Ant Pearce

Ant Pearce’s practice focuses on the concept that man is condemned to exist imprisoned. He explores the fragility of life, drawing on human psychology. Influenced by Freud and the writings and philosophies of Dostoyevsky, Kafka, Camus and most recently Schopenhauer and Kant, his work alludes to the idea that the omnipresent external authority is what brings about man’s aberrant destructive behaviours.

Through a web of cross-references between medium and form, the viewer is positioned before each work in discourse between order and chaos. Thus, bringing into visibility the sense of imprisonment and anxiety, which underlie human existence, and the instinctive desire to return to an inanimate state.

Ant is an emerging British artist, based in London. He attended Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, after which he studied the MA Visual Arts course at Camberwell College of Arts, graduating with Merit in late 2012. His work continues to be exhibited and collected in London, the UK, Europe and the US. He is currently represented by Artvera’s Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland and internationally via Artsy and White Court Art.

MA Visual Arts | Merit
Camberwell College of Art,
University of the Arts London
10/2010—10/2012

Portfolio Course
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
University of the Arts London
09/2009—04/2010

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
New Gallery, London, UK
01/10/2011—14/10/2011
Muse, Barbican Center, London, UK
01/2011—09/2011

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Artery @ The LAB, Costa Mesa, US
27/07/2019—28/07/2019

Artvera’s Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
05/08/2016—10/09/2016

The Exhibitionist Hotel, London, UK
26/11/2015—08/02/2016

I’klectic Art Lab, London, UK
31/10/2015—05/11/2015

Espacio Gallery, London, UK
18/08/2015—23/08/2015

Bankside Gallery, London, UK
06/03/2015—18/03/2015

Artvera’s Galerie, Gstaad, Switzerland 12/02/2015—24/02/2015

Artvera’s Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland 28/11/2014—24/02/2015

Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
28/11/2014—20/12/2014

Leyden Gallery, London, UK
19/11/2014—29/11/2014

No Format Gallery, London, UK
09/10/2014—02/11/2014

Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado, USA
26/09/2014—31/10/2014

Corn Exchange, Newbury, UK
11/09/2014—06/11/2014