Peter Finnemore

Peter Finnemore is a unique and significant presence in the arena of contemporary fine art practise, he has a 35 year track record within international practice that includes a holistic exchange between between ideas and medias. Working across the platforms of
photographic art, video, multi-media installation, performance, text art, collage, works on canvas, 3D assemblages and artist books. Originating from existential enquiry, he seeks to "make visible".

With a background in fine art Photography, Finnemore’s photographic projects (analogue and digital) are noted for their long-term exploration on the human condition in relation to generational memory, nature, culture, history and spirituality. These project portfolios include – Gwendraeth House, Zen Gardener, The Silent Village, Lesson 56 – Wales, Base Camp, Cornerstone, Between the Lines, Mined Mind, Looking For Signs etc. Marked by visual dexterity, pathos and trickster humour, his art operates simultaneously on a number of levels, subjectively examining cultural and historical forces, whilst occupying the wide emotional & intellectual spectrum from the profound to the absurd.

This restless experimentation with the possibilities of photographic art, has led to an understandi...

BA Hons, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art (1984 - 87)
PostGraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art (1987- 88)
MFA Photography, University of Michigan, USA (1993 - 95)

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2023 - MU, gallery installation,Gallery 3, Elysium Galleries, Swansea, Wales

2022 - Looking For Signs, gallery installation to accompany the book launch.Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Wales.

2019 - Filet, Project Space, London,Lambent Materials.

2017 - Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales
Between the Lines, Diffusion International Photography Festival, The Zeitgeist.

2016 - Art Lacuna, London, England.Psy Ops.

2014 Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, N. Ireland.Nature Boy.

2012 - Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, Sandfield Festival of Ideas (performance).

2011 - Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Wales. The Groove.

2009-10 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Swansea, Wales
Recent Acquisitions – The Green Room.

2007 - Utah Arts Centre, Ephraim, Utah, USA. Project Jedi

2006 - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, England
Sunday Film Screening

2005 - Gallery Boreas, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Project Jedi.

2005 Gallery 40000, Project Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Project Jedi.

2005 - Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic. Zen Gardener.

2005 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Swansea, Wales
Zen Gardener

2005 - Ffotogallery, Turner House, Penarth, Wales. Zen Gardene
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2004 - Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales, (to...