Peter Liversidge

The majority of Peter Liversidge's work has centered around the conceptual practice of developing proposals for performances and artworks across a broad range of mediums.

Biography of Peter Liversidge

Peter Liversidge was born in Lincoln, UK, in 1973. He pursued Fine Art at the University of Plymouth in Exeter and studied film and photography at Montana State University. He relocated to London in 1996, where he currently resides.

He has conceived site-specific projects and performances for various venues, including the Europalia Festival in 2007, the Royal Festival Hall in 2012, the Edinburgh Art Festival in 2013, and the Barbican Art Centre in 2019. Additionally, he has undertaken multiple projects for Tate Liverpool in 2008 and Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh's sculpture park.

Furthermore, he produced video projections for the bands Wires Under Tension and Balmorhea. In April 2012, Liversidge devised the stage design and projection backdrop for Low at the Royal Festival Hall as a unique proposal.

In 2015, Liversidge crafted the cover for the album "Ones and Sixes" by the band Low. He reunited with the band once more to design the cover for their 2018 album, "Double Negative."

Peter Liversidge's works have been exhibited widely. His recent solo exhibitions include "Proposals for Lancaster Arts" at Peter Scott Gallery in Lancaster (2023), "Either / Or" at Kate MacGarry in London (2023), "an echo" at Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh (2022), "Topsy Turvy" at Pavement Gallery, Manchester School of Art in Manchester (2021), and many more.

Additionally, the artist has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including "Out of the Margins: Performance in London's Institutions 1900s-2010s" at Whitechapel Gallery in London (2022), "The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington (2022), "Inaspettatamente" at Cloud Seven in Brussels (2021), among others.

Peter Liversidge's Art Style

With a conceptual focus and exploration across photography, collage, sculpture, and performance, Liversidge's approach to his work encourages collaboration and is shaped by influences beyond his control. His artworks serve as investigations into coincidence and are not confined to the language of a singular medium.

He finds inspiration not only in Conceptual artists like On Kawara, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, and Keith Arnatt but also in figures such as Joseph Cornell and the Reverend Howard Finster. 

Liversidge is motivated by the generative concept of creativity and believes that art reaches its highest potential when it exists slightly beyond formalist notions of fine art. Consequently, the physical objects he creates often incorporate mundane, everyday materials that are repurposed or co-opted for his artistic expression.