Peter Wegner (born 1953) is a Melbourne-based figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman. His work hangs in many galleries in Australia, and he is known for winning the Archibald Prize in 2021.
Peter Wegner was born in 1953.[1]
He gained a fine arts degree in 1985,[1] and obtained a postgraduate diploma in 1988[2] from the Phillip Institute of Technology. In 2007 he completed a Master of Fine Arts at Monash University.[1]
After Wegner exhibited his work in a in group exhibition in 1977, having had no training in art, he was awarded a two-year A.M.E. Bale residential painting scholarship under Sir William Dargie.[1]
After gaining his degree and diploma, he started lecturing in the Drawing Department of Ballarat University, and has also since been a visiting lecturer at La Trobe, Monash and RMIT universities.[1][2]
Wegner has held many solo exhibitions since 1982 and his work has been included in many group exhibitions.[1]
Wegner's work is held in public collections including: