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200px 26 july 1968 peter wilkins
 peter wilkins visual artist
peter wilkins

peter wilkins -lrb- born july 26 , 1968 -rrb- is a british multimedia artist living in newfoundland , canada .
he is best known for his kinetic portraits , in particular , 12 kinetic portraits of canadian writers .
these works have been exhibited at the rooms provincial gallery in st. john 's , newfoundland and labrador and the entire suite was purchased by the portrait gallery of canada in 2008 .
wilkins ' most recent work investigated the modernist design of gander international airport .
these artworks , digital print and video , were exhibited at the rooms provincial gallery as part of newtopia from sept 2008 - january 2009 .
in the summer of 2009 his portraits of prominent newfoundlanders were exhibited at confederation centre art gallery in prince edward island as part of the exhibition `` 10 & 60 '' .
he is currently the artist-in-residence at memorial university of newfoundland .
wilkins has appeared on british tv , as co-host in dom joly 's happy hour for sky tv .
the pair travelled the world exploring global drinking habits and how different cultures approached alcohol .
wilkins also accompanied dom joly in excellent adventures , again for sky tv and broadcast on the oln network in canada .
