John Peart
His work has been included in major curated exhibitions including the seminal 1968 exhibition The Field at National Gallery of Victoria; Recent Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1973); Field to Figuration at the National Gallery of Victoria (1986) and numerous exhibitions of the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. He is a past winner of the prestigious Archibald Prize (1998) and twice winner of the Sulman Prize (1994, 2000). A survey exhibitions of his work toured Australia during 2004-06.
His work is represented in the public and private collections throughout Australia. Large paintings of this particular period have been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Art Gallery of NSW.
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Acquired by the Trustees from the 1997 Award.