Peter Davidson
Peter Davidson Professional Visual Art History
Born 1958 Australia
2010 Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Art), Australian National University, Research School of Humanities:
Towards and Idiosyncratic Calligraphic Vision in painting
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,
1989/86 B.A. Visual Art – Major in Painting – Edith Cowan University
1984 Diploma in Fine Art – Major in Painting, Claremont School of Art
Art Residency
2010 January – Sensyudo Art Residency – Wajima City – Ishikawa Prefecture – Japan
Member of the Wild Swans Art Group from Western Australia – https://thewildswanartsgroup.blogspot.com/
Regularly exhibits online at 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Nadeshiko Arts Center, Seishin-Chou, Kobe, Japan
2022 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi Japan – Pastels/Paintings of The Japanese Ume (plum) Tree
by Peter Davidson
2021 Peter Davidson – Portraits – Paintings and Drawings Via Internet – 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi Japan March 2021
2020 Pre/Post Coviad-19 – small works on paper by Peter Davidson – 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi
2020 Plum Omomuki Paintings Runa Gallery Kobe – Japan
2019 Still life and Super Kitsch Early Works Gallery South Fremantle WA
2018 Omomuki Painting Early Works Gallery South Fremantle W A
2017 Lightning one day solo show 2 dogs Art Space Akashi
2015 Solo Show – Ashiya Garo – Omomuki Painting Ashiya Japan
2015 Solo Show Tobin Ohashi Gallery Tokyo
2015 Solo Show 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi Japan Studio Drawing Praxis
2014 Solo Show Gallery 360 Subiaco Western Australia
2014 Solo Show Gallery Horikawa – Paintings & Drawings – Kobe – Japan
2013 Solo Show Gallery Horikawa – Paintings & Drawings – Kobe – Japan
2010 Solo Show Sensyudo Art Residency – Wajima City – Ishikawa Prefecture – Japan
2009 Solo show AD&A Gallery Osaka
2008 Solo Show Gallery Horikowa Kobe Japan
2008 Solo Show Perth Galleries Western Australia
2007 Solo show Gallery Horikowa Kobe Japan
2006 Solo Show Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, Western Australia
2005 Solo Show Paintings of Seishen, Hasetani & Ikawadani
Gallery Horikawa Japan
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 Horikawa, Kobe
1999 Solo Show, ‘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, Eastern Arts Centre, Midland, Western Australia
1996 Object Painting, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1995 St. John of Gods Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia.
1994 Private Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
1992 Solo Show Kalgoorlie Galleries, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Diana Davis and Peter Davidson – From The Store House of Memory and Colour – ajisai Gallery Kobe, Japan.
https://gajisai.com/2024/03/28/from-the-store-house-of-memory-and-colour/
2022 Wild Swan Art Group from Western Australia Winter Summer Show 2022
2022 Wild Swan Art Group and friends from Western Australia – Golden Time Exhibition
2021 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi Japan – Spring exhibition of 2021 The Wild Swans Art Group
Six Western Australian artists –John Cullinane, Thomas Hoareau, Michael Doherty, Kevin Robertson, Caspar Fairhall, Peter Davidson
2018 Wild Swans Art Group be Kyoto Gallery Kyoto Japan
2018 The Golden State meets The Golden Time – 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi – Japan
2017 Driven – 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi – Japan
2017 The Wild Swan Art Group – The Australian High Commission Singapore – Singapore
2017 The Wild Swan Art Group with Sadaharu Horio – Nyisztor Studio – Perth Western Australia
2017 A Friendship Gutai meets Western Australian Artists – 2 Dogs Art Space – Akashi
2017 Harmony and Peace exhibition by artists from Japan and Western Australia, Gallery Opera Labo – Kobe
2016 Dohjidai Gallery 20th Anniversary Independants Exhibition – Kyoto
2016 Wild Swan Art Group , Okinawa Prefectural Museum/ Museum of Art Public Gallery 3
2016 Wild Swan Art Group, Gallery Opera Labo Kobe Japan
2014 Collaboration Opera Performance/Painting with Makiko (Soprano), Ayu Yamamoto (Piano) Sunmoon Boutique Resort Perth Western Australia
2014 Collaboration Opera Performance/Painting with Makiko (Soprano), Tetsuro Karitiani (Baritone) and Ayu Yamaoto (Piano) BB Plaza Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan 2013 Collaborative Opera Performance/Painting Bansuiso French Chateau with Makiko (soprano) & Testuro (Baritone) Karitani, pianist Ayu Yamaoto
2012 10 Western Australian Artists Present Independent Visions in Kyoto – Dohjidai Gallery of Art – Kyoto
2012 Peter Davidson and Seven Western Australian artists Horikawa Gallery – Kobe
2012 Gallery O-NUL – Deagu Art Fair – Korea
2011 Pippa Tandy & Peter Davidson Horikawa Gallery, Kobe
2009 Pippa Tandy & Peter Davidson Horikawa Gallery, Kobe
2009 Peter Davidson Drawings – Mari Murata & Mika Yoshia Archeological rubbings from Urban Tokyo – Kurb Gallery – June 7th – 13th
2008 Peter Davidson – Hiroko Takahama – Nobuko Hayashi, Idiosyncratic Visions by Three Kobe Artists – Foyer Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2006 Group show, Gallery Horikawa, Kobe, Japan
2005 Paintings Peter Davidson & Interior Country Lesley Meaney,
Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2003 Living on the Edge – The coastal experience – An exhibition of art celebrating the opening of the new Western Australian Maritime Museum Victoria Quay, Fremantle
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 Western Australia
1997 Chosen for the Fresh 97 Exhibition,
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia
1996 Post Graduate Exhibition, Jack Sue Gallery,
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
1996 The Underfeeted, Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia.
1994 Peter Davidson & Gareth Morse, Goldfields Art Gallery,Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1993 The Degree Show, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
1993 Portfolio, Parliament House, Western Australia
1992 One Hundred Years of Gold Mining,
The Perth Mint Show, Perth Galleries and the Craft Council of Western Australia
1991 Peter Davidson, Brian Mckay & Toni Donnely, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, Western Australia
1988 Group Show, Goodridge Galleries, Perth Western Australia
1987 National Student Art Prize Exhibition, Mitchell College Union, New SouthWales.
1985 Peter Davidson and Tom Alberts, Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Mt Lawley, Western Australia
1985 Group Show Greenhill Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
Prizes
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 Kalgoorlie/Boulder City- Open Painting Prize – First Prize
1990 Leonora Art Prize – Painting – First Prize, Leonora Art Prize – Drawing – First Prize
1984 Claremont Town Council Acquisition Award – Joint First Prize
Collections and Representations
Australian National University, Canberra
Akashi Rehabilitation Hospital, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Ako Rehabilitation Hospital Japan
Tamatukuri Hospital – Shimane Prefecture
Kobe, Nishi Ku, Medical Center, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Wajima City Office – Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
The Robert Holmes a Court – Western Australia
Edith Cowan University – Western Australia
University of The Northern Territory
Goldfields Art Centre – Western Australia
Kalgoorlie College – Western Australia
King Edward Memorial Hospital – Collection
St Johns Murdoch Hospital Western Australia
Bureau of Meteorology – Western Australia
British Consulate – Perth – Western Australia
Ministry of the Environment – Western Australia
Ministry of Justice – Western Australia
Claremont Town Council – Western Australia
Wespac Banking Corporation – Western Australia
Mt Newman Mining/ BHP Utah
K.C.G.M. Kalgoorlie – Western Australia
Hobsons Press – New South Wales
Homestake Mining – South Australia
Poseidon Mining – South Australia
Clayton Utiz Solicitors – Western Australia
Publications
2019 Exhibition Catalogue Peter Davidson Still life & Super Kitsch Earlywork Gallery
2014 Peter Davidson Portraits and Landscapes – Gallery Horikawa Kobe 23 – 28 Jan 2014
2011 Post 3/11, despite the destruction, Ishinomaki is still very beautiful, ARTIST’S PORTFOLIO,
Modern Art Asia, Electronic Journal Issue 8: http://www.modernartasia.com/PETER%20DAVIDSON%20ISHINOMAKI.pdf
2011 ART FAIR TOKYO PETER DAVIDSON 29TH-31ST JULY, 2011, TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Modern Art Asia, Electronic Journal Issue 7: http://modernartasia.com/Peter%20Davidson.
2008 Peter Davidson, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe Japan, Overseas Report,
Imprint – Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia Inc, Summer 2008, Vol 43 No 4.
2008 Painted Memories Horikawa Gallery, Kobe, Japan
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 Australia 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,
2002 Labels taint feast without cream, Letters, The Australian Newspaper, April 1, 2002, Page 16
2001 Freud analysis, Letters, The Weekend Australian Newspaper, April 21 –22, 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 ‘un-derfeeted’ Exhibition Catalogue, May/June 1996, School of Architecture and Fine Arts, The University of Western Australia.
Bibliography
2019 Peter Davidson Interviewed at Early Works Gallery by
2019 Peter Davidson – Still Life and Super Kitsch, reviewed by Dr Duncan McKay https://medium.com/@duncanrmckay29/peter-davidson-still-life-and-super-kitsch-early-work-gallery-a04d162721cd
2014 Nishi Ku Medical Center Kobe Hyogo Japan http://www.nmc-kobe.or.jp/voice04.html
2011 The Story of Peter Davidson’s picture of Awaji Island, Contributors Peter Davidson, Tomoko Yamada, Robin Eve, Takami Tanaka Amenity Group, Published by Department of Orthopedaedric surgery, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center
2010 Australian Artist Paints Wajima Kitaguni Shimbun (Newspaper) 28thJanuary page 29
2010 The Beauty created by Wajima Residency, Yomiuri Shimbun (Newspaper), 28 January, page 29.
2010 Hokuriku Chunichi Shimbun, 14 January page 17.
2009 Japanese Review by Takumi Kobuki
http://blog.livedoor.jp/artkobujime/archives/2009-11.html#20091123
2008 Mapping out the City by Ric Spencer, Visual Arts The Western Australian Today , 30 May 2008, Page 7.
2008 Japan’s Art of Seduction by Louise Bettison, Western Suburbs Weekly, Exhibition, 6-5- 2008 page 25
2005 Views from another side Ric Spencer, Visual Arts, Weekend Extra, The Western Australian, July 16, page 12-13.
2004 Viva, Community Newspaper, Kobe, Japan, 16-4-2004, No 376.
2002 In the Picture, Neville Weston, Arts, Weekend Extra,The Western Australian Newspaper 12-10-2002, page 11.
2001 Freud builds on NGA greats, Bernard Smith, Letters, The Australian Newspaper, 24-4-2004, Page 8.
2000 Home is where the eye is, David Bromfield, Arts, On Show, The Western Australia 30-9-2000, 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 September 12, 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, March 25, 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 96.
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, 20-12-1986, Page 47.
1985 Painters show skill, Tom Alberts and Peter Davidson, West Advertiser, 18-9-1985, Page 1
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Colours of the Goldfields
$400.00 by Peter Davidson
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Z Laverton Study
$225.00 by Peter Davidson
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Z Winter Afternoon Leonora
$495.00 by Peter Davidson