PETER LIIRI

Born Finland1954 / Arrived Australia 1959

Studies

1975 R.M.I.T. Melbourne

1978-80 Degree Fine Art Melbourne

1991 Graduate Diploma of Education

Solo Exhibitions

1981 Pinacotheca, Melbourne

1984 United Artists Gallery, Melbourne

1985 United Artists Gallery, Melbourne

1989 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

Works On Paper Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1991 Chapman Gallery, Canberra

Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1992 Recent Paintings Legge Gallery

1994 Counterfireman - Red Door Legge Gallery

Psychological Roadmaps 1984-1994 Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne

2000 Vessels Legge Gallery

2001 Still Lifes Legge Gallery

2002 New Vessels Legge Gallery

Peter Liiri Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria

2003 The Occupied Territory Legge Gallery

2004 The Black Lake Legge Gallery

2005 Sleepless Nights Legge Gallery

2006 Droughtland Legge Gallery

2007 Drawings Legge Gallery

Group Exhibitions

1980 Graduate Exhibition Pitspace Gallery, P.I.T.

1982 Preston To Phillip Reconnaissance Gallery

1986 The First Look Phillip Morris Arts Grant Purchases 1983-86,

University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

1988 A New Generation 1983-88 Australian National Gallery, Canberra

1984-88 St Kilda Festival Acquisitive Exhibitions Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1988 Works On Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1989 St Kilda 2 Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1992 Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Thisness Legge Gallery

Gallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1993 Figuration Legge Gallery

The City - Shifts In Perspectives Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

Tempest – Stormy Works Legge Gallery

1994 Love And Ruin: Art & St Kilda in the Twentieth Century St. Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne

BisArts Linden Gallery, Melbourne

Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1995 Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2000 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

11^th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2001 Legge Gallery Painters Use Atelier Artists' Acrylics Legge Gallery

2002 Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Group Show Legge Gallery

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2003 Summer Show Legge Gallery

2004 Group Show Legge Gallery

Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005 Bryan King and Peter Liiri: Singular paintings retrieved from the depths of the studio Legge Gallery

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2006 Group Show Legge Gallery

Landscape Show Legge Gallery

Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2007 Works on Paper Legge Gallery

Collections

National Gallery of Australia

Museum Of Contemporary Art, Brisbane

Phillip Institute Of Technology

St Kilda City Council

Bibliography

Catalano, Gary: Believing in the evidence of the inner eye The Age 03/04/1985

Heathcote, Christopher: Art The Age 11/12/1991

Holloway, Memory: Art 1984 or 85

Iaccarino, Clara: Open Galley The Sydney Morning Herald 17-18/2/07

Low, Lenny Ann: Open Galley The Sydney Morning Herald 11-12/6/05

Moses, Alexa: Exhibitions The Sydney Morning Herald 10/8/02

Low, Lenny Ann: Open Galley The Sydney Morning Herald 11-12/6/05

Penfold, Melissa : Streetwise The Sydney Morning Herald 10-11/3/07

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