Peter Wilkins
| Peter Wilkins | |
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| Born | July 26, 1968 |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
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Peter Wilkins (born July 26, 1968) is a British multimedia artist living in Newfoundland, Canada. He is best known for his kinetic portraits, in particular, 12 Kinetic Portraits of Canadian Writers. These works have been exhibited at The Rooms Provincial Gallery in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and the entire suite was purchased by the Portrait Gallery of Canada in 2008. Wilkins' most recent work investigated the modernist design of Gander International Airport. These artworks, digital print and video, were exhibited at The Rooms Provincial Gallery as part of Newtopia from Sept 2008 - January 2009. In the summer of 2009 his portraits of prominent Newfoundlanders were exhibited at Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Prince Edward Island as part of the exhibition 10 & 60. He was the first artist-in-residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Wilkins has appeared on British TV, as co-host in Dom Joly's Happy Hour for Sky TV. The pair travelled the world exploring global drinking habits and how different cultures approached alcohol. Wilkins also accompanied Dom Joly in Excellent Adventures, again for Sky TV and broadcast on the OLN network in Canada.
Peter grew up in Leicestershire, England. He attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and then studied computing and business at the West London Institute of Higher Education (now Brunel University). Wilkins lived in London until 1991 when he moved to Canada and then Prague. Since 1998, he has lived in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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