Born in Munich, Germany in 1945, Peter Dittmar studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, after which he taught Art in public schools and colleges for 14 years, until he started to live and work in Bali, Indonesia in 1982. Dittmar held a teaching post at the Academy of Fine Arts in Jakarta from 1982 to 1984, then switched to the Federal University of Para in Brazil in 1986. In 1994 Dittmar built his first studio in Sydney, and moved there to live and work in 2002.
A respected artist in his country of origin, Germany, and in Australia as well as in Bali, where he spends half of his time since 1982, Dittmar shows us that abstraction is indeed alive and well. Nourished by the souces of both Eastern cosmic philosophy and Western knowledge, he enables one to forget both form and colour as we behold, giving us the chance blending ourselves into the void and Stillness of the cosmic OM. 'Early education, the influence of the tropics, the power of meditation and Balinese spirituality forms a mixture of Eastern and Western influence', as Peter Dittmar himself describes it.
Education and Background
1970-1976
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
Selected Awards
1995
"Works of Excellence", China Art Expo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
“COLOUR WINDOWS”, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008
Galerie Seidlstrasse 4, Murnau, Germany
2007
Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, Australia
2006
GoetheHaus, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005
Whitebox-Kultfabrik, Muenchen, Germany
2004
Galerie am Eichholz, Murnau, Germany
2003
Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002
Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singagpore
2001
Gallery Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
2000
Gaya Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
1999
Galerie Matthias Kampl, Munich, Germany
1998
Gallery East, Perth, Australia
1997
Taipei Fine Arts Museum,Taipei, Taiwan
1996
Goethe Institut, Sydney, Australia
1995
National Gallery Jakarta, Indonesia
1994
Galerie X, Munich, Germany
1993
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
1992
Galerie Elefant Hall and Landeck, Austria
1991
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
1990
ART Basel, Basel, Swizerland
1989
Gallery 97, Hong Kong
1988
Ladengalerie, Lothringerstrasse 13, Munich, Germany
1987
Goethe Institut, Singapore
1986
Galerie Suzanna Sassoun, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1985
Galerie Erasmus Huis (Dutch Cultural Institute), Jakarta, Indonesia
1984
Municipal Gallery, (Graha Bhakti Budaya, TIM), Jarkarta, Indonesia
1983
Galerie Kunst and Design, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
Rathaus Taufkirchen, Kuenstlerkreis, Munich, Germany
1981
Max Planck Insitut fuer Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany
1980
Kellergalerie-Municipal Gallery, Augsburg, Germany
1979
Galerie Hoogstra, Amsterdam, Holland
1978
Galerie der Akademie, Dillingen, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
Biennale of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Singapore
2004
International Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
2003
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Singapore
2002
Australian Cointemporary Art Fair A.C.A.F, Melbourne, Australia
2001
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Singapore
2000
Australian Contemporary Art Fair A.C.A.F. 7, Melbourne, Austrlalia
1999
International Art Fair N.I.C.A.F, Tokyo, Japan
1998
West Lake Art fair, Huangzhou, China
1997
International Artfair, N.I.C.A.F, Yokohama, Japan
1996
Australian Contemporary Artfair A.C.A.F.5, Melbourne, Australia
1995
Nippon Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
1994
Australian Contemporary Art Fair A.C.A.F.4, Melbourne,
Australia
1985-1990
Kunst im Schloss, Wertingen, Germany
1989
GalerieHasieber&Roth, Munich, Germany
1984-1990
Kunstverein Ebersberg, Germany
1984
BMW Gallery, Munich, Germany
1983
Rathaushalle u. BMW Galerie,Isar, Munich, Germany
1982
Galerie der Kuenstler, Erste Jahre der Professionalitaet, Munich, Germany
1980
Rathaushalle, Muenchner Kuenstler in Galerien, Munich, Germany
1974
Engelhornstiftung, Maler u. Zeichner bei R.Troeger, Munich, Germany
