Peter Eastman (artist)

South African artist

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Peter Eastman

Peter Eastman, portrait for Crush magazine

Born| 1976
Nationality| South African
Known for| Painting
Website| www.petereastman.com

Peter Eastman (born 1976)[1] is a South African artist living in Cape Town.[2][3]

## Education

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Eastman was born in 1976 and grew up in South Africa. He began his career as an antiquities restorer in London, United Kingdom. He also attended University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of fine art.[4]

## Work

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In 2014 he began to focus on paintings of pensive and atmospheric forest-scapes,[5]

Eastman is also known for a distinctive monochromatic style. Images held in shallow relief depictions remain nearly invisible until the spectator is positioned correctly for light to throw the images into relief, reflecting changing tone and colour. This technique was probably most successfully used in his monumental “Horse”, 2005.[2]

In 2007, Eastman presented 'Supernature' at Cape Town gallery whatiftheworld.[6] The naturalistic large-scale series of enamel and acrylic paintings on aluminium sheets, depicted the portraits of various owl species relating to themes of superstition and luck.[2]

In 2010, Eastman exhibited a series of black portraits at Primo Marella gallery in Milan, Italy, curated by Yacouba Konaté.[7]

Eastman was selected alongside 17 International artists[8] to produce a poster for The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Later that year, the work was auctioned at Phillips de Pury in New York City.

## See also

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* Contemporary African art

## Selected solo exhibitions

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2019 Tangled Hierarchies, Smac Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[9][10]

2017 Coldstream, Smac Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa[11]

2016 Surface Light, Smac Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[12]

2014 Deep Chine, Smac Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[13][14]

2012 Buried in black and white, Whatiftheworld gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2010 Life is short, WhatiftheworldIFTHEWORLD gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[15]

2010 For the term of their natural lives, Co-Op gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa[16]

2009 Peter Eastman Landscapes, Aardklop National arts festival, Potchefstroom, South Africa[17]

2008 Shadow Paintings, Obert contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

Supernature, Whatiftheworld gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[6]

2007 Black Paintings, Obert Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

2004 Reflective, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[18]

## External links

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* Official website
* South African Print gallery
* Article in Business Art

## References

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1. ^ "Peter Eastman - About". Peter Eastman. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
2. ^ a b c Edmunds, Paul (August 2008). "Peter Eastman". Artthrob (132). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
3. ^ "Peter Eastman, Black Portrait". Art Center Hugo Voeten. Hugo Voeten museum. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
4. ^ "Peter Eastman, featured". between 10 and 5. between 10 and 5, Jessica Hunkin. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
5. ^ "Peter Eastman, Coldstream". Omenka online. Omenka, Ladun Ogidun. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
6. ^ a b "Whatiftheworld / Gallery / Super Nature by Peter Eastman". Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
7. ^ "Africa, assume art position". Primo Marella. Primo Marella gallery. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
8. ^ "Imagining soccer". Mail&Guardian. Mail&Guardian. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
9. ^ "Peter Eastman, Tangled Hierarchies". issu/Art Times. Art Times Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
10. ^ "Interconnected Creation, Peter Eastman's Tangled Hierarchies". ArtThrob. ArtThrob magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
11. ^ "Peter Eastman, Coldstream". In your pocket johannesburg guide. In your pocket essential city guides. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
12. ^ "Peter Eastman". warren editions. Warren editions printmakers. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
13. ^ "Report from South Africa, Peter Eastman at SMAC gallery in Cape Town". ArtReview. ArtReview magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
14. ^ "Seeing the forest for the trees, Peter Eastman". ArtThrob. ArtThrob magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
15. ^ "Whatiftheworld / Gallery / Life is Short by Peter Eastman". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
16. ^ "PETER EASTMAN - FOR THE TERM OF THEIR NATURAL LIVES - co-op joburg". Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
17. ^ The North-West University Gallery
18. ^ "Michael Stevenson Contemporary". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.