Eddie Peake

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Eddie Peake
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Peake in 2017
Born1981 (age 43–44)
London, UK
EducationSlade, UCL, London, 2001-2006. Bezalel, Jerusalem, (Exchange programme) 2004. Yale, Norfolk, USA, (Exchange programme) 2005. Royal Academy Schools, London, 2010-2013.
Website eddiepeake.com

Eddie Peake (born 1981) is a British artist. His work includes performance, video, photography, painting, sculpture and installation. His art focuses on "implicit drama within relationships between people", and "how things like desire, sexuality and depression impact on them". [1]

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Biography

Edward 'Eddie' Caspar Erasmus Peake was born in 1981 at London to artist Phyllida Barlow and poet Fabian Benedict Peake. His grandparents are writer Mervyn Peake and artist Maeve Gilmore. He has four siblings, including artist Florence Peake. He is a member of the prominent Darwin–Wedgwood family. [2] [3]

Peake took residency at the British School at Rome from 2008 to 2009, and graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 2013. [1]

Publications

Peake designed the cover for A Short Affair, and a unique artwork inside the book created in response to Will Self’s new short story Civilisation. [4]

Exhibitions and collections

Selected solo exhibitions include: [5]

Selected group exhibitions include:

Performance projects include:

References

  1. 1 2 White Cube. "Eddie Peake",Royal Academy 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019
  2. ↑ "Eddie Peake takes centre stage for new performance show at London's White Cube".
  3. ↑ "A curious love letter to Finsbury Park".
  4. ↑ Books, Google. "Eddie Peake responds to Will Self and points to a new direction",The Art Newspaper, 30 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019
  5. ↑ White Cube. "Eddie Peake",White Cube 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019
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