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.
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.
In 2024 Vance’s work was selected for Juniper Rag’s Vanguard exhibition and shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize. That June, the exhibition “Thought Forms” was featured at 571 Gallery, Reading’s leading artist-run space. The exhibition showcased audio-visual installation and experimental, analogue photography that explored the aesthetics of language and the thin boundary between abstraction and meaning. The following September, his work was exhibited at ImagoArs, Venice, as part of the Yicca International Art Prize where it was awarded 1st Place.
In 2025, Vance was shortlisted for the Fine Art Photography Awards in the Experimental category. The same year, he relocated from Oxford to Hamburg, where he continues to develop his practice, exploring systems of translation and the malleability of information.
In February 2026, Vance will began working collaboratively with scientists at the Deutsche Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ) in Hamburg to produce works derived from climate data. This interdisciplinary project will culminate in an exhibition at DKRZ towards the end of the year.
In August 2026, a solo exhibition of works made since arriving in Germany will be presented at the offspace gallery Sender. The show will feature reliefs, sculptures, and videos that examine the pixel as the fundamental unit of digital imagery, and reveal the hidden structures present in two-dimensional images.