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."
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
Peter Serwan
Contender
Oil on linen
101 x 122cm
$7,500
Peter Serwan
New Estate
Oil on linen
130 x 130cm
$8,500
Peter Serwan
memory of a polish street corner (nowy targ)
Oil on linen on board
60 x 60 cm
Date: 2015
$3,500
Peter Serwan
making the most of the moment
Oil on linen
100 x 95 cm
Date: 2015
$6,750
Peter Serwan
Urbanites
Oil on linen
95 cm x 110 cm
Year: 2012
$6,800
Peter Serwan
stoneyfell reserve with creek
Medium:
Oil on linen on board
Dimensions:
44 x 33 cm framed