Eddie Peake | |
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![]() Peake in 2017 | |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) London, UK |
Education | Central St Martins[ citation needed] |
Website |
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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]
Eddie Peake was born in 1981 at London to artist Phyllida Barlow and poet Fabian Peake. His grandparents are writer Mervyn Peake and artist Maeve Gilmore. He has 4 siblings, including artist Florence Peake. He is a member of the 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]
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]
Selected solo exhibitions include: [5]
Selected group exhibitions include:
Performance projects include: