Peter Churcher

b. 1964

Painter Peter Churcher originally studied Music at Trinity College in London before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Victorian College (now Deakin University) in 1991. In 2002 he was commissioned as the Australian War Artist documenting the Australian Navy in the Persian Gulf. Churcher exhibits regularly in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and has been included in group exhibitions at Heide. Churcher’s work has been accepted in the Moet and Chandon and Archibald Prizes and he was awarded the Kings School Art Prize in 1999. His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; the Australian War Memorial; Canberra and the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria.

PAST EXHIBITIONS

2023

2019

2014

In Blog

Peter Churcher – at Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Germany

Image above: Peter Churcher  On the Metro  2020  oil on canvas  152 x 165 cm. Peter Churcher has a series …

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30th Anniversary of Australian Galleries in Sydney

Director Stuart Purves and Tim Storrier at Australian Galleries, Sydney in 1989 Australian Galleries Turns 30! 30 years ago today …

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Congratulations Martin King – Finalist in The Alice Prize

Martin King  ledger of the lost years ‘24 and ‘25′  N.D  graphite, watercolour and gouache on drafting film and paper  …

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