Peter Smets

PETER SMETS

Studies

1978-80 Fine Art Course at Maastricht Art School, Holland; specializing in drawing, under Gerard Coenen
1980-82 Colour under Rhein Van Poortvlied (2 years)
1982-84 Still life & Portraiture under Jan Everson  Associated studies in traditional Realism under Jan Trepels  Study tour of Major Art Centre of Europe with particular reference to the Technique of the Old Masters.
1986 Migrated to Australia 1999 Return to Europe to study in more detail the technique of the 17th Century Masters under Orlando Wille, Basel Switzerland.
2008 Study tour of major art centres of Europe with particular reference to the technique of the Old Masters

Born 1962, Koningslust, The Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2023 New Works, Anthea Polson Art, Qld (April)
2021 In The Shadow Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2019 Obsolete Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2017 Men At Work Anthea Polson Art. Qld
2015  Moonlighter Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2014 In The Spotlight, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2012 Movement and Progress Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast Qld
2012 Supervision Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2010 Constructive Viewpoints Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast Qld
2010 Harrison Gallleries, Sydney
2009 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2008 Men At Work – Constructions Schubert Contemporary, Gold Coast
2007 Dewards Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2005 Richard Martin Art, Sydney

Art Awards and Prizes

2019 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2018 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2017 Winner – People’s Choice Award, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2016 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2016 Finalist – Paddington Art Prize, Sydney NSW
2015 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2015 Finalist – Mosman Art Prize, NSW
2014 Finalist – Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2013 Finalist – Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
2013 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2013 Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin National Trust Gallery, NSW
2012 Finalist – Sulman Art Prize Art Gallery of NSW
2011 Winner, Peoples Choice Award at the Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
2011 Salon Des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, NSW
2011 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2010 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2009 Finalist – Wynne Prize Art Gallery of NSW
2009 Finalist – Sulman Prize Art Gallery of NSW
2009 Finalist – Prometheus Visual Art Award, Gold Coast
2008 Invited Finalist – Tattersalls Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2007 Finalist – Stan and Maureen Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast
2007 Finalist – Prometheus Visual Art Award, Gold Coast
2007 Invited Finalist – Finalist Tattersalls Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2006 Awarded Members Vote – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2006 Finalist – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2005 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2004 Awarded Members Vote – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2004 Finalist – Conrad Jupiter Art Award, Gold Coast
2003 Salon Des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, NSW
2003 Finalist – Conrad Jupiter Art Award, Gold Coast
2001 Finalist – The Konami & South Tweed Realist Landscape
2000 Finalist – Pine Rivers Art Award, Brisbane
2000 Finalist – Redland Art Award, Brisbane

Collections

Ministerie van LNV, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Gemeente Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands; S. Hausen Collection, Dresden, Germany; R. Ubach Collection, Switzerland; P. Anderson Collection, London, England; M.P. Thomas Collection, California, USA; Cristina Madrazo Collection, Mexico; Nanao-shi Ishikawa, Osaka, Japan; MA Financial Group Collection, Sydney; Fairfax Collection; Qanstruct Collection, Tullamarine Airport Melbourne; Zurich Insurance, Sydney; David Dabscheck, New York, USA; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland; Tweed Regional Art Gallery and Margaret Olley Centre, NSW; Skybound Capital, Qld; Plus many private and corporate collections throughout Australia.