New Recruit #1, oil on Belgian linen, 198 x 198 cm
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New Recruit # 2, oil on Belgian linen, 198 x 198 cm
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New Recruit #6, Oil on linen, 152 x 152 cm
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Vermilion Study #4, Ink on watercolour paper, 32.5 x 25 cm
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Vermilion Study #6, Ink on watercolour paper, 34 x 27 cm
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Vermilion Study #11, Ink on watercolour paper, 31.5 x 33 cm
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Vermilion Study #14, Ink on watercolour paper, 33.5 x 27.5 cm
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Scout #2, Ink on paper, 38 x 27cm
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Patience, Oil on Birch, 100 x 1000 cm
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The Pass, Oil on Birch, 100 x 100 cm
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A Notion of Sanctuary #2, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #3, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #4, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #5, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #8, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #9, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #10, Ink on Paper
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A Notion of Sanctuary #11, Ink on Paper
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Continuum (Study), Oil on Birch
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Michael Peck
Michael Peck participates in a project of world making, creating spaces so intimate that the viewer cannot help but to feel as if they have stumbled upon a scene not meant for their eyes.
There is an uncanny ambiguity as to the intent of his child subjects. The intensity of their concentration is mesmerising but the question lingers: are they innocents engaged in the imaginary games of childhood or survivalists adapting to a world without adult supervision and denied the luxury of play?
Peck’s works embody a photographic stillness suggesting a caught moment in the midst of flurried action. There is a calm that belies the activity within, children’s hands, birds’ wings and flowing creeks all temporarily stilled.
The artist’s works raise questions about childhood and innocence, about the relationship between culture and nature and progress and conflict. The beauty lies in the absence of a clear answer, the works open up a plethora of possibilities and leave the audience the freedom to seek their own answers.
Biography
1977 Born in Melbourne, Victoria
1996-8 Bachelor of Fine Art (painting), Monash University.
1999-2000 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Monash University.
2001 Graduate Diploma in education, Melbourne University.
2013 – Visual Arts Program Leader, Academy of Design, Australia. Melbourne, Australia.
2013 – Self- Employed Artist.
2012 – Sessional Lecturer, Academy of Design, Australia. Melbourne, Australia.
2010 – 2012 Self- Employed Artist.
2004-2010 Full time VCE art and design teacher. Mount Evelyn Christian School, Victoria.
2002-2003 Full time GCSE art and design teacher, Rokeby School, Stratford, London.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2013 Love & Fear, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2011 The Landing, Metro Gallery, Melbourne.
2010 It’s Not that it Burns, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney.
2010 This May Hurt, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Michael Peck 2009, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Michael Peck 2008, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne.
2006 Somewhere Culture, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne.
2002 Influence, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
2000 Subtle Shadings of an inherited way of life, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
Selected Recent Group Shows
2013 Studio artists group show, Paradise Hills, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 So Long, My Forebear, Paradise Hills, Melbourne, Australia. 2013 Another Time, Another Place, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 Shades, Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA,USA.
2013 Art Collector Starter Kit, Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA. USA.
2013 Wider Than A Postcard. Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR. USA.
2012 South Australian Musuem, Namatjira Project, Adelaide.
2012 Paradise Hills, Melbourne’s Burning, Melbourne.
2012 Metro Gallery, Climate Change, Melbourne
2011 MARS gallery, You’re Welcome, Melbourne (Charity Fundraiser event).
2011 Ausin Tung Gallery, High Definition II, Melbourne.
2011 Paradise Hills Gallery, High Definition, Melbourne.
2010 Paradise Hills Gallery Launch, Richmond, Melbourne.
2010 Group Drawing Show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood Melbourne.
2010 Blender Artists Group show, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne. 2009 Line, Drawing Group show, Mailbox Exhibition Space, Melbourne.
2009 May – June, Selected artists, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2008 Small gems, Metro Gallery, Melbourne. 2007 Small gems, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne.
2000 Square, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Melbourne.
2000 Melbourne Art Fair
2000, Royal Exhibition Building Carlton
1999 Panorama, Six emerging Melbourne artists, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
1999, Review- Curators choice, gallery 101, Melbourne.
1998 Impact- art for a world Identity, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne.
1998 Where are we now, Gallery 5, Melbourne.
Awards and Prizes
2013 Winner for the People’s Choice Nillumbik Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 Finalist for Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD. Australia.
2013 Finalist for the Black Swan Portraiture Art Prize, Perth, Australia.
2013 Finalist for the Nillumbik Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 Finalist for the Sulman prize, AGNSW, Sydney.
2012 Finalist and awarded highly commended, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney.
2012 Finalist for the Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney.
2011Finalist for the Archibald Prize Salon Des Refuse, Sydney.
2010 Finalist for the Dobell Drawing prize, The gallery of New South Wales.
2005 Finalist for Metro 5 Award.
2002 Finalist for City of Hobart Art Prize.
1998 Winner National Gallery of Victoria Trustees award.
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996- Shortlisted for Lucato Prize, Monash University.
1996 Awarded most prominent first year painter, Monash University.
Collections
Monash University Melbourne Publishing Company Victoria Racing Club, Flemington Private collections in Australia, London, New York and Hong Kong
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