Since graduating from Camberwell College of Art in 2014, Peter Vance (b. 1991) has exhibited work both nationally and internationally. His practice is focused on the various means by which information is transmitted, exploring this through the formulation of processes that translate or arrange information into new forms. Currently based in Oxford, UK, his most recent works look at the fundamental unit of digital images, the pixel, particularly in relation to AI image generation and the questions of abstraction and authorship that this topic naturally invokes.
Whilst Artist in Residence at the Pilotenkueche International Art Program in Leipzig, Germany (2017), and later as Artist in Residence at the Print and Paper Museum in Tartu, Estonia (2018), his works centred on the theme of language. His research focused on photographic techniques to make the audible become visible and methodologies inspired by weaving to translate visual data into auditory experiences.
This year (2024) Vance’s work has been selected for Juniper Rag’s Vanguard exhibition and shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize. In June, Vance’s new exhibition “Thought Forms” will be featured at 571 Gallery, Reading’s leading artist-run space. The exhibition will showcase audio-visual installation and experimental, analogue photography that explores the aesthetics of language and the thin boundary between abstraction and meaning. This September, his work will be exhibited at ImagoArs, Venice as part of the Yicca International Art Prize.