Peter Dailey

Since receiving his Diploma in Fine Art from Claremont School of Art in 1985, Peter Dailey has had nine solo exhibitions, acted as curator for numerous group shows, and participated in over 90 group exhibitions interstate and internationally. Dailey has also completed over 20 private and public commissions. In 2020 Dailey and artist Beverley Iles were awarded the Kerry Harmanis Sculpture Scholarship to Basel, Switzerland.  

Dailey’s work is represented in many public and corporate collections including The Art Gallery of Western Australia, the University of Western Australia,  Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria and  numerous local government collections throughout the state.

FEATURED WORK

2022

Imagine these three vaguely aquatic creatures emerging from the waves as a vanguard of an unknown and unseen force. While they appear benign and non-threatening we have no idea of what is to follow. What are the contents of the cargo they carry and are they aware of what their presence here may hold? These works continue a strand of practice based in magic realism where realistic and fantasy elements are combined.