Peter Harmathy

"I receive much inspiration from the harmonious order of classical painting styles as well as from popular magazines, newspapers and the Internet. Seen from a broad spectrum, my art seeks to understand how we are evolving as human beings in a consumer-driven world."

I received my artistic training at Concordia University (B.F.A. 1985) and the Victoria College of Art (2003). In the early 1980's my line of work wavered between the Sciences (B.Sc. 1983) and the Arts. This set me up for a lifetime confrontation between the two, which is reconciled in some way with compositional geometry inspired by the likes of Canadian artist Alex Colville and Renaissance artists. The latter saw no difference between science and art, thus trying to resolve (in vain) universal truths through their art.

As a postmodern artist, much of my art references the past and compares it with the present in a satirical kind of way. Postmodern art, in principle, deals with skepticism of "big theories" (including modernism) thus involving a healthy critique of all things past and present. Consequently, it borrows ideas and images from mass media to try to make sense of where humankind is heading (utopia or annihilation?). Despite this, postmoderni...

2009 - Honour Specialist: Visual Arts, Queen's University
2003 - Victoria College of Art, Victoria BC, 3 yr certificate
1992 - B.Ed, University of Toronto
1985 - B.F.A. conc. Cinema, Concordia U, Montreal
1983 - B.Sc. conc. Geology, U. of Ottawa

MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie ON
Quest Gallery, Midland, ON
Double Door Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, ON
and many more.