Georgia Peskett
London, United Kingdom
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.
