Artists

Peter Adsett’s work engages in a direct dialogue with the language of Modernist abstraction. The edges of his paintings bow and buckle, and his predominately black and white tones always compel the viewer to inspect them more closely. For Adsett, painting is an inherently political act, a process that allows him to literally enact conflict resolution and cross-cultural dialogue.

Peter Adsett has worked closely with a number of indigenous artists, including Rusty Peters, a Gija man from the Kimberley with whom he produced a joint exhibition Two Laws One Big Spirit. Asdett has had over 30 solo exhibitions including Sympathy Letters, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney in 2007. Adsett has completed residencies in New Hampshire, Wellington, New York and Jogjakarta and has been awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. Adsett's work is held in public collections in Japan, Australia and Indonesia, and private collections worldwide.