Peter Serwan

Peter Serwan was born in 1962 in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

Much of Serwan's work reflects his fascination with the urban environment and our isolation within the suburban context. Drawing inspiration from both his immediate environment and recollections of his childhood, Serwan's works are deeply personal - yet widely relevant - observations:

"For some time now, my immediate environment has been a catalyst for ideas and I allow meanings to emerge in my work based on personal experiences, recollections and chance observations. I'm interested in the dramas and moments we live out and endeavour to show how they can express wider truths about ourselves."

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Solo Exhibitions

2015
Business as Usual, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2013
Urban Sojourn: Selected Works by Peter Serwan 2002 - 2012, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Vic

2010
New Paintings, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2009
Graphic Work, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria

2007
Recent Paintings, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne

2006
New Paintings, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2004
Peter Serwan: A Survey Exhibition 1984 - 2004, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney

2003
Recent Paintings, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne

2002
Recent Works, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide

2000
Peter Serwan, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide

1999
Recent Paintings, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA

1998
Peter Serwan, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide

1996
Paintings and Studies, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria

1995
"Recent Work", Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
Walking The Line, Works on Paper, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2012
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic
Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Hill Smith Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Parallel Lines: Recent Work by Robert Clinch and Peter Serwan, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA

2009
James Farrell Self Portrait Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, FinalistFigurative Painting 2009
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria "Transformer: Views from the Valley"

2008
Fleurieu Landscape Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia
Mixed Work, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2007
Director's Choice, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, SA
Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane, QLD
James Farrell Self Portrait Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, VIC (2nd Place)
MacArthur Cook Art Awards, Melbourne, VIC

2006
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic

2005
Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba, NSW
James Farrell Self Portrait Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Vic

2003
Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane

2002
Fleurieu Landscape Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia
Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
Works of Distinction, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide

2000
Three Adelaide Painters, Riddoch Art Gallery, South Australia

1995
Contemporary Gippsland Painters, LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria

Collections
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria
Riddoch Art Gallery, South Australia
Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia
Luciano Benetton Imago Mundi Collection, Treviso, Italy
Newman College, (University of Melbourne)
Aquinas College (University of Adelaide)
St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide
Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
St Peter's College, Adelaide
Yalumba Wine Company
Adelaide Club, South Australia