Guy Peppin was born in Sydney in 1980. Initially working as a graphic designer, Guy turned to studying art after travelling to Europe and viewing the work of Cy Twombly. In 1998 he was part of the Molotov Guerilla Art Collective. In 2005, Peppin commenced a Bachelor of Fine Art at the National Art School, Sydney, completing his Honours in Printmaking in 2008. During his Honours year, Peppin’s work shifted into abstraction, dispensing with pictorial modes of representation. The work now deals with ideas of diffusion, erasure and memory.
Peppin held his first solo exhibition, Return to Sender, at Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney (2009). A second solo exhibition was held in 2011 titled Voyager at Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney. Peppin has participated in group exhibitions in Australia and overseas including: ICOGRADA Galleria, Québec, Canada (2003), Group Showing, Speakeasy Artist Space, Hong Kong (2007), The Capitals Project, Han Jun Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea (2007) and International Show, Xanadu Gallery, Mongolia (2007). In 2009, Peppin was awarded the Storrier Onslow Cite Internationale des Arts Paris Studio Residency courtesy of the Friends of the National Art School. Peppin was a finalist in the RBS Emerging Artist Award in 2009 and again in 2010.
Peppin’s work has featured in Australian Art Collector, The Sydney Morning Herald, Belle Magazine and Vogue Living. Peppin’s works are represented in private collections in Australia, Asia and North America. Peppin lives and works in Sydney.
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- Date written:
- 2012
- Last updated:
- 2012
