Born 1973 in Tokyo, Japan, lives and works in London

 

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Peter McDonald - Project , Gallery Side 2, Tokyo

2009

Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarry, London
Art for everybody, Art on the Underground, public commission for Southwark Station, London Underground, May - September

2008
Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo

2007
Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarry, London

2006
Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo

2005
Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarry, London

2003
Peter McDonald, Keith Talent Gallery, London

 

Group Exhibitions

2008
John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting, Max Wigram Gallery

2007
Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
Mutineer, Kunsthalle M8, Berlin

2006
The Wonderful Fund, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Group show, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
Group show, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden

2005
Makeover, Paintings by Seven Pacific Rim Artists, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Rough Diamond, Program, London

2004
Painting, Kate MacGarry, London

2003
East International, Norwich Gallery, UK
Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London
Moving Collection, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Good Bad Taste, Keith Talent Gallery, London

2002
Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan

2001
Table Manners, Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo

2000
Crossed Purposes, Mafuji Gallery, London

 

Press

New Work - Peter McDonald, James Hobbs, Art World, August/September 2009, pp. 72-77

In the Studio: Peter McDonald, Helen Sumpter, Time Out London, June 4-10, 2009, p.44

Fresh Set of Eyes, Time Out London, Ossian Ward and Helen Sumpter, October 23-29, 2008, pp. 21-22
Peter McDonald wins John Moores Prize, Guardian.co.uk, 19 September 2008, Natalie Hanman
Slasher Painting Wins Art Prize, BBC News.co.uk, 19 September 2008
Slashed Canvas by Peter McDonald Wins John Moores Prize, Bloomberg.com, 19 September 2008, Farah Nayeri
Peter McDonalds Slasher Painting wins John Moores Prize, 24 Hour Museum.org.uk, 19 September 2008, Richard Moss and Dany Louise
Winner of John Moores Prize announced, Liverpool Echo.co.uk, 19 September 2008, Catharine Jones
Peter McDonald, Alasdair Hopwood, ArtRewiew, December 2007
Peter McDonald, Sarah Andress, Time Out London, September 26 – October 2 2007, p.50
Blue Rinse, Grafik Magazine, October 2007, p.10
Peter McDonald: The Paranoia We Feel When Flying, Edwin Aitkin, total: spec, issue 25, October 2007, p.127
Pick of the week, The Guardian, Monday 24 January 2005, p.18
Good Bad Taste- Jeffrey Charles Gallery, Martin Coomer, Time Out, May 7-14 2003, p.68
East International- Norwich School of Art and Design, Sotiris Kyriacou, Contemporary, Summer 2003

 

Publications

John Moores 25 Contemporary Painting Prize, exhibition catalogue, published by National Museums Liverpool, 2008
Teaching, Airport, Hair Salon, Bakery, Snooker, Peter McDonald, published by Kate MacGarry and Veenman Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007

 

Awards

2008 First Prizewinner, John Moores 25 Contemporary Painting Prize
2000 Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac Award
2000 David Murray Scholarship

 

Education

1997-2000 Royal Academy Schools, PG Dip
1992-1995 Central St. Martins, Sculpture, BA Hons
1991-1992 Newcastle College, BTEC Foundation