James Peck

Painter and poet James Peck has been recognised for his visual diaries and prose and on the rare occasion has exhibited pieces taken from his many journals. From notes and prose both mixed with drawings and discarded correspondence, here finally is a collection of some of the more prominent pages. Between the years 1998 to 2018 and still today, Peck returns to the simplicity of drawing and creative writing. Both confessional and cryptic at the same time, the evidence remains the same; each one of us is located here with our own familiar sensibilities; the collective evidence of the human spirit and the search for intimacy.

'As with all “private papers”, these working journals allow us a glimpse into the creative unconscious of an artist who has always been ahead (and to the sides) of his time. James Peck is much more than merely a controversial artist from the Falkland/Malvinas islands who defied the political dogmas of Britain or Argentina. Since the beginning of his career and to the dismay of nationalists and folklorists, Peck has always transcended the limitations of geographical or even historical loyalties. Peck is rare, amphibious, multiple. He’s a unique painter and a poet by nature born in a chunk of land, in the outsk...

BA National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
Chelsea School of Art London.
Falmouth Art School, Cornwall, England.

1996: ‘Paintings’, Sara Garcia Uriburu Gallery, Buenos Aires.
1998: ArteBA Contemporary Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999: ‘From the South’ (with Andres Waismann), Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000: ‘Opening Exhibition’, EcoCentro, Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina.
2000: ArteBA, Contemporary Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001: Societe Imaginaire, Dresden, Germany.
2001: ‘Paintings for a Pilot’, Perez Quesada Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001, Carlos Conti Gallery, Santa Fe, Argentina.
2003: ‘Ruta3’ Gallery, Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
2005: Falkland Islands Government Office, London.
2006: National Art School Degree Show, Sydney, Australia.
2007: ‘Drive to Cerritos’, Sara Garcia Uriburu, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010: ArteBA, Contemporary Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2011: ‘The Domestication of Sentiment’, Cecilia Caballero Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012: ‘Malvinas: Two Visions’, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013: ‘All Roads lead us back to Here’ Mar Dulce, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013: Pinta, Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, London.
2013: ‘The Stars Hide Behind the Clouds’, Contemporary Art’s Centre, Mendoza, Argentina.
2014: ‘Why the ...