Peter Bonner is an Australian artist, who in 1996 won the

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, the highest prize for drawing in

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. He was awarded the prize for his work ''Interior''. Bonner's professional career began as a corporate finance recovery manager in

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for accounting firm

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. He then decided to study fine art, and began an undergraduate degree at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

. In his third year, he was awarded the Dobell Prize, making him the only undergraduate student to win the award in the prize's history.Monash Newsline (Monash University)
/ref> Bonner then accepted a scholarship to study at the

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at 8 West 8th Street, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York State is an art school formed in 1963 by a group of students and their teacher, Mercedes Matter, all of ...

. His work has since been exhibited extensively in the US, Europe and Australia.

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