“As an artist, I’ve always relished the challenge of turning a blank canvas into something with life, curiosity and contemplation.

Each painting is a story, made up from a collection of experiences and visual memories, sometimes just a fleeting moment. I enjoy taking elements of nature and playing with the composition, layering, simplifying and stylising to create my own narrative, sometimes intersecting nature, people and animals and representing the subtle impacts they have on each other and how they blend together.

My art is where spontaneity and careful planning coexist, the end goal is to invite joy and engage curiosity.” Pete Groves

Pete Groves is a visual artist living in Melbourne. Growing up on the outskirts of the Yarra Valley in a semi-rural environment he spent much of his time kicking around outside in paddocks , mingling with a menagerie of animals, climbing trees playing in creeks and dams and creating adventures. All a constant source for the imagination.

After his formative years, Pete embarked on a journey of travel and experiences, including spending several years in Mexico. It was in Mexico that he developed a deep appreciation for storytelling and symbolism in the work of Mexican artists, which became a significant influence on his own artistic approach. Pete Groves completed a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design at Swinburne Institute of Technology in 1989.

Pete’s work is represented in private collections in Australia, the USA, Japan and London, including the BHP Billiton London collection. Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Western Australia. Southern Health Art gallery, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria. As well as exhibiting in numerous successful solo and selected group exhibitions for the past 30 years.

Solo and Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 – Avian Encounters, Sorrento, Manyung Gallery

2025 – Mansfield Art Show

2024 – Melbourne Affordable Art fair

2024 – Tree Stories, Flinders, Manyung Gallery

2024 – Summer Exhibition, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide.

2023 – Mansfield Art Show

2022 – Mansfield Art Show

2021 – Big Landscape Art images Gallery, Adelaide

2021 – Enchantment with Nature, Manyung Gallery

2021 – Mansfield Art show

2020 – Trees and Cows, Manyung Gallery

2020 – Mansfield Art show

2019 – Seasons, Without Pier Gallery

2019 – Landscapes, Art images Gallery, Adelaide

2017 – Imagined Landscapes, Without Pier Galley

2017 – Short listed Brisbane Art Prize Exhibition

2016 – Art Images Gallery, Adelaide

2015 – Finalist in the Brisbane Art Prize

2015 – Recent paintings, Manyung Malvern, Melbourne Australia

2015 – Recent paintings, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide Australia

2015 – Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2014 – Singapore Art Fair, Singapore

2014 – Group One, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide Australia

2014 – Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2013 – Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2012 – Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2012 – Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2011 – Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2011 – Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia

2010 – Recent paintings, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2010 – Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2010 – Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia

2009 – Seasons, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2009 – Recent Paintings, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2008 – Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia

2008 – Recent Paintings, Art Establishment/Cruz, Melbourne Australia

2008 – Bird Tales, Gallery O, Perth, Australia

2007 – Avian Encounters, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide Australia

2006 – Recent Paintings, Cruz Galleries, Melbourne Australia

2006 – Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, Australia

2005 – Recent Paintings, Cruz Galleries, Melbourne Australia

2005 – Recent Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, Australia

2004 – Urban nesting, Gallery Newquay, Melbourne, Australia

2004 – Garden Series, ArtEstablishment, Melbourne, Australia

2003 – 120 Degrees of Separation, Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia, Linden Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong

2003 – Inside, Out and About, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia

2002 – Recent Paintings, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia2001

2002 -Artists at Treasury Place, Deputy Premier’s Office, Melbourne, Australia – Artists at Treasury Place, Deputy Premier’s Office, Melbourne, Australia

2001 – Buoyant, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia

2000 – Halcyon, Watchtower Studio Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1999 – Trees, Tribes and Beaches, Watchtower Studio Gallery, Australia

1998 – Mexico en Espiritu, Watchtower Studio Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1997 – Pete Groves, Casa Collection Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2007 – 2020 Canterbury Art Show. Featured Artist. Featured Artist 2009. Best small work 2019

2010 – 2014 Loreto Spring Art, Adelaide

2011 – 2020 Art Red Hill.

2014 – 2020 Roberts McCubbin Art Show. Best in show 2017

2004 – Bridge. Toyota community spirit , Toyota community spirit gallery, Melbourne, Carey Arts Council Exhibition, Carey Grammar, Melbourne, Australia

Books

2010- Potato Music Omnibus Books. Illustrator, Pete Groves, Author Christina Booth.

Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia, 2003, Michael Berry, Random.

Feature Articles/Publications

2004 There’s an art to being cynical Megan Backhouse,The Age, 18.12.04

2004 Weekender Dani valent,Goodweekend, The age 18.12.04

2004 Backyard Beauty Felicity Allen, The Big Picture, Herald Sun 4.8.04

Sunday Arts Show, Peter Clarke, ABC 774

2003 Painting Everyday Life, Kate Ubergang, Port Phillip Leader

2003 Inside, Out and About, Melbourne City Weekly

2003 Diary, Susannah McGregor, Domain

2000 Halcyon, Inside Melbourne

2000 The Art of Time, Good Weekend

Murals

Children’s Ward Frankston Hospital

Salties Restaurant, Flinders, Australia

Garlic Kiss Restaurant, Mornington, Australia

Restaurant Fandango, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico