1940                Born, Sheffield, U K

1956-7             Attended Drawing Class, Sheffield college of Art

1958                Emigrated to Australia (Melbourne)

1962-5             Studied painting, National Gallery of Victoria Art Sschool

Solo EXHIBITIONS

1969-85           Pinacotheca, Melbourne (13 solo exhibitions)

1969                Central Street, Sydney

1973,74           'Peter Booth: Works on Paper', Chapman Powell Gallery, Melbourne

1976                'Project 12: Peter Booth' Art Gallery of NSW

                        'Peter Booth:  Paintings and Drawings 1968-76', Monash

                          University Gallery, Melbourne

1984,85           'Peter Booth: Recent Drawings' Garry Anderson Gallery Sydney

1985                'Peter Booth: Works on Paper' University Gallery,

                          University of Melbourne

1986                'Peter Booth: Works on Paper' Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1986,87,88      CDS Gallery, New York

1988                'Peter Booth: Works on Paper 1983-88', Albermarle Gallery, London

1989                'Peter Booth: Drawings 1977-87', Deutscher Gertrude Street

1990                'Peter Booth: Recent Paintings', Deutscher Brunswick Street    

1992,94-97      'Peter Booth: Recent Works on Paper', Deutscher Fine Art

1993-2003       Paintings and drawings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer (8 solo exhibitions)

2001                'Peter Booth', Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1968                'The Field', National Gallery of Victoria

1976                'Minimal Art', National Gallery of Victoria

1979                'European Dialogue: The Third Biennale of Sydney' AGNSW

1981                'Australian Perspecta', AGNSW
                        'Some Australian Drawings 1880-1980', AGNSW

1982                'Eureka!  Artists from Australia', Serpentine Gallery, London
                        'Venice Biennale: Peter Booth & Rosalie Gascoigne', Venice

1983                'Recent Australian Painting: A Survey 1970-83', AGSA
                        'From Another continent - Australia: The Dream and The
                        Real'  ARC/ Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

1984                'An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture',
                        Museum of Modem Art, New York

1984,85            `Australian Visions:  1984 Exxon International Exhibition',
                        Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, and AGNSW

1985                'Fifth Sydney Biennale' AGNSW

1986                'The Australians, Three Generations of Drawings' CDS Gallery
                        'Oz Drawing Now', Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1987                'Field to Figuration: Australian Art 1960-1986' NGV
                        'The ANZ Bicentennial Art Commission', NGV
                        'Backlash:  The Australian Drawing Revival 1976-1986' NGV
                        'Minimal Art in Australia: A Contemplative Art' MOCA Brisbane

1988                'Australian Biennale: From the Southern Cross' AGNSW, NGV
                        'Advance Australia Painting' Auckland City Gallery, NZ
                        'The Phillip Morris Art Grant:  Australian Art of the Last
                        Ten Years, National Gallery of Australia
                        Creating Australia: 200 Years of Art 1788-1988'  State  Gallery Tour

1990                'Getting to Know Mr Booth', Riddoch Art Gallery, Ballarat
                          Gallery, Brisbane City Hall Art Museum, Deutscher Brunswick Street

1993                'Death', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

1995                'The Loti & Victor Smorgon gift of Contemporary Australian Art',
                         Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
Centro Cultural-Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
Queensland Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery, Launceston
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Wollongong City Art Gallery
Geelong Art Gallery
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier
Monash University Gallery Melbourne
The University of Melbourne Museum of Art
University of NSW Collection
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art Brisbane
Visual Arts Board of Australia Art Purchase Programme