pete martin curriculum vitae
AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS (selected):
2008 Finalist Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton Qld
2007 First Prize, Landscape Section, Nundah Village Arts Festival
2007 Finalist, Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
2007 Shortlisted entry Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton Qld
2005 Finalist Cromwell Art Prize
2004 Work selected and hung at “Churchie” exhibition
2004 Finalist Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton Qld
2001 15 Artists Exhibition Redcliffe City Regional Gallery (work acquired for Council’s collection)
1999 “Highly Commended”, RNA Show, Brisbane, Qld
1998 Second Prize, Sandgate Bluewater Festival Art Competition, Qld
1991 “Highly Commended”, Ballan Arcadian Arts Festival, Vic
1991 “Commended”, Redcliffe Art Society Inc. Art Show, Qld
1989 First Prize (Acquisitive), Buninyong Shire Council Art Prize, Vic
RELEVANT WORK HISTORY
2007 Artist in Residence, St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane
2006 to present Director, RM Galleries, Palma Rosa, 9 Queens Road, Hamilton, Brisbane
2006 Artist in Residence, St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane
2005 Artist in Residence – Brighton Primary School.
2002 - 2006 Lecturer, Brisbane Institute of Art
2000 - 2006 Tutor – various including home studio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2007 Voyeuristic, RM Galleries, Brisbane
2006 Levitate and See. RM Galleries Brisbane
2004 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane, sponsored by Queensland Arts Council
2004 “Back from the Red” – works on paper and canvas, Seaside Artist Gallery 12th solo exhibition
2004 “Tidal” – watercolour exhibition at Scarborough Fair Art Gallery
2002 “Water” – watercolour and acrylics on canvas at Scarborough Fair Art Gallery, Scarborough, Qld
2001 “Looking Up” – acrylics on canvas at Gallery 4017, Deagon, Qld
2001 Exhibition coinciding with launch of poetry anthology by Poets on the Park, Gallery 4017
1999 “Light on Moreton Bay” – watercolour at Scarborough Fair Art Gallery, Scarborough, Qld
1999 “recent works” - Elliott’s, Sandgate, Qld
1998 “summer in Sandgate” – watercolour at Elliott’s Restaurant, Sandgate, Qld
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2008 Combined Rotary Art Show, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2008 Finalist Spirit of the Outback, Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton, Queensland
2007 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
2007 Finalist Spirit of the Outback, Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton, Queensland
2007 Warwick Art Prize, Warwick Regional Gallery, Warwick, Queensland
2006 Cromwell Art Prize Finalists, Light Gallery, Hyde Park, London
2006 Grand Opening show, RM Galleries
2006 “Drawn by lines”, study in landscape with The
2005 “PARAPHASE” –Tutors exhibition Gallery Nona, Brisbane Institute of Art
2005 “Director’s choice 2005” - Ascot Art Gallery
2005 “stri8ions” contemporary landscapes – Ascot Art Gallery. Hamilton
2005 “Contemporary Australian Landscapes –The Kin Kin Experience” Bundaberg Arts Centre
2004 “9 of the best” Ascot Art Gallery. Hamilton
2004 “Micro Macro” –Tutors exhibition Gallery Nona, Brisbane Institute of Art
2004 ‘Gold” with the ‘Purple Boot Collective’ Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane, sponsored by QAC
2004 - 5 “Gold” Art by Request toured Regional Qld, sponsored by Queensland Arts Council
2003 Combined Rotary Art Show, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2003 Courier Mail Art Show Exhibition, Qld
2002 Combined Rotary Art Show, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2002 “The Kin Kin Experience”, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
2002 “Tutors’” Exhibition at Artrageous Community Arts Centre, Deagon
2001 “The Kin Kin Experience”, Gallery 4017, Deagon, Qld
2001 15 Artists Exhibition (by invitation only), Redcliffe City Regional Gallery
2000 Camberwell Rotary Art Exhibition, Camberwell, Victoria
2000 Millennium Art Auction, Soho Galleries, Sydney
2000 Golden Wing Lounge, Brisbane Airport
2000 United Services Club, Brisbane, Qld