About the artist

Peter Fox is a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist, with an interest in painting, printmaking and assemblage. Mythical undertones unite with strong natural imagery in Fox’s work to create a collection that references the landscape and haunting magical, animal underworlds. Drawing inspiration from the Inuit artists stone-cut and stencil prints, Fox’s woodcut prints paired with his paintings reference a perspective quite outside the currents of his time. His work is not constricted by a background or perspective, yet focuses on isolating images in space, providing each animal or living entity in his work with its own individual sense of self. 

Peter’s playful use of working with unconventional compositions alongside considered use of colour and mark-making presents a narrative to his audience, allowing them to feel connected to the mythological, natural imagery present within his practice. Peter unites the contemporary and the primal through considered imagery, drawing an interesting perspective onto tales of myth and folklore for the modern gaze. 

Peter’s retrospective of work can be found in his 2022 publication of ‘Peter Fox, A Re-Enchantment of Contemporary Art’.

Selected Exhibitions

‘Drawing Explored’. NSA. Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance. 2018
’The Only Non-Slip Dodo Mat’. Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth. 2013
’Unchartered Landscapes’. NSA. St Ives Society of Artists. 2007
’Insiders, Art and the Box’. Oriel 31 Gallery, Wales (Touring UK). 2003
’Chiarascuro’. Tuscany, Italy. 2002
’Animal Magic’. Dick the Dog Gallery, Penzance. 2000
’National Print Exhibition’. Mall Galleries, London. 1998
’The Hare’. The City Gallery, Leicester. 1995
’1993 Boxes’. England and Co, London. 1991
’Assemblage’. Provincetown, New England. 1988.

For Peter Fox’s full exhibition history please contact the artist directly.