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.

Awards and Exhibitions

• 2024 Finalist Henry Jones Art Prize

• 2024 Finalist Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award

• 2022 Finalist Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize

• 2022 Art Society of Tasmania Members Exhibition

• 2020 Winner Basil Sellers Art Prize

• 2020 Finalist Mosman Art Prize

Education

• 2023 Studio Escalier Summer Intensive, France

• 2020-2024 Hamley Studio, Australia

• 2019-2020 Julian Ashton Art School, Australia

• 2011-2014 PhD in Environmental Science