Capturing life’s moments
Pete Groves is a visual artist living in Melbourne, Australia. Pete grew up on the outskirts of the Yarra Valley spending much of his time as a kid, kicking around in paddocks, mingling with menageries of animals, climbing trees, playing in creeks and dams—creating endless adventures and fuelling his imagination.
Pete’s art is an exploration of his observations and experiences, as he seeks to recreate his unique visual and emotional interpretations, layering shape, line and colour.
“My art is an exploration. Combining observations and experiences, I work to re-create my own visual and emotional constructs that I weave into stories, blending together shape, line and colour.
“I like intersecting nature, people and animals and representing the subtle impacts they have on each other and how they blend together.”
“I paint because I love the constant challenge of problem solving, knowing there is no answer, just little wins and positive steps forward, and possibly an artwork that someone will one day hang on their wall and enjoy for many years.”
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Pete Groves graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from Swinburne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Over the past 30 years, Pete’s work has been regularly exhibited in many successful solo and select group exhibitions. Pete’s work can also be seen in numerous murals in Australia and overseas, theatre sets, children’s book illustrations, wine labels, posters and book covers.
Pete’s work is represented in private collections in Australia, USA, Japan and UK, including the BHP Billiton London collection. The positive and uplifting nature of Pete’s work is often seen in healthcare settings, such as the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Western Australia and Southern Health Art Gallery at Monash Medical Centre in Victoria, Australia.
Solo and selected group exhibitions
2024 - Mansfield Art Show 2024 - Tree Stories Manyung Gallery 2023 - Mansfield Art Show
2022 - Mansfield Art Show
2021 - Big Landscape Art images Gallery, Adelaide
2021 - Enchantment with Nature, Manyung Gallery
2021 - Mansfield Art show
2020 - Trees and Cows, Manyung Gallery
2020 - Mansfield Art show
2019 - Seasons, Without Pier Gallery
2019 - Landscapes, Art images Gallery, Adelaide
2017 - Imagined Landscapes, Without Pier Galley
2017 - Short listed Brisbane Art Prize Exhibition
2016 - Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
2015 – Recent paintings, Manyung Malvern, Melbourne Australia
2015 – Recent paintings, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide Australia
2015 – Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2014 - Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2014 - Group One, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide Australia
2014 - Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2013 - Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2012 - Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2012 - Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2011 - Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2011 - Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia
2010 - Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2010 - Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2010 - Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia
2009 - Seasons, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2009 - Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2008 - Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia
2008 - Recent Paintings, Art Establishment/Cruz, Melbourne Australia
2008 - Bird Tales, Gallery O, Perth, Australia
2007 - Avian Encounters, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia
2006 - Recent Paintings, Cruz Galleries, Melbourne Australia
2006 - Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, Australia
2005 - Recent Paintings, Cruz Galleries, Melbourne Australia
2005 - Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, Australia
2004 - Urban nesting, Gallery Newquay, Melbourne, Australia
2004 - Garden Series, ArtEstablishment, Melbourne, Australia
2003 - Inside, Out and About, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia
2002 - Recent Paintings, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia2001
2007 - 2020 Canterbury Art Show. Featured Artist. Featured Artist 2009. Best small work 2019
2010 – 2014 Loreto Spring Art, Adelaide
2011 - 2020 Art Red Hill.
2014 - 2020 Roberts McCubbin Art Show. Best in show 2017
2004 - Bridge. Toyota community spirit , Toyota community spirit gallery, Melbourne, Carey Arts Council Exhibition, Carey Grammar, Melbourne, Australia
2003 - 120 Degrees of Separation, Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia, Linden Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong
2002 -Artists at Treasury Place, Deputy Premier’s Office, Melbourne, Australia - Artists at Treasury Place, Deputy Premier’s Office, Melbourne, Australia
Books
2010- Potato Music Omnibus Books. Illustrator, Pete Groves, Author Christina Booth.
Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia, 2003, Michael Berry, Random.
Feature Articles/Publications
2004 There’s an art to being cynical Megan Backhouse,The Age, 18.12.04
2004 Weekender Dani valent,Goodweekend, The age 18.12.04
2004 Backyard Beauty Felicity Allen, The Big Picture, Herald Sun 4.8.04
Sunday Arts Show, Peter Clarke, ABC 774
2003 Painting Everyday Life, Kate Ubergang, Port Phillip Leader
2003 Inside, Out and About, Melbourne City Weekly
2003 Diary, Susannah McGregor, Domain
2000 Halcyon, Inside Melbourne
2000 The Art of Time, Good Weekend
Murals
Children's Ward Frankston Hospital
Salties Restaurant, Flinders, Australia
Garlic Kiss Restaurant, Mornington, Australia
Restaurant Fandango, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico