Peter Serwan

Peter Serwan was born in 1962 in Mount Gambier, South Australia and currently works both as a professional artist and Senior Art Master at Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide.

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:
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:

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)
MacArthurCook 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
Finalist 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
St Peter's College, Adelaide, SA
Adelaide Club, Adelaide, SA
The Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria
Riddoch Art Gallery, SA
Naracoorte Art Gallery, SA
Newman College, Melbourne
Aquinas College (University of Adelaide inc)
Yalumba Wine Company, SA
Saint Ignatius' College Adelaide
St Ignatius' College Riverview, Sydney, NSW