Peter Eastman 

 

Born in 1976 South African.

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Eastman has participated in numerous local and international art fairs and group
exhibitions including, amongst others, the Realisme Art Fair in Amsterdam; VOLTA5 in
Basel; Africa, Assume Art Position! at Primo Marella Gallery in Milano, Italy; Museum of
African Design; as well as the Cape Town Art Fair and FNB Joburg Art Fair. SMAC
Gallery has featured Eastman’s work in several group exhibitions; PAINT I,
Contemporary South African Painting 2002-2012 in 2012; BACK TO THE FUTURE
Abstract Art in South Africa: Past and Present in 2013, Upstart/Startup in 2016, Back to
the Future III, Wish You Were Here in 2018 and most recently A show of solidarity in
2019. Peter Eastman’s recent solo exhibition, Coldstream, was presented at SMAC
Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa in March 2017; and, in the same year, was
included in SMAC’s presentation at the 12th Contemporary Istanbul.

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

HUGO VOETEN MUSEUM, HERENTALS, BELGIUM.
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (UCT) ART COLLECTION,
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
DIMENSION DATA CORPORATE COLLECTION,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
SASOL ART COLLECTION, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
FAIRHEADS CORPORATE COLLECTION, CAPE TOWN,SOUTH AFRICA.

HOLLARD INSURANCE ART COLLECTION, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
SPIER ART COLLECTION, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA.
NANDO’S CORPORATE COLLECTION, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
SOUTH AFRICAN FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY
ART (SAFFCA), JOHANNESBURG; CAPE TOWN;
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

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SELECTED AWARDS

SELECTED FINALIST FOR ABSA L’ATELIER AWARD,JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS

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2019 TANGLED HIERARCHIES, SMAC GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
2017 COLDSTREAM, SMAC GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA
2016 SURFACE LIGHT, SMAC GALLERY, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA.
2015 DEEP CHINE, SMAC GALLERY, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA.
2014 SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, SMAC GALLERY,
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
2012 BURIED IN BLACK AND WHITE, THE POT LUCK CLUB,
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
2010 LIFE IS SHORT, WHATIFTHEWORLD , CAPE TOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA.
2009 FOR THE TERM OF THEIR NATURAL LIVES, CO-OP
PROJECT SPACE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
2008 SHADOW PAINTINGS, OBERT CONTEMPORARY,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
2007 SUPERNATURE, WHATIFTHEWORLD , CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA.

2006 BLACK PAINTINGS, OBERT CONTEMPORARY,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS

2021 RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION, RARITY GALLERY, MYKONOS

2020 A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY, SMAC GALLERY, CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
2019 INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR, (SMAC GALLERY), CAPE
TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (CTICC), CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
2018 WISH YOU WERE HERE, SMAC GALLERY, CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA.
 FNB JOBURG ART FAIR, SANDTON CONVENTION
CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH ARICA.
INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR, (SMAC GALLERY), CAPE
TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (CTICC),
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
2017 X: PART III, SMAC GALLERY, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA.
CAPE TOWN ART FAIR (SMAC GALLERY), CAPE TOWN
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (CTICC), CAPE
TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL, (SMAC GALLERY), ISTANBUL
CONGRESS CENTRE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
X: PART II, SMAC GALLERY, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA.
2016 FNB JOBURG ART FAIR (SMAC GALLERY), SANDTON
CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

SUMMER SHOW ’16, SMAC GALLERY, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA.
CAPE TOWN ART FAIR (SMAC GALLERY), CAPE TOWN
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (CTICC), CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
UPSTART/STARTUP, SMAC GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

2015 (IN) THE NATURE OF THINGS, HERMANUS FYNARTS
FESTIVAL, OLD SYNAGOGUE BUILDING, HERMANUS, SOUTH AFRICA.
FNB JOBURG ART FAIR (SMAC GALLERY), SANDTON
CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.