Jo Peel Artwork

Things Change

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April 2012

THINGS CHANGE

Things Change is an optimistic look at the idea of human impermanence. The buildings and debris created by the human exploitation of our natural environment decay and give way to the force of nature once again.

I spent 3 weeks painting the big wall at Village Underground in order to create a 3 minute animation. The sun shone down upon us as I painted away and I hope you like the finished result. It was an epic task!

photo credits Owen Richards, Denise Scicluna and Josh Horwood

Community Kite Project

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March 2012

Community Kite Project

I curated an exhibition of kites by artists Dave Anderson, Jon Fox, Will Barras, Kid Acne, EMA, Ryan Callanan, Hattie Stewart, Telegramme, Alex Turvey and myself. You can view all of the other kites here

We also ran a series of free kite making workshops down at the lovely Space54 on Rivington Street. Here are some photos of the workshops… Thanks to everyone who came down to make a kite, we had a lot of fun!

Artist Residence Hotel, Brighton

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February 2012

New Hotel Room, Brighton

In February I was asked to paint a new hotel room at the Artist Residence hotel in Brighton, here is a A video by Sharon Kilgannon filmed whilst I painted the walls…

Surplus Supplies

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December 2011

Surplus Supplies

spraypaint and acrylic on canvas

Slingshot

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December 2011

A collaboration with Christopher Jarratt

Christopher Jarratt made this beautiful slingshot which I decorated with enamels especially for the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich. If you’re in the area pop down and have a look around this lovely little gallery based south of the river in Greenwhich Market.

Olympic Park

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November 2011

Exclusive artrepublic screen print

A new print featuring the new London 2012 Olympic Park under construction. Part of a series of work documenting the changing landscapes of east London, this hand finished edition of 30 is exclusive to artrepublic. The original is currently touring Japan in a charity exhibition to raise money for the victims of the earthquake.

When to Stay Still

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15th October 2011

Penzance, Cornwall

An exhibition of new work and installations by Jo Peel and Adam Makowiecki

I spent a week in the deep south west with the talented furniture artist Adam, www.seethroughblueplastic.com

painting the walls of the gallery and installing our show whilst staying in the lovely artist residence hotel.

There are more photos in the artwork section of this site and the show runs until the end of December.

SGP & Glastonbury festival

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June and July 2011

Shangri-la, Glastonbury festival & Secret Garden Party

This year I was lucky enough to spend the beginning of the summer in a field. Shangri-la in Glastonbury was the first place to be adorned by my pastings, before decamping to Cambridgeshire and creating some large-scale art pieces for the fantastically beautiful SGP.

Community, London

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May 2011

LAVA gallery, London

For my first solo show of 2011, LAVA collective invited me to their gallery in Carnaby St. I created a small housing estate from cardboard and made a mess of the gallery by filing it with orange bricks and covering the walls in paint! … thanks to the guys at LAVA collective for making it happen and to everyone who made it down!

Penzance Art Hotel

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April 2011

Artist residence hotel, Penzance

The lovely people down at artist residence hotel in Cornwall asked me to design one of their bedrooms. I didn’t need asking twice, so headed down to Cornwall with a bag full of spray paint and some brushes… here are some pictures of the finished room.