Visiting Artist Lecture Series—Visual Arts MFA—Columbia University
Visiting Artist Lecture Series—Visual Arts MFA—Columbia University

Tuesday, September 6th: Eddie Peake

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Eddie Peake is an interdisciplinary artist that works in photography, video, performance, painting, sculpture and installation.  Based in London, Peake makes work that explores the lapses, voids, and mistranslations that occur between verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.  Many of Peake’s photographs and performances use the nude or nearly-nude human form.  Peake’s use of the body, dance and performance explores the formal and sculptural properties of the human figure, as well as the figure’s absurd and erotic potential.  In addition to performance and photography, Peake also makes vibrant, often playful paintings and sculptures that equally try to explore the gaps in language through turning simple sayings, words, or exclamations into provocative visual experiences.

Born in London in 1981, Eddie Peake has lived in Jerusalem, Rome and London. Having graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2006, he undertook a residency at the British School at Rome from 2008 to 2009, and in 2013 graduated with a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy Schools, London. Recent performance projects include The David Roberts Art Foundation (2012), The Tanks, Tate Modern in conjunction with the Chisenhale Gallery (2012); The Royal Academy of Arts (2012) Cell Project Space (2012) and Performa 13 (2013). International solo exhibitions include Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (2011), Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome (2012), Southard Reid, London (2012) (with Prem Sahib), Focal Point Gallery, Southend (2013) and White Cube Sao Paulo (2013).