John Peart

John Peart (10 December 1945 – 1 October 2013) was an Australian contemporary artist. Peart won the Wynne Prize in 1997, the Sulman Prize in 2000, and was twice a finalist for the Archibald Portrait Prize.

Early life and education John Peart was born on 10 December 1945

His only formal art education was at Brisbane Technical College in 1962, after which, while still a teenager in 1963, he went to Sydney to pursue his career as an artist. Peart's first exhibition was at the gallery which continued to show his work throughout his career. In the same year he won a series of major prizes, which gave him the funds to travel, and then subsequently to move to Wiltshire, in England, where he lived with his family for some years.

Awards 1997: winner, Wynne Prize 1999: finalist, Archibald Prize, with a portrait of colleague and friend, artist Elizabeth Cummings 2000: winner, Sulman Prize after being overcome by smoke