Biography

1964 born in Brisbane, Australia
1992 Bachelor's degree (BFA) at Victorian College (today Deacon University), Melbourne, Australia

Peter Churcher lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.


Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2023
"New paintings", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU
"Peter Churcher. Modern Life", Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, DE

2021
"Recent paintings", Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2020
"Blurred Gaze", Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, DE

2018
"Water falling", Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2017
"Peter Churcher", Olsen, Sydney, AU

2015
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2014
"Recent Paintings", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2012
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2011
"Recent Paintings", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU

2010
"Recent Paintings", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2009
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2008
"21 months in Barcelona", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2007
"Paintings from Barcelona", Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2006
"The hunt, sacrifices and other rituals", Australian Galleries, Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne, AU
"The hunt, sacrifices and other rituals", Australian Galleries, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, AU

2005
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2004
"Recent Paintings", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU

2003
"Recent Paintings", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU

2002
"Recent works including paintings from the Persian Gulf", Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

2001
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU

2000
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU

1998
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, AU

1996
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU

1994
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2022
"Das Eigene im Fremden – Einblicke in die Sammlung Detlev Blenk", Museum Bensheim, DE

2021
"Art Karlsruhe Selection", Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, DE
"WasserLust - Badende in der Kunst", Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, DE

2020
"Neue Wilde und Andere aus der Sammlung Stefan Neukirchen", Kunstverein Münsterland, DE

2019
"Male. Patrick Angus, Peter Churcher, TM Davy, Rainer Fetting, Kris Knight, Martin-Jan van Santen", Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, DE

2018
"Doug Moran National Portrait Prize", Juniper Hall, Sydney, AU

2017
"Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude", Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, AU

2016
"Conjuring, Alchemy and Allure", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2015
"An exhibition of paintings, sculpture & works on paper", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU

2014
"Doug Moran National Portrait Prize", Juniper Hall, Sydney, AU
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU

2013
"Australian Galleries exhibition", Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, AU
"Australian Galleries at Gallows Gallery", Gallows Gallery, Perth, AU

2012
"Summer Stock Show", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2011
"Realisme II", Mokum Galleries, Amsterdam, NL

2010
"PAN Art Fair", Mokum Galleries, Amsterdam, NL
"Summer Exhibition", Mokum Galleries, Amsterdam, NL
"Artists’ Prints made with Integrity", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2009
"Salon des Refusés", S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, AU
"Realisme 09‘ Art Fair", Mokum Galleries, Amsterdam, NL

2008
"Wish You Were Here", Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, AU
"La Collectiva 2008", Circulo de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, ES
"The Sovereign European Contemporary Art Prize Finalists Exhibition", Somerset House, London, UK

2007
"Small Pleasures", Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne, AU
"A Selection of Portraits", Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne, AU
"Stock Show", Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne, AU

2006
"50th Anniversary Exhibition", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"Kilgour Figurative Painting Prize", Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, AU


2005
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"Australian Contemporary Art ", De Récourt Art in association with Australian Galleries at The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK

2004
"Group Exhibition", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU
"Portraits and Other Works ", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU
"Species", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, AU

2003
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"X Melbourne", Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra and Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, AU

2002
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"Melbourne Art Fair 2002 ", Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, AU
"Selected Works from the Stock Room", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU

2001
"Australian Painting and Sculpture", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU

2000
"Selected Works", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU
"Sulman Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU

1999
"Fine Paintings and Sculpture", Australian Galleries, Sydney, AU
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"On the Road – The Car in Australian Art", Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, AU

1998
"Doug Moran National Portrait Prize", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU
"Sulman Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU

1997
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU

1996
"Archibald Prize", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
"Doug Moran National Portrait Prize", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU

1995
"Lineage", Linden, St. Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne, AU

1994
"Fresh from the Studio", Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AU

1993
"Moét et Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition ", AU
"The Changing Face of Melbourne 1841-1993", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU

1992
"Australian Modernism: The Complexity and the Diversity", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, AU
"Australian Contemporary Art Fair 3", Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, AU

1990
"Artworks II: Thirty Emerging Melbourne Artists", South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, AU


Collections

Australian War Memorial, Canberra, AU
Collection of William S. Lieberman, USA 
Collection of Kerry Stokes, AU
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, AU
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AU
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, AU
Parliament House, Canberra, AU
Parliament House, Victoria, AU
Prahran City Council VIC, AU


Awards

2008 1. Platz, Premio de Grabados - Collectiva 2008, Circulo de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, ES
2004 Australia Council studio, Barcelona, ES
1999 1. Platz, King's School Art Prize, Sydney, AU
1996 1. Platz, King's School Art Prize, Sydney, AU
1991 Prahran City Council Acquisitive Award, Melbourne, AU