Sonya G Peters

Canadian born, Sonya G Peters is an interdisciplinary artist and lecturer who is based in Queensland, Australia. With a primary focus on drawing, Sonya is inspired by her observations of the world around her; what she sees, experiences, and feels, is processed, and materialised through her highly realistic and detailed drawings of the natural world.

Sonya’s most recent project has been to document the Griffith School of Anatomy’s collection of ‘live’ prosected cadaver specimens. For Sonya the significance of the work is to present the beauty and intricacy of the human form through the visual language of drawing.

Sonya has achieved a number of highlights; from the successful completion of her MVA, Master of Visual Art and a DVA, Doctor of Visual Arts, to international and nationally recognized solo and group exhibitions. In addition to receiving a number of awards, Sonya has collaborated and worked with artists in artist residencies in New Zealand and Philadelphia, USA.

2021 Certificate of Counselling, Australian Online Courses,

2015 Doctorate of Visual Art, Queensland College of Art, Southbank, Brisbane

2008 MVA Higher Research, Master of Visual Arts at QCA, Griffith University, Southbank, Brisbane

2005 Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honors, QCA, Griffith University, Southbank, Brisbane

2004 Bachelor of Visual Art in Fine Art at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Awarded the Fine Art Medal

1995 University of NSW, Life drawing, Sydney, Australia

1993 Certificate course in Children's Book Illustration, Sydney University, Sydney

1979 Diploma of Applied Arts, Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 On an Account of Seeing and Not Seeing, Doctoral Exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Southbank

2015 Blind Drawing/Drawing Blind, Whitebox Gallery, Griffith University, GC

2012 21 Grams of Graphite, 19 Karen Contemporary Art Space, Mermaid Beach, QLD

2009 Another Space, 19 Karen Contemporary Art Space, Mermaid Beach, QLD

2008 Paperbag Series, to draw breath and other transient pieces … in-Transit Gallery, Portside Wharf, Hamilton QLD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 The Cadaver Museum Project, Kunstmatrix Virtual Gallery,https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1701650/the-cadaver-museum-project

2018 Debra Porch and Friends, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, QLD

2018 The 40th Alice Prize 2018, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory

2017 The Impression of our Arteries, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, QLD

2015 International Drawing Symposium, On an Account of Seeing and Not Seeing, Webb Gallery, QCA, Southbank

2015 Past, present, forgotten, imagined, St. Andrews Hospital Postgrad Exhibition, Brisbane

2014 The Unpredictable Conceptions in Trans-disciplinary Collaboration, Crane Arts, Gallery 105, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2014 Disturbance of...