Peter Atkins Obsolete logos Martin Browne Contemporary 20 August–13 September 2015
Sydney
Contemporary art exhibition Peter Atkins Jazz at Martin Browne Contemporary Sydney Australia
Peter Atkins Jazz Martin Browne Contemporary 27 June–20 July 2013
Sydney

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Conversation Peter Atkins Laura Thomson My work attempts to provide a positive engagement with contemporary abstraction by metaphorically carving out a space for the audience to add their own narratives.
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Spotlight Melbourne Now Emily Cormack For a city consistently referred to as Australia’s ‘cultural capital’ Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has had a track record of casual disregard for the vigorous cultural activities that have been occurring in its midst. It has seemed odd at best, that despite healthy acquisitions of contemporary Australian...
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Conversation Martin Browne Browne understands the importance of balancing the needs of his artists with that of the collector; and curatorial integrity with commercial reality.

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