PETER GARDINER
D.O.B:  27.4.1965, Geelong Australia

Education
1983-1990: Bachelor of Arts (visual arts)
High Distinction in painting University of Newcastle

Selected Exhibitions
2010
Temple Drum, Imagine Gallery, Beijing
Hard Sleeper, 7+/-1, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Landscape, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
Barcelona Studies, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
2009
First letter of St Paul to the Corinthians, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
2008
The Kooragang Series, solo exhibition at the Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
2007
Dobell Drawing Prize, finalist, AGNSW
Solo exhibition, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
Mosman Art Prize, finalist
2006
Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle, finalist
Mosman Art Prize, finalist2006Solo exhibition, debris fields, at the Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
Winner, Maitland Art Prize
2005
The Year In Art, invitation group exhibition at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Solo exhibition, new work at the Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
Mosman Art Prize, finalist
2003
solo exhibition, as the population grows, at the Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
Mosman Art Prize, finalist
12 artists from Newcastle in Sydney, the Depot Gallery, Waterloo presented by the Damien Minton gallery
2002
Ten artists from Newcastle in Sydney
The Depot Gallery, Waterloo, Sydney presented by the Damien Minton gallery, Newcastle
Solo exhibition of new work, Damien Minton gallery, Newcastle
1999
Legge Gallery, Sydney
1998
Arcania
Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1997
New work
Tin Sheds, University of Sydney
1996
Arcane Reverie 3
Rocket Art, Newcastle
1995
Arcane Reverie 2
Airspace, Canberra
Arcane Reverie
Rocket Art, Newcastle

Awards
2007Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, AGNSW 2006Finalist, The Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle 2006Winner, Maitland Acquisitive Art Prize 1998art studio scholarship, Artspace, Woolloomooloo NSW Ministry of the Arts 1990Sulman Prize finalist, AGNSW and touring show 1989Sulman Prize finalist, AGNSW and touring show