Peter McDonald (born 1973) is a

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who won the 2008

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Life and career

McDonald was born in

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, Japan and studied at St. Martins School of Art. He lives and works in

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and Tokyo. His brother Roger McDonald is the director of Arts Initiative Tokyo. His father, originally from north London, migrated to Japan in the 50s. His mother is from east Tokyo. McDonald was awarded the 2008

for the canvas "Fontana", receiving a bequest of £25,000."'Slasher' painting wins art prize"
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'', 18 September 2008. The painting refers to the work and practice of the Italian painter

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, who was infamous for slashing and puncturing his paintings. McDonald's painting pictures an artist at work at the easel but has real holes in the surface of the painting. The painting was chosen from 3,222 entries, shortlisted to 40 works which were judged by Sacha Craddock,

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, Paul Morrison and Graham Crowley.Natalie Hanman (18 September 2008
"Peter McDonald wins John Moores prize"
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Exhibitions

*2009 ''Art on the Underground'', public commission for Southwark Station, London Underground *2008 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo *2008 ''John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize'', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool *2008 ''Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting'', Max Wigram Gallery, London *2007 Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarry, London *2007 ''Like Color in Pictures'',

Aspen Art Museum Founded in 1979, the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Aspen, Colorado. AAM exhibitions include drawings, paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations and electronic media. Aspen Art Museum Building ...

, Colorado *2007 ''Mutineer'', Kunsthalle M8, Berlin *2006 ''The Wonderful Fund'', Pallant House Gallery, Chichester *2006 Group show, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan *2006 Group show, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden *2006 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo *2005 Peter McDonald, Kate MacGarry, London *2005 ''Makeover'', Paintings by Seven Pacific Rim Artists, *2005

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, New Plymouth, New Zealand *2005 ''Rough Diamond'', Program, London *2004 ''Painting'', Kate MacGarry, London *2003 Peter McDonald, Keith Talent Gallery, London *2003 ''East International'', Norwich Gallery, UK *2003 ''Bad Touch'', Keith Talent Gallery *2003 ''Moving Collection'',

, New Zealand *2003 ''Good Bad Taste'', Keith Talent Gallery *2002 Peter McDonald, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan *2001 ''Table Manners'', Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo *2000 ''Crossed Purposes'', Mafuji Gallery, London

References

External links

Peter McDonald at Kate MacGarry, London

John Moores 25 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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