Nigel Peake works from an attic on a quiet road in the middle of nowhere.
In-between the out turned pockets, spirals of paper and coffee cups on his desks he draws and makes things.
Peake studied architecture at Edinburgh University, with his final thesis receiving a commendation in the Silver Medal awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects. During and after his studies he has worked for Coldcut (Ninjatune), EMI, Eastpak, Automaton Snowboards, Ubiquity, Antiz and Andy Howell. With works published in Arkitip, Blueprint, Lodown, Creative Review, Digit, Dazed and Confused and Map Magazine. Recently he has worked as a design tutor at the Architecture School at Edinburgh University while also working on a series of prints and billboards for Scotland's Six Cities Design Festival, the summer '08 collection for Habitat and on the artwork for the Kill Your Timid Notion music festival.
Some of his influences are: bridges, pens, different paper, colour, churches and cathedrals, notebooks, lists, benches, trees, magicians, beaches, sheds, silence, National Geographics, misunderstanding things, typing, freshly cut fields, graveyards, projections, stones and bark and night time.
His work has been exhibited in many corners of the world including Edinburgh, Shanghai, New York, Antwerp and London. In the past few years his drawings have been collected in Sheds, Maps and Ghost Houses – in addition to self-published pamphlets.--
Nigel's books have proved to be very popular round here, so it is very exciting to be able to show his artwork here in Cornwall for you all to see.
The exhibition will run from 10th September till 3rd October
You can check out Nigel's work at http://www.secondstreet.co.uk
http://www.heregallery.co.uk
kate@heregallery.co.uk
Here and Now Gallery
41a Killigrew Street, Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 3PW
Tel; 01326 211505
