Peter T. Beckett

Born in Oakville, Ontario, in 1956, Beckett graduated from McMaster University in 1979 with an honours B.A. in Art and Art History. In 1980 he studied yacht design at Humber College. Was Artist in Residence, St. Johns College,
Santa Fe NM 1982-84. Studied "Final Cut Pro," a video editing program, at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002.

After his second year at McMaster, Beckett spent a year cycling through Europe to see some of the art and architecture that he had been studying. The importance of context, was a lesson Beckett learned through this pilgrimage.

As part of his experience, Beckett sailed the length of the Mediterranean as the crew on a 32' West Sail. He learned how to navigate in heavy weather. His new appreciation of how the forces of nature and technology find a balance in form and function, led him to study yacht design. Building a wooden sail boat is on his list of things to do. Towards that end he lived aboard a wooden boat for the winter 06-07 and "made him self useful" at G&B, builders of traditional wooden boats, on Martha's Vineyard, MA.

For years Beckett has travelled extensively, between cities and remote, isolated environments. "Nature and solitude have been profound influences," he says. Whether it is a rift valley in Kenya or the north shore of Lake Superior, these influences, from the tangible to the inexplicable are reflected in his art.

B.A. (Hons) McMaster University 1979, Art and Art History
Artist in Residence, St Johns College, Santa Fe NM 1982-4
Fundamental Yacht Design, Humber College
Final Cut Pro, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibitions

2008 Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Toronto ON (solo)

Left Side Gallery, Flesherton ON (solo)

2007 Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Toronto ON (solo)

Surje & Company, Toronto ON (solo)Art 13, Vineyard Haven (solo)

2006 You Me Gallery, Hamilton ON (3 painters)
Kara Taylor Fine Art , Martha's Vineyard MA
Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Toronto ON (solo)
2005 Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Toronto ON (solo)
Alva Gallery, New London CT
2004 Allan Stone Gallery, New York NY
Chelsea Groton Bank, New London CT (two artists)
Krause Gallery Providence RI (solo)
Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Toronto (solo)
2003 You Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Alva Gallery, New London,CT
Girard BMW Dealership, CT (solo)
2002 Alva Gallery, September Memorial, New London CT (solo)
Grand Touring, Toronto (solo)
Roxy Theatre /Gallery, Owen Sound, ON, performance/
Installation (solo)
2001 Grand Touring. Toronto (solo)
Windmills, Kinston, ON (solo)
SiSi on Main, Thombury, ON (solo)
2000 Grand Touring, Toronto (solo)
Sisi on Main, Thorbury, ON (solo)
Roxy Gallery, Owen Sound, ON (solo) .
Alison's, Streetsville, ON (solo)
1999 Eclectica, Kingston, ON (Solo)
Durham Art Gallery, ON (Solo)
L.E. Shore Library/Gallery, Thornbury, ON (Solo)
SiSi On Main, Thombury (Solo)
Alisons, Streetsville (Solo)
1998 WaIters Falls Group Show, ON
SiSi On Main, Thombury (Solo)
Alisons, Streetsville (Solo)
Subterra Gallery, Providence, RI
Greene Gallery , Gilford, CT.
Windmills Cafe, Kingston (Solo)
1997 Subterra Gallery, Providence, RI
Windmills Cafe, Kingston (Solo)
SiSi On Main, Thombury (Solo)
Alisons, Streetsville (Solo) Local Colour, Flesherton
1996 Ad Axiom, Burlington, On (Solo)
MacLaren Arts Centre, Barrie, ON
Shayne Gallery , Montreal Art Dialogue, Toronto
Marketside Cafe, Owen Sound (Solo )
Durham Art Gallery (Solo)
SiSi On Main, Thombury (Solo)
Local Colour, Flesherton
Hamilton Public Library (Solo)
Collingwood Public Library (Solo )
1995 Azalia/ Art Dialogue, Toronto (Solo)
Ad Axiom, Burlington (Solo)
Shayne Gallery , Montreal Local Colour, Flesherton, ON
1994 Gallery 788, Toronto (Solo)
Ad Axiom, Burlington
Gallery Van Sant, Antwerp, Belgium Art Dialogue, Toronto
Carnegie Ga1lery , Dundas (printmaking)
1993 Gallery Van Sant, Antwerp, Belgium
Ad Axiom, Burlington
Shayne Gallery , Montreal Mississauga Civic Centre, Mississauga
Local Colour, Flesherton
John B. Aird Gallery," After Image," Toronto
Broadway Cinema, Hamilton
Art Dialogue, Toronto
Impact, Ne.w York
1992 Art Dialogue, Toronto
MacLaren Arts Centre, Barrie, "Diary" 90-92 (Solo)
Gallerie Arcade, Belgium
Durham Art Gallery, "Diary" (Solo)
Hamilton Artists' Inc., "Remember Inc." Local Colour, Flesherton
Shelley Lambe Fine Art, Toronto
Shayne Gallery , Montreal
Red Hill Art Glass, Streetsville
Ad Axiom, Burlington (Solo)
1991 Gallery Arcade, Belgium
Moore Gallery, Hamilton, "Faces No Faces"
Theodore, Toronto Shayne Gallery , Montreal
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
"WaIters Falls Five" Durham Art Gallery , Durham
Ad Axiom, Burlington,On (Solo)
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, "Red, White and Black,"
Mississauga Civic Centre Gallery , " After Image"
Arts Cafe, Toronto Idyll Cafe, Markdale
Marketside Cafe, Owen Sound (Solo)
1990
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, (Juried Mention)
Selected Exhibitions
1989 Pearl St. Ga1ler, Hamilton (solo)
Brampton Library Art Ga1lery (solo)
Gelders Fine Art, Streetsville, Shelley Lambe Fine Art, Toronto
1988 Total Art Ga1lery, "Rural Abstract" Toronto
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Ga1lery, Owen Sound, ON "Beckett, Cullen & Wagman"
Pearl St. Ga1lery, Hamilton (solo)
1987 McMaster University Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pearl St Ga1lery , Hamilton Brampton Library Art Gallery (solo)
1986 Erindale Campus Ga1lery, University of Toronto (solo)
Hamilton Artists' Inc. Durham Art Gallery (solo) 1985 Hamilton Artists' Inc. (solo)
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Sass-Gottlieb, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1984 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto Sass Gottlieb Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1982 Mississauga Central Library (solo) Hamilton Artists' Inc.
1981 McMaster Juried Alumni Exhibition (purchase ) Hamilton Artists' Inc. (solo)
Mississauga Juried Exhibition (lst Award)
1980 Camagie Gallery , Dundas Mississauga Juried Exhibition (1" Award)
Edgerton's, Toronto (performance/ Installation)
1979 Brampton Juried Art Show (Special Award)
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honorable
1978 Gallery Chimera, Elora Hess Village Ga1lery, Hamilton
1977 La Galleria, Ibiza, Spain
Collections
Pioneer Petroleum, Berman Collection, Environics,
St John's College,.Charles Bell Collection, Santa Fe.
Mailenium. Banca Commerciale ltaliana, Grand Touring Autos,
Steinburg Collection, Diana Hogarth Collection