Peter Wegner (Australian artist)
Peter Wegner (born 1953) is a Melbourne-based figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman. His work hangs in many galleries in Australia, and he is known for winning the Archibald Prize in 2021.
Early life and education[edit]
Peter Wegner was born in 1953.[1]
He gained a fine arts degree in 1985,[1] and obtained a postgraduate diploma in 1988[2] from the Phillip Institute of Technology. In 2007 he completed a Master of Fine Arts at Monash University.[1]
Career[edit]
After Wegner exhibited his work in a in group exhibition in 1977, having had no training in art, he was awarded a two-year A.M.E. Bale residential painting scholarship under Sir William Dargie.[1]
After gaining his degree and diploma, he started lecturing in the Drawing Department of Ballarat University, and has also since been a visiting lecturer at La Trobe, Monash and RMIT universities.[1][2]
Exhibitions[edit]
Wegner has held many solo exhibitions since 1982 and his work has been included in many group exhibitions.[1]
- Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2012[1]
- BP Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh, 2012[1]
- Archibald Prize finalists, 2011[1]
- Archibald Prize finalists, 2020
- Archibald Prize winner, 2021[3]
Awards[edit]
- 2021 Winner Archibald Prize[2]
- 2016: Rick Amor Prize for small drawings, Art Gallery of Ballarat, for Three Days with EM[4]
- 2013: Winner, Gallipoli Art Prize[1]
- 2006: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, for Wounded Poet 2006 (Graham Doyle)[5]
- Four-time finalist in the Archibald Prize.[6]
- 1978-1980: A.M.E. Bale residential painting scholarship under Sir William Dargie[1]
Public collections[edit]
Wegner's work is held in public collections including:
- National Portrait Gallery (Canberra)
- Don Argus (2004)[7]
- Jacques Miller (2002)[8]
- Victor Smorgon (2000)[9]
- Graeme Clark (2000). As an etching,[10] profile,[11] and portrait.[12]
- John Marsden (1998)[13]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales[1]
- National Library of Australia[1]
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery[1]
- Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne[1]
- State Library of Victoria[1]
- Castlemaine Art Museum[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Peter Wegner, b. 1953". National Portrait Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Peter Wegner". Australian Galleries. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 May 2021. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Peter Wegner wins the Rick Amor Drawing Prize". Daily Review. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Finally, painter gets the big prize with portrait of a wounded poet - National". www.theage.com.au. 15 March 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Peter Wegner: John Wolseley :: Archibald Prize 2016". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Don Argus, 2004". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Jacques Miller, 2002". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Victor Smorgon, 2000". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Professor Graeme Clark, 2000". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Professor Graeme Clark (profile), 2000". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark, 2000". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "John Marsden, 1998". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Peter Wegner (b.1953)". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- "Peter Wegner" (PDF). Australian Galleries. 9 March 2022. (Curriculum vitae)
