Peter Churcher

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Born February 28, 1964, Brisbane, Australia. Considered one of the best portrait artists in Australia, has been awarded numerous awards in Australia and Europe.

Prolific and interesting career as a painter, an artist being commissioned officer during the war in the Persian Gulf, the official portrait of important public figures such as prime ministers and governors general.

He currently lives and works in Barcelona, where he finds his inspiration.

"The main lure of Barcelona for me, Artistically, is the continuous throng of 'human traffic' That exists on the streets, day and night. I find this unceasing flow of human activity and ritual plays out That Before My Eyes inspiring and central to my work. "

Solo Exhibitions 2009 Philip Bacon Galleries. Brisbane, Australia. 23rd June - 18th July 2008 "21 Months in Barcelona", Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2007 "Paintings from Barcelona", Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2006 "The hunt, slaughter and Other rituals', Australian Galleries, Painting and Sculpture, Melbourne 2006 "The hunt, slaughter and Other rituals", Melbourne Art Fair, Australian Galleries 2005 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2004 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne 2003 Australian Galleries, Sydney 2002 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2001 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne 2000 Australian Galleries, Sydney 1999 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne 1998 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 1996 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne 1994 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 January "Realisme 09" Art Fair, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 October "The Sovereign European Art Prize Finalists Exhibition Contemporary" Embankment Galleries, Somerset House. London, UK 2008 Collective disturbance 2008 - Painting, Circulo de Sant Lluch, Barcelona 2006 "50th Anniversary Exhibition" June 5th, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, (Finalist) 2005 "Australian Contemporary Art", De Recourt Art in association with Australian Galleries at The Gallery in Cork Street, London
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2004 "Group exhibition", Australian Galleries, Melbourne
"Portraits and Other Works", Australian Galleries, Melbourne
"Species", Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2003 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
"X Melbourne, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra and Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney 2002 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Artfair Melbourne 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
"Selected Works from the Stock Room", Australian Galleries, Sydney 2001 "Australian Painting and Sculpture ', Australian Galleries, Sydney 2000 "Selected Works", Australian Galleries, Sydney 1999 "Fine Paintings and Sculpture ', Australian Galleries, Sydney
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
"On the Road" The Car in Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1997 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1996 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1995 "Lineage", Linden, St Kilda Arts Centre 1994 "Fresh from the Studio", Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney 1993 Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition
"The Changing Face of Melbourne 1841-1993", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne 1992 "Australian Modernism: The Complexity and the Diversity", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 3, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 1990 'Artworks II: Thirty Melbourne Emerging Artists', South Melbourne Town Hall