Biography

Born: Australia 1962

Steven Perrette’s works on paper frequently depict the frenetic workings of the western world. Within his practice Perrette maintains a fascination with industrial and vintage ships and sailing boats along with roads and highways depicting a cacophony of cars, semi-trailers, cafes, gas stations and signs featuring corporate logos. The chaotic scenes depicted by Perrette in watercolour washes and expressive ink nib line work possess a stylistic wildness distinctive to the artist along with a controlled and balanced composition.

Steven Perrette has worked in the studio at Arts Project Australia since 2000, and had his first solo exhibition in the Arts Project Gallery in 2011. He has exhibited in numerous group shows including ‘Mission to Seafarers Victoria 2014 & 2017 ANL Maritime Art Prize’, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne; ‘Turning the Page’, Gallery 101, Ontario, Canada; and ‘Melbourne Art Fair’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. His work is held in the National Gallery of Australia, and V-Line Collections.

Influences

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition

2011 Steven Perrette Solo, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2019 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Our Life, Our World, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2018 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Auto Body Works, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2017 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2016 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2015 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Altered Vistas, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2014 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Mission to Seafarers Victoria 2014 ANL Maritime Art Prize,
Mission to Seafarers, Victoria
SMALLWORKS 2014 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
Renegades: Outsider Art, Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW
Turning the Page, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Renegades: Outsider Art, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, QLD
2013 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Repeat. Restate… Reiterate, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Video Doctor, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Renegades: Outsider Art, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns QLD
At the Table, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2012 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
The Great un Reveal, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2012 ANL Maritime Art Prize and Exhibition, Misson to Seafearers, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Classic Albums, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Modern Times Pop Up Shop 3, Smith Street Collingwood
2011 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Fresh off the press, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Moving Galleries, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
Unfiltered, Penola Visitor Information Centre, Penola, South Australia
Stock Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2010 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Open Windows, Box Hill Town Hall, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair 2010, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
High Views, Northern Exposure 10, High Street Northcote
Australiana, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Hidden, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2009 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Here and Away, Northern Exposure 09, Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne
2008 Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Out There, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2007 Studio Days, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2006 In Everyone’s Company, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2005 Wrapped: Selected Works from the Studio, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Leo Cussen with Selected Artists, Australian Galleries, Collingwood
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, National Gallery of Australia Travelling exhibition.
- Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth NSW
- Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2004 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Christmas Survey, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2003 Home Sweet Home: works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2000 Eleven New Artists, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Stretched, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne


Collections

National Gallery of Australia
V-Line
Private Collections