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"...with
a deep reverence for nature and a sense of the spirituality embedded within
the landscape Peter Blizzard creates works which seek to elevate nature
within steel shrine-like structures. His stone menhirs act as a conduit
for a deeper appreciation and insight into nature and our relationship
to the environment."
Robert
Lindsay, McClelland Sculpture Park, Oct. 2005
"Through
these works, Peter is inviting us to be conveyed into his space and to
consider the many interrelationships between different elements of land
and earth and the natural environments they create. In this space, we
are also invited to consider tenderness, timelessness, balance, tranquility,
pure form, shelter, restfulness, spirituality, reverence and the sacred.
We should each be extremely grateful for these moments that he has given
us."
Rupert
Myer, Chairman, Australian National Gallery, 2005
"Blizzard
plays upon the character and identity of the materials he has employed
to provide a mysterious and poetic presence with a distinct poetic quality.
Despite tranquil positioning and their apparent restful poses, Blizzard's
totemic structures suggest movement, presenting their essential character
with a robust assertiveness and timeless beauty."
Caroline
Field, Stonnington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, 2005 |
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Solo
Exhibitions
2007 Inaugural
Annual Lorne Sculpture Exhibition
2007 Axia Modern Art, Armadale. 'Whalesong' series
2006 Hakone Open-Air
Museum, Japan
2005 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2003 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2003 Stonington Stables, Deakin University, Melbourne – ‘Sacred
Stone’
1998 Bulle Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1992 David Ellis, Melbourne – Sculpture & Paper Works
1992 Chairman’s Lounge, Australian Airlines, Melbourne –
Sculpture & Paper Works
1992 Wall Street Exchange Art Consultants, Melbourne
1991 Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria – Sculpture &
Paper Works
1981 Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne – Paper works
1978 Old Ballarat Gallery, Ballarat – Screen Paintings
1972 Hut Gallery, Ferntree Gully, Victoria – Painting &
Sculpture
1969 North Adelaide Gallery, South Australia
1970 Manuka Gallery, Canberra, A. C. T.
1969 Princes Hill Gallery, Melbourne
1968 Gallery 99, Melbourne
International
Exhibitions
2006 Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
2004
Shanghai Art Fair, China
2000 Moscow International Art Fair, Russia
1999 'Volume & Form' International Sculpture Exhibition, Singapore
(group)
1997 Isogaya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo),
1997 Isogaya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Group),
1995 Bell Gallery, Saiki, Japan (solo),
1995 Ten Gallery, Fukuoka/Hakata, Japan (2 Person)
1994 Kimuraya Gallery, Oita, Japan (3 Person)
1970 Australian Embassy, San Fransisco, U.S.A. (Group)
1970 International Trade Fair, New York, U.S.A. (Group)
Group Exhibitions
2005 McLelland Survey & Sculpture Award Select
Exhibition, Langwarren, Victoria
2005 Brisbane Art Fair
2005 Axia, Melbourne
2005 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture
2005 contempora2, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at NewQuay
2004 Sculpture in the Bush, Dunkeld, Vic.
2004 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2004, Greythorne Art Gallery,
Toorak, Vic.
2004 Affordable Art Show – Qdos Gallery, Exhibition Buildings,
Melbourne
2004 Qdos Arts, Lorne, Vic; Easter Open Air Sculpture Exhibition
2004
2004 Jeffery Malesa Gallery, Sorrento
2004 Ballarat Fine Art , ‘Drowning Not Waving’, sculpture
exhibition
2003 Selected ‘McLelland Sculpture Award’, McLelland
Gallery, Langwarren, Vic.
2002 Opening Exhibition, Axia Gallery, Sydney
2002 Melbourne International Art Fair – Axia Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Volvo Gallery, Sydney – ‘5 Years in Sydney’,
Australian Art Resources’
2002 Axia Gallery, Melbourne: ‘Focus On Sculpture 2002 –
A Survey for the Collector’’
2002 Immigration Centre, Melbourne - ‘We Are Australian’
Exhibition
2002 Mary Mount, The Annex – Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton
2002 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2002
2001 Mira Gallery, Melbourne – ‘Inside & Outside’
Exhibition
2001 Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton – Group Show
2000 Easter 2000 Sculpture Show, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Vic.
1998 Australian Art Resources – New Gallery Space Exhibition,
Melbourne
2001 ‘We Are Australian Exhibition’, Tasmanian Museum
and Art Gallery, Hobart.
1999 ‘We Are Australian ‘Exhibition’, Adelaide
Festival Centre, Sth. Australia
1999 Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne. 'We are Australian' Exhibition
1999 Bulle Gallery, Melbourne (3 person), November
1998 Bulle Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne - Group Exhibition
1998 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne - Group Exhibition
1998 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne - Final Exhibition
1998 Dandenong Ranges, Victoria -'Sculpture in the Dandenong Ranges'
1998 Lisa Taylor Sculpture Park, Mt. Macedon, Victoria - Autumn
Exhibition
1997 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - 'Celebrating Australia'
1997 Eltham Community Gallery - 'Nillumbik Expatriates'
1996 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne - 'Sculpture Walk - 150th
Anniversary'
1996 Victoria University & Footscray Park - Sculpture Trail,
Melbourne
1996 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 5, Melbourne
1996 Castlemaine Botanic Gardens, Vic.- 'Sculpture Now'
1995 Lyall Burton Gallery - End of year Exhibition
1995 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne - 'Sculpture at
Heidelburg'
1995 Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Vic. 'From Temple to Convent',
3 Person Show
1995 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - 'Artists & Ballarat Schools
1870 - 1995'
1994 Lyall Burton gallery, Melbourne - Works on paper
1994 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne
1993 Castlemaine Sculpture Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
1993 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne - Works on Paper
1992 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 3, Melbourne
1992 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - 'Just Sculpture'
1992 Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria - 'Collectors Choice
Exhibition'
1992 Realities Gallery, Melbourne - Tribute to Tony Pryor
1989 Ballarat Fine art Gallery - 'Getting There Exhibition, 3 Ballarat
Artists'
1989 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - Art Staff Exhibition
1988 Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura
1986 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - '053 Exhibition'
1982 Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria (Purchased)
1981 Australian Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne
(Purchased)
1981 Golden Age Gallery, (David Ellis), Ballarat
1980 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - '8 Ballarat Artists'
1980 New Ground Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
1979 Caulfield Arts Centre Sculpture Awards, Melbourne (Purchase
Award)
1979 Mining Industry of Western Australia 150th Anniversary Arts
Award, Perth
1978 Mildura Triennial Sculpture Exhibition, Mildura, Victoria
1978 La Trobe University Arts Festival, Melbourne
1970 Princes Hill Gallery, Melbourne
1970 Brolga Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic.
1970 Captain Cook Bicentenial Sculpture awards, Melbourne
1969 Princes Hill Gallery, Melbourne
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