Australian artists Peteris and Jillian Ciemitis have participated in major international exchange exhibitions for over ten years. Past international exhibitions have included the Qingdao Biennale in China, the Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh, the G20 Summit International Exchange Exhibition in Hangzhou China, and the Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition in Tokyo.
Struck by the frequent absence of Australian representation in the arts internationally, they have endeavoured to gradually introduce other Australasian artists to these projects.
Australian Artists Abroad is a private initiative to expand the number of Australasian visual artists participating in International Exchange exhibitions, be exposed to wider audiences, and make introductions to curators and directors abroad.
About
Peteris Ciemitis is a contemporary artist who has extensive experience in the fields of Art, Exhibition and Event Coordination. Peteris regularly exhibits in Australia and internationally and maintains a committed art practice based in Western Australia.
His works are held in major collections, from the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the Hangzhou Qianjiang International Art Museum, China, the National Museum of Art in Latvia, and numerous public and private collections in Australia.
He has featured in Australia’s national portraiture prizes. He was winner of the Lester Prize for Portraiture in 2010, and has been a multi-finalist in the coveted Archibald Prize.
Peteris has participated in major International Art Biennales including the Qingdao Biennale (2014), the collateral program of the Venice Biennale (2017) and the 18th Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka (2018). He has featured in the “Latviešu Māksla Trimdā” exhibition in the National Museum of Art in Latvia (2013), in five International Art Exchange exhibitions in Tokyo, and represented Australia in the and the International Shiva Festival in India (2018).
He is Artistic Advisor to the Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition Preparatory Committee, and has served as co-Chair of the City of Perth Cultural Advisory Committee, Chair of the Community Arts Network of Western Australia, and panel member of the Arts WA Arts Investment Panel.
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Peteris Ciemitis
Jillian Ciemitis is an Australian artist whose work focuses on photography and printmaking, examining issues of identity and place. Holding a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts in Visual Arts and Photomedia (Edith Cowan University), Jillian is a multi-award winning artist, notably receiving the WA Print Media Award (2012) and twice finalist in the prestigious National FAC Print Award.
Her work examines the condition of the individual through both documented and invented narratives, which she extends further by transposition on her environmental and urban imagery. Jillian’s pieces are imbued with an atmosphere and intensity, which is applied to a range of subject matter, the banal, the incidental and the secret.
Jillian’s international projects include the 2017 Venice Biennale Collateral Program, the 18th Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, the G20 Summit International Art Exhibition in Hangzhou, China, and the Southern Vermont Art Center, USA.
Her artwork is included in various permanent collections in both Australia and overseas, from Edith Cowan University’s art collection, Australia to Qianjang International Art Museum, China and various others.
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Jillian Ciemitis
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