Peter McDonald (artist)
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Peter McDonald is a Japanese
/English
artist
who won the 2008 John Moores Painting Prize.
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He won John Moores 25 for the painting "Fontana". The painting refers to the work and practice of the Italian painter Lucio Fontana
, who was infamous for slashing and puncturing his paintings. McDonald's painting pictures an artist at work at the easel but has real holes in the surface of the painting. The painting was chosen from 40 works shortlisted for the £25,000 prize which was judged by Sacha Craddock, Jake and Dinos Chapman
, Paul Morrison and Graham Crowley.
He is represented in the UK by Kate MacGarry
and in Japan by Gallery Side 2.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
/English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who won the 2008 John Moores Painting Prize.
Life and career
McDonald was born in Tokyo and studied at St. Martins School of Art. He lives and works in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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He won John Moores 25 for the painting "Fontana". The painting refers to the work and practice of the Italian painter Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana was an Italian painter, sculptor and theorist of Argentine birth. He was mostly known as the founder of Spatialism and his ties to Arte Povera.-Early life:...
, who was infamous for slashing and puncturing his paintings. McDonald's painting pictures an artist at work at the easel but has real holes in the surface of the painting. The painting was chosen from 40 works shortlisted for the £25,000 prize which was judged by Sacha Craddock, Jake and Dinos Chapman
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Iakovos "Jake" Chapman and Konstantinos "Dinos" Chapman are English visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers, who work together as a collaborative sibling duo...
, Paul Morrison and Graham Crowley.
He is represented in the UK by Kate MacGarry
Kate MacGarry
Kate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery located in London. The gallery represents several international artists including Goshka Macuga, Chicks on Speed, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Francis Upritchard, Peter McDonald, Matt Bryans, Dr Lakra, Marcus Coates and Ben Rivers. Established by Kate...
and in Japan by Gallery Side 2.
Exhibitions
- 2009 Art on the Underground, public commission for Southwark Station, London Underground
- 2008 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
- 2008 John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 2008 Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting, Max Wigram Gallery, London
- 2007 Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarryKate MacGarryKate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery located in London. The gallery represents several international artists including Goshka Macuga, Chicks on Speed, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Francis Upritchard, Peter McDonald, Matt Bryans, Dr Lakra, Marcus Coates and Ben Rivers. Established by Kate...
, London - 2007 Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
- 2007 Mutineer, Kunsthalle M8, Berlin
- 2006 The Wonderful Fund, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
- 2006 Group show, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
- 2006 Group show, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2006 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
- 2005 Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarryKate MacGarryKate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery located in London. The gallery represents several international artists including Goshka Macuga, Chicks on Speed, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Francis Upritchard, Peter McDonald, Matt Bryans, Dr Lakra, Marcus Coates and Ben Rivers. Established by Kate...
, London - 2005 Makeover, Paintings by Seven Pacific Rim Artists,
- 2005 Govett-Brewster Art GalleryGovett-Brewster Art GalleryThe Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council....
, New Plymouth, New Zealand - 2005 Rough Diamond, Program, London
- 2004 Painting, Kate MacGarryKate MacGarryKate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery located in London. The gallery represents several international artists including Goshka Macuga, Chicks on Speed, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Francis Upritchard, Peter McDonald, Matt Bryans, Dr Lakra, Marcus Coates and Ben Rivers. Established by Kate...
, London - 2003 Peter McDonald, Keith Talent Gallery, London
- 2003 East International, Norwich Gallery, UK
- 2003 Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery
- 2003 Moving Collection, Govett-Brewster Art GalleryGovett-Brewster Art GalleryThe Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council....
, New Zealand - 2003 Good Bad Taste, Keith Talent Gallery
- 2002 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001 Table Manners, Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo
- 2000 Crossed Purposes, Mafuji Gallery, London