Georgia Peskett studied at Epsom School of Art before going to New York where she began painting, experimenting with surrealist painting and figuration. At that time and place the art world was dominated by conceptual art, contemporary expressionism, pop art and street art were crossing over in the late 80’s. Julian Schnabel, Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat were the contemporary art stars.
On her return to London in the early 90’s she witnessed the conceptual YBA (Young British Artists) movement. After many years exhibiting her urban landscapes, in 2020 her work evolved further with guidance from peers and mentors on the Turps Correspondence Course.
Lockdown 2020 was the catalyst that opened new pathways in her practice. In her Glass Series, she worked with her own image, using glass, windows, and her immediate environment. These paintings have a memento-mori quality to them, they are inward looking and hint at an internal dialogue. In her recent Voile Series, obscured objects beneath layers reveal a little of what is hidden beneath.
Georgia’s works are held in notable private and public collections worldwide including:
BT Telecom Collection London, Bentley’s Headquarters Cheshire, The Earl of Chichester, Verve Properties London, and SIP Partners London.
2024 Long listed for the Contemporary British Art Prize 2024
2024 The Harley Open Biennial, The Harley Foundation Welbeck Estate
2024 50/50 Unit 1 Gallery London W10 curated by Stacie McCormick
2024 It Rose and it Fell, Terrace Gallery London E10 curated by Karl Bielik
2024 Contemporary Art Academy PG3 Virtual Exhibition
2024 DONUTS a group exhibition of contemporary painters, Sheffield
2024 A Room of One’s Own, Group Exhibition Irving Gallery Oxford
2024 Spring Group Exhibition Hayden Gallery Bucks
2023 Precious Little, Murama Gallery Stockport curated by Nancy Collantine
2023 BABBLE ILKON Contemporary, Curated by Bryan Ecclesall
2023 Contemporary British Painting Prize Longlisted
2023 Contrafibulataries, Fronteer Gallery Sheffield, curated by Sean Williams
2023 Silent Disco, Curated by Graham Crowley
2022 Material Presence, Fitzrovia Gallery, Turps CC Group Exhibition
2022 Wells Art Contemporary
2022 The Other Art Fair, London
2022 Jacksons Painting Prize, Longlisted,
2022 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London
2021 Discerning Eye Exhibition
2020 Turps Correspondence Course, Mentored by Geraldine Swayne, Graham Crowley
2020 Discerning Eye Exhibition
2020 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London
2020 Elevate, Group Exhibition with ArtCan, The Shard - Duff & Phelps
2020 Harley Open Biennale Exhibition, Harley Gallery Welbeck Estate
2019 Elevate, Group Exhibition with ArtCan, The Shard - Duff & Phelps
2019 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London
2019 Jacksons Painting Prize, Longlisted,
2018 Jacksons Painting Prize, Longlisted
2018 The Other Art Fair Bristol
2018 Art Rooms Seoul
2018 The Columbia Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2018, London
2016 The Masters, Intaglio Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery
curated by Norman Ackroyd
2018 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Shortlisted
2016 – 2017 Small Print International touring exhibition through several venues
2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Shortlisted
2017 Harley Open Biennale Exhibition, Harley Gallery Welbeck Estate
2016 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Shortlisted
2016 – 2023 inclusive, Art on a Postcard, London Georgia was invited to participate
2015 Flourish, Shortlisted for the award for excellence in printmaking
2015 Harley Open Biennale Exhibition, Harley Gallery Welbeck Estate
2015 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London
1985 – 1989 Studio Assistant New York
1982 Epsom School of Art