Bio

Peter Dickson is a Canadian-Korean artist whose practice operates on the universally normative experiences. His drawings, and multimedia work has been featured across Canada. Currently, he is focusing on building his visual language to deliver greater works to the world.


Artist Statement


Drawing is the most natural way for me to materialize what I see in the world. I have a way of seeing things. I view everything in the most broken down state they can be. I imagine the way things are built: the bones, the surfaces, the structure, and material connections. When I strip all things in the world you can see their true function and first intent; it leads to revealing the significance in an object's design and purpose whether that be alive or dead.

Once the components of the world are apparent to me, I draw and reimagine them back together. This process always pushes me to imagine the structures and the shapes in ways that have never been done before that are beyond our history. Like an evolution that went in another direction. Which leads me to creating fictional worlds. I use these fictional worlds that I create to comment on our society, highlighting its accomplishments and it’s flaws. Revealing the true ideas, the true spirits of the initial intent is what I want to bring to light.

Currently, I am working on a series of paintings working with themes of vulnerability and space. In hopes of creating a visual language or aesthetic with it.