Peter LYNCH

Lynch (b. 1971, UK) began formulating his idiosyncratic approach to abstraction at the Glasgow School of Art in the early 1990s, under the guidance of Callum Innes and alongside fellow students Jim Lambie, Hayley Tompkins, and Sue Tompkins. There, he devised systems that continue to sustain his engagement with the interplay between expressionism and conceptualism, the material and the ephemeral, color and non-color. Applying these ideas across a range of media through brush, roller, and touch, Lynch’s practice remains rooted in the physical act of painting. Traces of the artist’s finger articulate and erase the very structures he creates. As Lynch explains:

“The production of a painting is never linear; it meanders, hitting obstacles along the way. The final painting, with its many layers, gives evidence of such a journey. ”

In his recent solo exhibition at Sandler Hudson Gallery, Peter Lynch: This Is Not That, curated by Pujan Gandhi, Lynch presented a suite of monoprints and paintings developed over the past several years. Peter Lynch earned his BA in Fine Art (Painting) from the Glasgow School of Art and his MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London, before returning to Glasgow School of Art as Artist-in-Residence in 2000. He has exhibited widely since the mid-1990s, with solo exhibitions at venues including Transformation Gallery, London (2024); The Bear, London (2023); Window / Finestra, Venice (2023); Connect Art, San Francisco (2018); @NONAME, New York (2012); Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (2003, 2005); Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (2003); Galerie Katharina Krohn, Basel (2002); Glasgow School of Art (2001); the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford (2000); and the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (1995). His work has also been presented in group exhibitions at venues including Vanner Gallery, Salisbury; Alex Stoller, Split Level/Rimadesio, New York; Edel Assanti, London; Terashita Gallery, Tokyo; CCA Glasgow; Inverleith House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh; Hunter College of Art, New York; and Vértice Galería de Arte, Lima, among others. In addition to maintaining an active studio and exhibition practice, Lynch has served as Head of the Anish Kapoor Studio, London, since 2010.