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Peter WEGNER
Bill Gregory 2022
pencil and beeswax on paper
67 x 48 cm
Monday 4 July, 10-11AM
Presenter: Peter Wegner
Join us on the first Monday in July for an artist talk by Peter Wegner, coinciding with the presentation of his exhibition The Centenarians at Benalla Art Gallery.
Figurative painter, sculptor and draughtsman Peter Wegner received a postgraduate diploma in fine arts from the Philip Institute of Technology in 1988. Wegner famously painted his friend Graeme Doyle more than 100 times since they met in art school in the 1980s. He has held solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne and his work has been included in group exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Wegner was announced as the winner of the 2021 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for his painting Guy Warren at 100. He was awarded the Doug Moran Prize in 2006 and completed a commission sponsored by BHP for the National Portrait Gallery. He has lectured in drawing at Ballarat, La Trobe, RMIT and Monash since 1996. His work is held in the collections of the National Library of Australia, Canberra; the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne and several regional and tertiary galleries.
Registration essential: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Cost: $2