Paige Perkins’ work reflects a personal folklore in which the boundaries between human and animal, fantasy and reality, dissolve. Her paintings reveal a visionary world where time and space unfold according to a strange, dreamlike logic, drawing on darker sources such as myths, pagan mysticism, and fairy tales. Informed by an animistic worldview, Perkins’ process is rooted in the collective unconscious, allowing intuitive imagery to surface and manifest on the canvas. Titles possess a particular significance, arriving as a kind of psychic download, or discovered instinctively upon the completion of each work.
Born in the United States, Perkins lives and works between London and Warwickshire, UK. She studied Liberal Arts at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, earning a BA in 1983, and later completed an MA in Fine Art at the University of Brighton, UK, in 2007. From 2014 to 2016, she participated in the Painting Programme at TURPS Banana, London, UK. Perkins is co-founder of LaLa International Art Collective, established in 2018.
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Lives and works in London and Warwickshire, UK
Born in 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware, US -
2014 - 2016
Painting Programme, TURPS Banana, London, UK2005 - 2007
MA Fine Art, University of Brighton, UK
1979 - 1983
BA Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY -
2026
Artist Residency, Galleri Hi10, Skien, Norway
2020
Artist Residency, Zetter Hotel, London, UK
2019
Summer Residency, ODD ARK•LA, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Artist Residency, Meter Room, Coventry, UK -
2026
Sweet Nothings, Galleri Hi10, Skien, Norway2023
Hot Mess, Arusha Gallery, Bruton, UK (exh. text)2022
A Quickening Spirit, Arusha Gallery, London, UK (exh. text)2019
Zebra Kitten, LUVA Gallery, London, UK2011
Diving into the Wreck, Meter Room, Coventry, UK2010
Swamp Salon, Grey Area, Brighton, UK2008
The Elect / Soft Restriction, Grey Area, Brighton, UK -
2026
Fantastical Animals, curated by Kevin Walker, Musée du Al, Los Angeles, CA
The Gloaming Plane, curated by Joshua Uvieghara, Terrace Gallery, London, UK. This exhibition travelled to 35blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Memento Amoris, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK2025
Cathedral, LaLa International Art Collective, Hilbert Raum, Berlin, Germany
REVERB, curated by Grace Mattingly, Florence Trust, London, UK
The Incidentals, curated by Min Angel and Lucy Soni, Bell House, London, UK
Be Nice, NoHo Galleries, London, UK2024
Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, presented by BLINK and ROOM SHARE 6, Safehouse 1, London, UK
A Painting Show, presented by STST and PAINTTALK, Stafforshire St., London, UK2023
What This Awl Means, LaLa International Art Collective, Kuenstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria
Portal, Arusha Gallery, London, UK2022
Swamp Legends, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
Drawing Show, paint talk, London, UK
TOMORROW'S WOMAN, Natasha Arselan Gallery, London, UK
Once upon a Time, co-curated by Katie Heller and Flora Fairbairn, London, UK
Chorus, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK2021
SAFE AS MILK, Arusha Gallery, London, UK
his Year's Model '21 Part II, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK2020
Art on a Postcard, Winter Auction for Hepatitis C, London, UK
Ancient Deities, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Artist in Residence, Zetter Hotel, London, UK
Picture Palace, Transition Gallery, London, UK
This Year’s Model ‘20, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK2019
GIFC & Velvet Ropes, House of Vans, London, UK
Everything’s Wrong, Ain’t Nothing Right! Assembly Rooms, Leeds, UK
Paracosmic Revue, (2 person show), Transition Gallery, London, UK
Reverse/Re-purpose, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK2018
Dirty UnRealism, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London UK
Faces Places and Spaces, New Art Projects, London, UK
Ornamental Neon, ASC Gallery, London, UK
The Lore of the Land, Churchgate Gallery, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Night follows Night, Gallery 98, Ramsgate, UK
This Year’s Model 2018, Does the Body Rule the Mind?... , Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK2017
Oh! You Pretty Things, Transition Gallery, SLUICE Biennial Art Fair, London UK
Hackney WickED Art Festival, DIY Open Studios, Fish Island, London UK
This Year’s Model 2017, The Human Stain, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London UK2016
Phoenix Road Painting Show, Upstairs at The Cock Tavern, London, UK
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2016, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Helical Swirl, STUDIO 180, London, UK
Figure it Out, The Dot Project, London, UK
Marshmallow Soup, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
Art Car Boot Fair 2016, Hastings, UK
Art Car Boot Fair 2016, London, UK
Turps Painting Programme 2016 Final Show, Art Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
Interim Show Turps Banana, Turps Gallery & Studios, London, UK
ART/Converters 2016, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
Chinese Open, No Monkey Business, Q Park Art Show 2016
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
Check your Pockets!, cueB Gallery, London, UK2015
Turps Goes West, Edel Assanti Gallery, London, UK
Turps Painting Programme Show, Turps Gallery & Studios, London, UK
Turps Spring Exhibition, No 4a Gallery, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
Interim Show Turps Banana, Turps Gallery & Studios, London, UK2012
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Turtle Salon, Grey Area, Brighton, UK.
Turtle Salon, Meter Room, Coventry, UK2010
Michael Landy: Art Bin, South London Gallery, London, UK -
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2025
Paige Perkins with Bob Chaundy, Considering Art Podcast2010
Artist Talk, Swamp Salon, Grey Area Gallery, Brighton, UK2008
Artist Talk, The Elect, Soft Restriction, Grey Area Gallery, Brighton, UK