Peter Yates is a visual artist living on unceded Palawa country, Lutruwita (Tasmania, Australia). He is inspired by the beauty and complexity of nature and is dedicated to working from direct observation. Peter has been shortlisted in major art competitions including the 2024 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award and is the winner of the 2020 Basil Sellers Art Prize.

Exhibitions and Awards

• 2025 Finalist, A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship

• 2025 Finalist, A.M.E Bale Art Prize For Oils or Acrylics

• 2025 Finalist, A.M.E Bale Art Prize For Works On Paper

• 2025 Finalist, Kennedy Prize

• 2025 Salon, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award

• 2025 Fundraising Auction for Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association (PANZMA)

• 2024 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize

• 2024 Finalist, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award

• 2022 Finalist, Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize

• 2022 Award for Painting. Art Society of Tasmania Members Exhibition

• 2020 Winner, Basil Sellers Art Prize

• 2020 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize

Education

• 2023 Studio Escalier,Argenton-Château, France

• 2020-2024 Hamley Studio, Australia

• 2019-2020 Julian Ashton Art School, Australia

• 2011-2014 PhD in Environmental Science