Biography
Tony Pankiw is a professional artist based in Perth, Western Australia.
Tony’s formal qualifications consist of a Fine Arts degree from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University), and a post graduate degree from Victorian College of Arts.
Art produced in the years after college were primarily large-scale screenprints that reflected many topics relevant to the day. A first prize in the 1982 Fremantle Print Award is one of several awards and acknowledgements of the expertise of Tony’s print making prowess.
Major public art commissions have been fulfilled for State and Local Governments, Land Developers and various private commissioners.
Specialising in site-specific sculptures, mainly in steel, Tony’s artworks can be found in locations such as schools, major highways, hospitals, prisons, housing estates and community facilities.