PETER BONNER
EXHIBITIONS
2015 “WHITE TURNING”, William Holman Gallery, New York
2012 "LOUVRE", William Holman Gallery, New York
2010 “SITTING SPACE V’s STANDING SPACE”, Monash University, Melbourne
2009 “MADE FROM MEMORY”, The Gallery at Z Space, San Francisco.
2005 “LOOKLING ON”, Artists Space, Great Jones St, New York (Opened by Mrs. Parker Collier)
2000 "FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT”, Gallery 486, Brisbane (Opened by Councilor David Hinchliffe)
1998 "INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS", 359 Queen St, Brisbane (Opened by Councilor David Hinchliffe)
2015 "SIDESHOW NATION III, Circle the wagons" Sideshow Gallery, curated by Richard Timperio, Brooklyn.
"PAPERAZZI 4" Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, curated by Janet Kurnakovski, Brooklyn
“WINTER DRAWING SHOW”, William Holman Gallery, NY NY
2014 “SUMMER INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION” Life on Mars Gallery, 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn 11216
“SUMMER SHOW”, William Holman Gallery NY
“BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS”, with Elisa Jensen, Karlis Rekevics, Cathy Diamond, Carol Diamond and Peter Bonner
“THE DOWNTOWN ART FAIR’, NYC, with William Holman Gallery
“LIVE” Mayson Gallery, 254 Broome street, NYC ; Curated by Second Avenue arts. Teresa Brown, Peter Bonner, Christina Chow, Jason Eisner, Mariangela Fremura, Joshua Mongeau, Jim Plunket, Benjamin Pritchard, Jeff Quinn and Dov Talpaz
"SIDESHOW NATION II, At the Alamo" Sideshow Gallery, curated by Richard Timperio, Brooklyn.
"PAPERAZZI 3" Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, curated by Janet Kurnakovski, Brooklyn.
2013 “CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING; 20 YEARS OF THE DOBELL DRAWING PRIZE”, Grafton Region Gallery, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, National Art School Gallery, Tweed River Art Gallery
“UNSTEADY GROUND; WHAT IS DRAWING” ,City without walls, Curated by Margot Spindelman and Michael Davis
‘BATTLE GROUND’, Proteus Gowanus, Curated by Sasha Chavchavadze, Brooklyn
“THE DECEMBER DRAWING SHOW; ANNUAL EXHIBITION’ William Holman Gallery NY
“ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION” NYSS. Curated by Colin Thompson. Judged by Dr Tracy Fitzpatrick, Colin Thompson
"SIDESHOW NATION" Sideshow Gallery, curated by Richard Timperio, Brooklyn.
"PAPERAZZI 2" Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, curated by Janet Kurnakovski, Brooklyn.
"NEW YEARS SHOW- EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS", Holman Gallery, Curated by William Holman.
2012 “MIC CHECK(THE HUMAN MIC)-OCCUPY” Sideshow Gallery, Curated by Richard Timperio, Brooklyn
“PAPERAZZI” Janet kurnatowski Gallery, curated by Janet Kurnakovski, Brooklyn.
2011 “INAUGURAL EXHIBITION OF THE UNIVERSITY GALLERY AT MERION HALL ”, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
“A SELECTION OF WORKS IN THE NATIONAL ART SCHOOL STUDY CENTER FOR DRAWING ON THE THEME OF LINE”,
“ITS ALL GOOD (APOCALYPSE NOW)” Sideshow 11th Annual, Curated by Richard Timperio, Brooklyn
“THE BEDEVILMENT OF PARADISE”, Proteus Gowanus, Curated by Tammy Pittman and Sasha Chavchavadze, Brooklyn
2009 “OPEN CITY”, the 2009 alumni association Biennial, Juror; Sean Scully, New York
“NYSS Silent Auction Exhibition”, Curated By Jeffrey Hoffeld. New York.
“GOVERNERS ISLAND ART FAIR”, New York, Curated by “4Heads”
“RUBY GAP Exhibition 2009”, Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Curated by David Gatis and Stephen McLaughlin, Melbourne
2007 “PAINTING IN NEW YORK”, Tribeca, NY.
“FALL EXHIBITION”, Heart & Soul Studio, Williamsburg, NY. Curated by Oliver Rivera-Drew.
2008 “TRANSCRIPTIONS”, Monash University, Melbourne, Curated by Dr Maryanne Coutts
“THE SINGING DINGO TOUR”, Ruby gap, Northern Territory.
“SPRING EXHIBITION”, Heart & Soul Studio, Williamsburg, NY. Curated by Oliver Rivera-Drew.
“WINTER EXHIBITION”, Heart & Soul Studio, Williamsburg, NY. Curated by Oliver Rivera-Drew.
2006 “The Finke River Artists group”, The Finke River, Northern Territory
“ARTISTS SELECT ARTISTS SELECT ARTISTS”, the Painting Center, New York
2004 “POINT LONSDALE”, Monash University, Melbourne. 2003 “THE DOBELL PRIZE FROR DRAWING , THE FIRST TEN YEARS”, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2001 " THE DOBELL PRIZE FROR DRAWING", Art Gallery of New South Wales
1998 " THE DOBELL PRIZE FROR DRAWING", Art Gallery of New South Wales
"THE WYNNE PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE”, Art gallery of New South Wales
"NEW FACES", Solander gallery, Canberra
"HEART WORKS", Sotheby’s, Sydney
1997 "THE DOBELL PRIZE FROR DRAWING”, Art gallery of New South Wales
"THE 13th BIENNIAL SPRING FESTIVAL OF DRAWING", The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
“Drawing the figure in Space”, Performance for Roar Studios at The Brunswick Street Festival
1996 "SHAMOCRACY", Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
PRIZES, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMISSIONS and RESIDENCIES
2008 Travel grant, to travel to and paint at Ruby gap, east of Alice Springs, NT, Australia
2006 Finke River artist Grant
2004 Artist in Residence, Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design
2001 Dean's Award for Painting, NYSS
2000 Won Commission to Design and Paint the Dance floor for the Wedding of
Bob Weinstein, temporarily installed at The Regent International, Wall Street
Awarded Vera List Scholarship for Painting
1999 Awarded Alexander C. & Tillie S. Speyer Scholarship for Painting
1997 Won Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1972 Won Drawing Competition, Channel Nine, Brisbane
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Luzena Adams, “Muse” Odalisque Magazine Spring 2014
Bonner, Peter “Strange Shapes- Andre Rublyov” Verdad Magazine 2012
Cornell, Valerie, “Peter Bonner’s Louvre: Working to See” Catalogue Essay, Holman Gallery,2012
Frost, Joe “Artworks and Artwords Exhibition” National Art School, Sydney, 2011
Kolenberg, H & Ryan, A “The Dobell prize for Drawing The First ten Years 1993-2002”
The Art gallery of NSW, 2003, p.24 illustrated
Kolenberg, H & Ryan, A “Drawing a Winner- A Decade of Dobell Prizes shows us how and why”, Look, AGNSW, August 2003, pp 24-27
Yallamas, Lisa “A Little madness Pays Off” The Courier Mail, 2 April 1997
Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd, p.14 illustrated
Evans, Louise “Beginners Luck” The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 1997
John Fairfax Publications Ltd, p.135, illustrated
Stichenoth, Karen “Artist Draws on Perceptions” Monash News,13 Sept 2004 Monash University, p.6
Nelson, Robert "Left feeling a little drawn”, The Age, 28 May 1997, p.7 Illustrated
Barron, Sonia "Balancing the Old and New" The Canberra Times, 16 August 1997
Grishin, Sasha, "Emerging Artists Take a Bow at Solander" The Canberra Times, 16 February 1998, p.9
Smith, Sue "Man of figures and New Career”, The Courier Mail, 18 May 1998, p.8
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2009-Current Adjunct professor in Arts Faculty, St Josephs University, Philadelphia.
Teaching Drawing, Painting and Conceptual thinking.
2007-8 “Drawing and Illustration”, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2004 “Perceptual Drawing”, Department of Fine Art, School of Art and Design, Monash University, Melbourne.
2001 Assisted Graham Nickson teaching the Drawing Marathon in Adelaide, Australia.
1997 Lecturer in Curatorial Studies, Melbourne University
1994-8 School of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne
EDUCATION
2007-2009 MFA (by Research), Monash University, Melbourne
“The Observer looking in; Synthesizing image making and lived experience through painting”
2001-2002Study in Italy, Spain, London and Russia
1998-2001Post Graduate Diploma in Drawing and Painting, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York (studied with Charles Cajori, Garth Evans, Louis Finkelstein, Andrew Forge, Bruce Garnier, Mercedes Matter, Graham Nickson, Carol Robb)
1994-1997 BA (Fine Arts)(First class Honors), Monash University, College of Art and Design
1992-1993 Studied Painting at the London Literary Institute, Covent Garden, London (Studied with Peter Hall)
1982-1984 Bachelor of Business, Queensland University of Technology
OTHER
2009 Transcribed and edited the lecture The Relationship of Form and Meaning in Western Art Delivered by Louis Finkelstein at the NYSS in 1995.
2008 Assisted with the Publication of the book, The Unpicturelikeness of Pollock, Soutine and Others; Selected writings and Talks by Louis Finkelstein. Midmarch Arts Press, New York
COLLECTIONS
Victorian State Library, Melbourne Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney The Monash University Collection, Melbourne Kornferry
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE Eagle Capital, LLP , New York
Broadley Rees Hogan lawyers, Brisbane Manning Hickson Maletz , Brisbane Westpac Bryan Lawrence Ralph Vicinanza Jim Soorley, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Miles and Parker Collier
Numerous private Collections in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and America
(Including the Estate of the New York Art Critic Hilton Kramer)