Lot 98 - Paige Perkins - The Look
Water soluble oil pastel on paper
2023
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
“Paige Perkins paints nature red in tooth and claw, but it is human nature that she principally studies: humanity revealed through different (often animal) guises. There may be something nasty in the woodshed, but there’s worse out beyond the fence at the bottom of the garden, where the wild wood fronts up to supposed civilization. She investigates the treacherous edge of things, speculates on the smile that might be a snarl. In her imagery there is often propinquity that isn’t sexual; in fact, sexuality in its obvious modern mode has little place here. Passion is evident though, and a fluid sense of identity.” - Adam Lambirth, from the exhibition text of Paige’s solo exhibition at Arusha Gallery
Education
Perkins attended the Turps Banana Art School from 2014 to 2016 and holds an MFA from University of Brighton 2006.
Select Exhibitions/Awards
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
A Quickening Spirit
Arusha Gallery, London, UK
2019
Zebra Kitten
LUVA Gallery, London, UK
2011
Diving into the Wreck
Meter Room, Coventry, UK
2010
Swamp Salon
Grey Area, Brighton, UK
2008
The Elect / Soft Restriction
Grey Area, Brighton, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Drawing show, paint talk, London UK
TOMORROW'S WOMAN, Natasha Arselan Gallery
Once upon a Time, co-curated by Katie Heller and Flora Fairbairn, London, UK
Chorus, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2021
SAFE AS MILK, Arusha Gallery, London, UK
This Year's Model '21 Part II, London, UK
2020
Art on a Postcard Winter Auction for Hepatitis C, London, UK
Ancient Deities, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Artist in Residence, Zetter Hotel, London, UK
Picture Palace, Transition Gallery, London, UK
This Year’s Model ‘20, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
2019
GIFC & Velvet Ropes, House of Vans, London, UK
Everything’s Wrong, Ain’t Nothing Right! Assembly Rooms, Leeds, UK
Paracosmic Revue, (2 person show), Transition Gallery, London, UK
Reverse/Re-purpose, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Representation
Arusha Gallery
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