Peter Westwood

Biography

"Peter is an artist, curator and arts writer. His art practice has primarily been focused within the idiom of painting, however, he also works with video, drawing, installation and collage. For many years he has focused equally on the complementary relationships of artist, writer and curator. He has held group and individual exhibitions in a range of public and commercial galleries throughout Australia. His work is included in permanent museum and regional gallery collections, along with corporate and private collections. Peter has also curated two to three annual exhibition projects for the past 20 years in Australia, as well as periodically overseas. In 2004, Peter established the School of Art International Artist in Residence Program, which he coordinated and managed for six years until 2012. Prior to this, he established and formed Project Space and Spare Room Gallery for the School of Art in 1995, which he coordinated and managed for nine years."

Research Interest

 drawing or cross-disciplinary practices