August 2010 - "CONTEMPORANEA" - new exciting exhibition 7 -19 October 2010 featuring the Australian Florence Biennale Group at Smart Artz Gallery, Melbourne. 33 artists. 11 Medici medals. The show will then travel to the Aarwun Gallery, Canberra from 23 October to 6 Novemember 2010.

March 2010 - Peter Bastaja was the featured artist last week, 9 March 2010, on the ABC Arts website - "New Works". Go to http://artpost.abc.net.au/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=20903894&as=50484&b= or click on http://bit.ly/ccVYHr "cyberlion" to view.

February 2010 - Peter has won a January 2010 Showcase Award (Abstract) on "the # 1 contemporary art network" website Artslant. The painting awarded is "Connections". Go to http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/121112-peter-bastaja for details.

January 2010 - Plans are underway to confirm and co-ordinate several shows for 2010 including the International Contemporary Masters exhibiton in June 2010 in Nevada, USA.

Peter Bastaja will be published in the new edition of the International Contemporary Masters III (2010 Edition) art annual. The book to be released in the US at the end of January or early February 2010.Copies will be available through our website upon request. The annual art book  "presents the work of important artists from all over the world & the latest trends in art. Participating artists are selected by a committee according to strict criteria of originality and proficiency". World Wide Art Books - http://www.wwab.us/ for details.

January 2010 - We are back from a successful trip to Florence. 

November 2009 - Its now only two weeks to the Florence Biennale 2009. Latest news is that the jury of international art critics have chosen 630 artists to represent some 77 countries this year.

Peter Bastaja is among the ten diverse artists who have been invited to represent Australia in 2009. Good luck to all of them. The Florence Biennale runs from 5 to 13 December 2009.

June 2009 - I am delighted to announce that Peter Bastaja has been selected to exhibit his artwork at the internationally prestigious Florence Biennale to be held in December 2009.

Peter was particularly thrilled to receive his unsolicited invitation, which came directly from the Internal Committee (the international judging panel) of the Biennale, thereby negating the pre-selection process. The dilemma for Peter now is what to exhibit - one of the recently painted colourful abstracts, a digital image or possibly both? We’ll have to wait and see.

The Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea (Florence Biennale) is the largest exhibition of contemporary art in the world held in Florence, Italy every two years. Now in its 14th year, 840 artists from 76 countries will exhibit more than 2,500 works of art in this fantastic exhibition. Part of the buzz of the Biennale is the presence of important artists from around the world. In 2007 the Lorenzo il Magnifico career prize went to Gilbert and George; in 2005 to Christo and Jeanne-Claude and also to Richard Anuszkiewicz, and in 2003 to David Hockney.

The Florence Biennale is open to the public and will run from 5th December until 13th December 2009. For further information: http://www.florencebiennale.org

Look forward to seeing you in Florence!