Peter Van Straten

BORN
1972 Johannesburg, South Africa

EXHIBITIONS
2008

  • Solo Exhibition - The Bends - Knysna Fine Art

2007

  • Opening group show: "These Four Walls" Cape Town.
  • Painting for "The Coke side of life," project, Amalgamated Beverages, Johannesburg.
  • Two paintings Included in "Laugh It Off Annual" #3 - "Humourology."
  • Solo Exhibition "Mystic Eye" - Investment Art - Cape Town
  • 14th Solo Exhibition - "Luminous mysteries" David Brown Fine Art - Johannesburg.
  • Magazine feature: Habitat Magazine (November/December issue)

2006

  • "Portrait of an African" for Portrait Exhibition, AVA, Cape Town.
  • Three commissions for Scholtz residence, Cape Town
  • Opening group show: David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg.

2005

  • Contributes a further eight fire-paintings to "The Creative Block."
  • Interviewed for "Kuns Kafee" SABC3.
  • Attempts, and manages, 17 seconds of absolute mental silence.
  • 5 Commissions for private collections.
  • Successfully channeled the Entity Frikkie Swanepoel.

2004

  • Participates in the Group show "Ten" at the Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, celebrating ten years of democracy, as part of the Cape Town Festival.
  • 8 "Oil and Fire" paintings for the "Creative Block" project - Hollard Private Insurance, Johannesburg.
  • Statue commissioned in the interest of providing a spiritual focal-point for atheists.
  • Chops wood, carries water.

2003

  • Contributes drawings to "Fooding about with Topsi"- an artists' recipe book by renowned chef Topsi Venter.
  • Contributes to "Mindscapes" exhibition, 3rd I Gallery, Cape Town.
  • 13th Solo Exhibition - Knysna Fine Art - Knysna
  • Included in "The Collector's Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa"

2002

  • 12th Solo Exhibition - Knysna Fine Art - Knysna

2001

  • Launches satirical newspaper "The Observer"
  • Appointed as Editor of "The Observer" and Director of its Art Fund.
  • Solo Exhibition at "Namaste" as Part of the "Walking the Street" Festival - Observatory Featured on first Episode of "Innertainment" - SABC Featured as first "artist of the week" at launch of Global Arts Information
  • Featured artist in first publication of "AHUM" magazine.
  • "Tastings" Group Exhibition - Klarity Gallery
  • Interviewed with "Observer" collaborator, Louw Venter, for DS - T.V.
  • "Telling Tales" group exhibition - 3rd I Gallery
  • Solo Exhibition - "Obs Cafe" - Observatory
  • Group exhibtition - Grafiti Gallery - Cape Town
  • Short stories included in "Urban One," published by Spearhead

2000

  • Group Exhibition"Artists From the Cape" - Old Arts Gallery, University of Pretoria
  • Artichoke - "Catharsis" Exhibition - Johannesburg
  • Commissioned to produce a statue of the Virgin for the Roman Catholic Church - Kimberley
  • Collaborates in "Falling Awake" with the Heel Arts Collective for the One City Many Cultures Festival- Cape Town
  • Solo Exhibition - Third I Gallery

1999

  • Solo Exhibition - Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg Exhibited at the 1999
  • Lightworker's Conference - New York City
  • Solo Exhibition "Clouds"- Amani Wine farm, Stellenbosch
  • Solo Exhibition "To hell with Reality" - Intecaf, Observatory
  • Group Exhibition - Arts Association Bellville
  • Goes for a Brain Scan - Claremont Medi-clinic
  • Group Exhibition "year 2000" - Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg
  • Exhibition of Whale Paintings - Grobellaar Hall, Hermanus - Two Oceans Aquarium
  • Forms new band "Psycho-Pop"
  • Group Exhibition - Peter Visser Antiques
Tractor Hunting for Memories on the Pig of Forgiveness Inside
Tractor
Hunting for Memories on the Pig of Forgiveness
Inside
Dog Dear Sir 2 The Mirage
Dog
Dear Sir 2
The Mirage
She Wanted to do her Last 10 Minutes Unassisted Tree Battle
She Wanted to do her Last 10 Minutes Unassisted
Tree
Battle
The Lovers Rest Secret
The Lovers
Rest
Secret
Mother Madonna Waterfall
Mother
Madonna
Waterfall
Piano Dawn Spore
Piano
Dawn
Spore
Tunnel Woman Tweet Escape Lacks Style
Tunnel Woman
Tweet
Escape Lacks Style
Tweet The Theory of Silence George
Tweet
The Theory of Silence
George
Listen Hammer Charlies
Listen
Hammer
Charlies
Anadream Rest Tree
Anadream
Rest
Tree


 

 

 

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