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Education
   
Current Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Art), James Cook University
College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre - Part time
1998 Master of Fine Art (Research), University of Western Australia, School of Architecture and Fine Arts. Research; Object Painting
1993 B.A Honours Class 2a - Visual Art-Edith Cowan University, School of Visual Art
1989-86 B.A. Visual Art - Major in Painting - Edith Cowan University
1984-82 Diploma in Fine Art - Major in Painting, Claremont School of Art
   
   
2007

Solo show Gallery Horikowa

2006 Solo Show Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, Western Australia
2005 Solo Show Paintings of Seishen, Hasetani & Ikawadani 
2005 Landscape and Memory in Objective Calligraphic Vision, Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, Western Australia
2004 The Role of Time in Creating the Intersection between the Objective and the Calligraphic Vision, James Cook University, Vincent Gallery, Townsville 12 – 26 November 2004
2004 The Light of the Ikawa Valley painted through time, Gallery Horikowa, Kobe - Japan
2000 The Strangeness of Natural Vision, 36 Views of the Mandurah Estuary, Perth Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
1999 ‘The Strangeness of Natural Vision and the Fine Art of Decoration”.Kensington, Melbourne
1998 Solo Show Gulag Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
1997 Sensation, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Studio Gallery, Eastern Arts Centre, Midland, Western Australia
1996 Object Painting, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1995 Solo Show St. John of Gods Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia
1994 Solo Show Private Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
1992 Solo Show Kalgoorlie Galleries, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
   
   
2006
    Group show, Gallery Horikawa, Kobe, Japan
2005 Paintings Peter Davidson & Interior Country Lesley Meaney, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2002 Recent Works, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2001 The Verge Gallery Group Show, Perth, Western Australia
2000 The Strangeness of Natural Vision, 36 Views of the Mandurah Estuary & Recent Paintings, Jonathon Snowball, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
1999 City of Joondalup Art Prize, Joondalup, Western Australia
1998 Test One, Gulag Gallery, Perth, University of Western Australia
1997 Chosen for the Fresh 97 Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia
1996 Post Graduate Exhibition, Jack Sue Gallery, Perth, University of Western Australia
1996 The Underfeeted, Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia
1994 Gareth Morse & Peter Davidson, Goldfields Art Gallery, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1993 Workings from the Goldfields, S.E.A. Gallery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
1993 Portfolio, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia
1992 One Hundred Years of Goldmining, The Perth Mint Show, Perth Galleries Craft Council of Western Australia
1991 Peter Davidson, Brian McKay & Toni Donnely, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia
1988 Group Show, Goodridge Galleries, Perth Western Australia
1987 National Student Art Prize, Mitchell College Union, New South Wales
1985 Peter Davidson & Tom Alberts, Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Mt Lawley, Western Australia
1985 Group Show, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
   
Prizes & Awards
   
1994 Kalgoorlie Consolidated Art Prized - Open - First Prize
1992 Leonora Art Prize - Drawing Highly Commended
1991 The Kalgoorlie Boulder City - Mining Prize - First Prize
1991 The City of Nedlands - Tenth Annual Art Award - Highly Commended
1990 The Kalgoorlie Boulder City - Open Painting Prize - First Prize
1990 Leonora Art Prize - Painting - Winner - First Prize
1990 Leonora Art Prize - Drawing – Winner - First Prize
1984 Claremont Town Council Acquisition Award - Joint First Prize
   
Selected Publications
   
2007

Abe made right move, Opinion, Readers in Council, Japan Times Newspaper, 29/4/2007

2005 Paintings, Peter Davidson, Gallery Circuit, Vol 18 no 3, Published by The Association of Western Australian Art Galleries (Incorporated in WA) Jul-Sep 2005, page 22
2004 The Role of Time in Creating the Intersection between the Objective and the Calligraphic Vision, James Cook University, Vincent Gallery, Townsville 12 - 26 November 2004
2003 Japanese ideas influenced painter, Opinion, Readers in Council, Japan Times Newspaper, August 2003
2002 Labels taint feast without cream, Letters, The Australian Newspaper, 1 April, 2002, page 16
2001 Freud analysis, Letters, The Weekend Australian Newspaper, 21-22 April, 2001, page 20
2000 The Strangeness of Natural Vision, 36 Views of the Mandurah Estuary, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
1997 Fresh 97, Temporal Painting, A PICA Press Publication, Perth, Western Australia, 1997, page 9
1996 Object Painting, Centre for the Creative Eye, School of Architecture and Fine Arts, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia
1996 'underfeeted' Exhibition Catalogue, May/June 1996, School of Architecture and Fine Arts, The University of Western Australia
   
Bibliography
   
2007 Views from another side Ric Spencer, Visual Arts, Weekend Extra, The Western Australian, July 16, page 12-13.
2004 Viva, Community Newspaper, Kobe, Japan, 16 April, 2004, No 376
2002 In the Picture, Neville Weston, Arts, Weekend Extra, 12 October, 2002, page 11
2001 Freud builds on NGA greats, Bernard Smith, Letters, The Australian Newspaper, 24 April, 2004, page 8
2000 Home is where the eye is, David Bromfield, Arts, On Show, The Western Australia 30 September, 2000, page 6
2000 36 Views of Mandurah, David Bromfield, Arts, Big Weekend, The Western Australian, 23 September, 2000, page 6
1998 Nature Portrayed in Altered States, David Bromfield, Arts, Big Weekend, The Western Australian Newspaper 12 September,1998, page 6
1997 A Successful State of Flux, Fresh 97, An exhibition of time installations, time based electronic media works, PICA, Visual Art and Theatre, The Western Review, No 38, May 97, page 14
1997 Artists given a Fresh start, Today Arts, The Western Australian Newspaper, 25 March, 1997
1997 Fresh 97, "re fresh" essay by Jopinica Sheridan, A PICA Press Publication, Perth, Western Australia, 1997, page 2
1996 Peter Davidson New Collectables Gallery, Art, Murray Gill, Fremantle Gazette, November 1996
1993 Goldfields has big effect on artist, The Arts, Betty Bryant, Kalgoorlie Miner
1986 Original reworking of a local tradition, Art, Julie Prott, The Western Australian Newspaper, 20 December 1986, page 47
1985 Painters show skill, Tom Alberts and Peter Davidson, West Advertiser, 18 September, 1985, page 1
Collections
   
The Robert Holmes à Court - Western Australia Edith Cowan University - Western Australia
University of The Northern Territory Goldfields Art Centre - Western Australia
Bureau of Meteorology - Western Australia Ministry of the Environment - Western Australia
British Consulate - Perth - Western Australia Claremont Town Council - Western Australia
Ministry of Justice - Western Australia Mt Newman Mining / BHP Utah
Wespac Banking Corporation - Western Australia Hobsons Press - New South Wales
K.C.G.M. Kalgoorlie - Western Australia Poseidon Mining - South Australia
Homestake Mining - South Australia CRA - Western Australia
Clayton Utiz Solicitors - Western Australia  
Kalgoorlie College (now Curtin University) - Western Australia

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