Biography

My practice is painting with oil on silk and Intaglio Mezzotint printmaking. It is work that examines everyday images. These paintings and prints at first may appear representational. In my series of mezzotints you can find references to Darwin's theory of natural selection. Paintings and mezzotint etchings that reflect my interest in the myriad disguises in society and nature. My work explores clothing and make-up as a façade also with a protective role. Images from the high street and passengers commuting question our identity in contemporary society. Women shopping, make-up promotions and reflections in department stores, a distorted and dark focus on consumer desires.    I apply paint and wax to layers of primed silk; inspired by found images and photographs I have taken. The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018  Art on a Postcard Secret Auction 2015, 2016, 2017 Woolwich Print Fair, with Print Solo, October 2017  Small World, PS Mirabel Open Exhibition, Mirabel Street Manchester July - August 2017 Harley Open 2015,  2017, The Harley Gallery Biennale, Welbeck Estate  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Shortlisted 2016, 2017, Exhibited 2015 The Masters | Etching Two Mezzotint Prints selected for Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. Bankside Gallery, London 2016 Spectrum, PS Mirabel Open Exhibition, Mirabel Street Manchester July  - August 2016 Small Print International, 6 UK venues during 2016 and 2017: Flourish, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, exhibition of 11 selected printmakers, October - November 2015 Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair with Arusha Gallery, April 2015 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Red Gallery March 2015 SCOPE Art Miami - December 2014 Century private members club, Soho - December 2014 Derwent - Wye Gallery group show - December 2014 Edinburgh Art Fair with Arusha Gallery - November 2014 Times Square, New York with See|Me, Group event - July 14 Arusha Gallery, Dundas Street Edinburgh, Midsummer Night Exhibition, Group show - July 14 Hiscox Art Café London, Peskett donated art to raise money for the Housing the Homeless Central Fund.  SCOPE Art Miami - December 2013 Edinburgh Art Fair - November 2013 The Story of the Creative, See|Me Group show New York July - September 2013 Wirksworth Festival 2011, 2012 Residency, Exhibition of works produced on a six month residency in the printmaking department at Chesterfield College  2011 -2012 Barcelona Showcase International showcase for artists at Casa Battlo Barcelona - December 2011 Palace Art Fair Fulham - October 2011 Shortlisted Guardian London Lives Exhibition Bankside gallery London -  2010, 2011 Virtuoso Group Show An event including over 80 artists and musicians. San Francisco - December 2010 Shortlisted Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath Summer 2009 Form Art Fair, Olympia with Cosa Gallery - March 2007 Northern Landscapes and Buildings, Derwent-Wye Gallery Derbyshire - January 2007 The London Art Fair 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Art London 2004, 2005, 2006 Spring Exhibition at Thompson's The City Gallery London - March 2004 20/21 British Art Fair, with Roman Black Gallery London 2004 Fresh Art 2002, 2003, Business Design Centre Islington Whitechapel Contemporary, London. The City Exhibition, group show with 12 artists 2001 The Discerning Eye Exhibition, selected by Sir Peter Blake. The Mall Galleries, London - December 2000. Solo Exhibitions Urban Landscapes, 10 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7JD, August 2014 - January 2015 39 Essex Street, Barristers Chambers HQ, London WC2 March - May 2009  LONDON:NY, Cosa Gallery London W11 - Nov 2007  West Eleven, Cosa Gallery London W11 - Oct 2005  Urban Landscapes, Cosa Gallery London W11 - May 2003  Public, Corporate and Private Collections UK, U.S.A, Hong Kong, Australia, Norway, France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore Bentley Headquarters, Cheshire, British Telecom public collection in the BT Tower, London Leeds City Council Collection, SIP Partners, St James's, London, Partners Andrews Aldridge, Soho Square, London Verve Properties, London, Astins, London The private collection of the Earl of Chichester, The private collection of Joe La Placa   Published Material My Time as an Artist's Apprentice in New York, Blog piece for Rise Art March 2014 Interview for The Art Circus April 2013 Cover image for Salvatore Scibona's 'La Fin' Courtesy of the Bridgeman Image Library, February 2012 Cover image for Paul Auster's 'Oeuvres Romanesques VOL III' Courtesy of the Bridgeman Image Library, February 2011 Lynn Painter-Stainers prize 2009 (published catalogue) Georgia Peskett London|NewYork 2007 (published catalogue) Guardian Guide ARTS 2007 (image featured) The Hill Magazine 2007 (image featured) BBC News in Pictures 2007 (image and review) Reflections Magazine 2006 (4 page feature) Thompson's The City 2004 (published catalogue) NW Magazine 2003 (Cover Image feature) Living South Magazine 2003 (Cover Image feature) Clerkenwell and Islington News, Art Review 2002 (feature/review)     Education Georgia Peskett was an apprentice in New York for a time after attending Epsom School of Art and Design with a Higher Diploma in Art and Design.