I was honoured to have ‘Omens’ chosen the winner in the experimentation with form category at the 2024 Firestation Artist Book Prize.
Author: Peter Ward
Acquisition of ‘Industrial Idyll’ suite.
Noshyacking at SHAC Gallery
The exhibition features 7 of my artists’ books along with unique state prints that take images from the books & offer expanded interpretations.
‘Whereabouts’ at the Art Gallery of Ballarat
‘Whereabouts:Printmakers Respond’, curated by Rona Green, is showing at the Art Gallery of Ballarat over summer 2023 / 2024. The exhibition features Victorian printmakers responding to where they live & work. I’m represented by my linocut ‘Airshow Over Corio Foreshore’.
‘Corio Idyll #5’ shortlisted for the Firestation Monoprint Prize.
Shortlisted for both the Fremantle & Geelong print prizes.
It’s been a great year so far, being shortlisted for both the Fremantle & Geelong print prizes. Both are self portraits & were started in 2016 & completed this year with hand coloured pencil.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Burnie Print Prize.
My hand coloured linocut ‘The Last Great Industrial Heartland’ has been shortlisted for the 2023 Burnie Print Prize. The exhibition of the selected prints will run from July 21 until September 8 at the Burnie Museum & Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania.
NGV Melbourne Art Book Fair
‘Song & Dance Demons’ acquired by the Queensland State Library.
My concertina book, ‘Song & Dance Demons’, has been acquired by the State Library of Queensland. It was one of three ‘demon’ versions I made using monotype prints. The other two versions are held in the NSW State Library & the Charles Sturt University collections.
Shortlisted for the Northern Beaches Artists’ Book Awards
‘Corio Idyll’, a concertina book of hand coloured linocuts, has been shortlisted for the Northern Beaches Artists’ Book Awards. The winners will be announced on March 2 & the exhibition of shortlisted books will be at the Manly Art Gallery (Sydney, NSW) from March 3 until April 16.