King Street Gallery on William is absolutely is thrilled to welcome Peter Wegner as a represented artist, as of this year.
Peter Wegner (born 1953 in New Zealand) is a Melbourne-based figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman. His recent work has focused on portraiture and figurative subjects, the study, and examination of the human. He is recording time and the passing of a moment, and to quote John Berger, painting and drawing “forces us to stop and enter its time.”
Peter graduated from the Philip Institute of Technology, in 1988, [in 1992, it was amalgamated with RMIT University, Melbourne]. He has pursued his professional practice as painter, sculptor and draughtsman prior to this first degree, and in 2007 completed a Master of Fine Arts at Monash University, Melbourne.
While Peter is a highly respected portrait painter, his portraits are not limited to the human form. His drawings, paintings and sculpture are portraits of the objects we use and encounter on a daily basis- animate and inanimate. They are the interpretations of the memories and moments left behind on the fabric, in the air and in the essence of things. In 2013, Peter embarked on a journey to draw and paint Australian centenarians. Culminating at exactly 100 Centenarians, Peter’s portrait of well-known artist Guy Warren [who was 100 that year], won the 2021 Archibald Prize.
Peter’s work can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery on New South Wales, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra and numerous regional galleries, state libraries and universities throughout Australia.
We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Peter Wegner, and we look forward to his highly anticipated solo exhibition in 2026. Until then, we will have a selection of works in the gallery stockroom available. Please contact us via art@kingstreetgallery.com or submit an enquiry on our website for a list of works.
Follow Peter via his Instagram! @peter_wegner
