About

George Peck [b. Budapest, Hungary] is a New York-based painter and multidisciplinary artist who works with oil paint, acrylic, pastel, sculpture, video, and installation pieces. Peck’s works, rooted in the study of light, color, and materials, have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe since 1975. 

He has participated in solo and group exhibitions at institutions—The Museum of Jewish Heritage, Trans Hudson Gallery (NY + NJ), Kate Ganz Gallery, Leo Castelli Gallery, Bette Stoler Gallery, Susan Caldwell Inc.—in New York; The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute; The High Museum of Art in Georgia; G Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museums Hagen; The American Embassy, Germany; Baraz Gallery, Istanbul; Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, among many others.

His work has been reviewed extensively in such publications as The New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews, Art Critical, Art on Paper, The Village Voice, Adobe, and Artforum, among others.

His paintings are represented in numerous private and public collections in both the United States and Europe, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Grey Art Gallery, NY; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden; Museum of Applied Arts, Kiscelli Museum, and Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 

George Peck lives and maintains studios in New York City and Buskirk, NY.