Peter Nicholson b. 1946

Also known as Peter Harvey Nicholson
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Cartoonist and sculptor. Created the "Rubbery Figures". His 1995-96 solo exhibition The Rubbery Years attracted over 36,600 people in its first six weeks at Old Parliament House, Canberra, prior to a national tour.
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creator of
The Miniaturist
 
creator of
Sqirrel Grip
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creator of
One Day my Boy
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creator of
Mouthguard
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creator of
John Howard's Cricket Clinic
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creator of
Destruction
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Destruction, 2 June 1982 (Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel God with finger approaching button on computer controlling nuclear warheads,

 

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  • Mitchell, Bill (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
  • Nation Review (associate of)
  • Australian Financial Review (associate of)
  • Age (associate of)
Related people
  • Australian Enlarging and Portrait Paintings Co., (associate of)
Related works
  • Mouthguard (creator of)
  • One Day my Boy (creator of)
  • Sqirrel Grip (creator of)
  • John Howard's Cricket Clinic (creator of)
  • The Miniaturist (creator of)
  • Destruction (creator of)
Related collections
  • La Trobe Valley Regional Art Gallery (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Best cartoon (Bringing the House Down) (received)
  • Walkley award, Best cartoon (received)
  • Walkley award - Best cartoon (received)
  • Melbourne Savage Club Centenary Art Prize for Politics (received)
Related events
  • The Rubbery Years (exhibited at)