Peter Peri is a British artist known for his work in painting and drawing. He lives and works in London, where he was born.
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| Born | London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Chelsea College of Art MA |
| Known for | painting, drawing |
Peri studied at Chelsea College of Art, London, graduating from the MA programme in 2003.[1] He made his debut in 2003 at Bloomberg New Contemporaries.[1] He has also shown at Art Now at Tate Britain in April 2007,[2] the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland in September 2006[3] and his work was shown at Tate Britain's Classified and the Arts Council Collection's How to Improve the World: 60 Years of British Art at the Hayward Gallery, London.
Peri's work has a personal connection to Modernism. His grandfather was Laszlo Péri (1899–1967), a Hungarian émigré to Britain who was involved in Constructivism before turning to architecture and later in his life to Realism.[4] After 1945 his grandfather adopted the name "Peter Peri" also.
Collections
editHis work is in included in the collections of the Tate,[5] Victoria and Albert Museum,[6] the Saatchi Gallery,[7] the Arts Council of Great Britain Collection in Britain,[8] and Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland.
References
edit- ^ a b Westall, Mark (29 October 2014). "Interview: Peter Peri: I holed up in a garage in Roehampton for five years, painting on my own". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Art Now: Peter Peri". Tate. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Kunsthalle Basel Peter Peri 17 Sep - 19 Nov 2006". artmap. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Peter Peri | Frieze". Frieze. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Peter Peri". Collection. Tate Museum. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Head 15". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Peter Peri - Artist - Saatchi Gallery". saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Veriform (2004), Peter Peri". Arts Council of Great Britain. Retrieved 3 April 2021.