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PEER
PEER is an independent arts organisation based on the iconic Hoxton Street in the London Borough of Hackney. First established in 1998, PEER is deeply embedded within the socially, culturally and economically diverse area of Hoxton.

History
In 1998 PEER was known as The Pier Trust – a peripatetic, short-term curatorial project directed by Ingrid Swenson and with support from The Glass House Trust. As a short project, PEER was not designated a gallery space which was then secured in 2002. In fact, PEER adopted affordable local authority premises in the form of a 1970s shop unit, adjacent to the local post office and opposite Hackney Community College on Hoxton Street. which provided gallery and office space.

In 2007 the Glass House Trust funding came to an end which meant that PEER gained support through local partnerships, trusts and foundations, and other income generating initiatives. In 2010 PEER doubled their gallery space through the acquisition of a second shop unit adjacent to the first one. In 2012, PEER became an Arts Council England (ACE) National Portfolio organisation.

Capital improvement works
In 2015/16, PEER carried out significant capital improvements work which transformed an anonymous street corner into the welcoming Hoxton Street Public Space through the creation of a 10-metre wide glass façade "to bring PEER's work straight onto the street and cementing its place in the neighbourhood."

Exhibitions
PEER's modest exhibition space includes two separate galleries, and a third room located at the back that is home to PEER Editions accumulated throughout its 20+ years of activity. The exhibitions change periodically according to PEER's programme.There is no admission charge for exhibitions.

Between 1998 and 2020, PEER's

Landmark projects
Since its creation in 1998, PEER's programme and offsite commissions have involved established, mid-career and emerging artists. These landmark projects include works by Martin Creed, Mike Nelson and Danh Vo. In 1998, Martin Creed's commission for PEER was acquired into the Tate's collection; in 2001, "Mike Nelson's 3,000 sq ft immersive installation at PEER, became the precursor for his complex transformation of the British Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale"; in 2013, We The People by Danh Vo was then showcased to great acclaim at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Legacy
PEER's legacy since 1998 includes exhibiting the work of renowned artists such as: Chris Marker (1999), Breda Beban (2003) , Siobhan Hapaska (2004) , Anthony McCall (2006) , Bob & Roberta Smith (2006) , John Frankland (2008) , Yuko Shiraishi (2008) , Stuart Brisley (2010) , John Smith (2011) , Karin Ruggaber (2013) , Fiona Banner (2014) , Andrea Luka Zimmerman (2015), Angela de la Cruz (2016) , Emma Hart & Jonathan Baldock (2017) and more recently, Abigail Reynolds( 2018), Simon English (2018) , Jadé Fadojutimi (2019) , Olga Jevrić (2019) , Samson Kambalu (2020).

Past programme
The latest acclaimed exhibitions at PEER are:


 * Samson Kambalu – Postcards from the Last Century, Jan–Mar 2020
 * Sara MacKillop – Returns and Renewals, Oct–Dec 2019
 * Greta Davies, Kate Howard & Marylyn Molisso – OuT oF ShApE, Sept 2019
 * Olga Jevrić, Sculpture, June–Sept 2019
 * Juan Araujo, Measurable Distances of Space and Air, Apr–June 2019
 * Jadé Fadojutimi, The Numbing Vibrancy of Characters in Play, Feb–Apr 2019

Ethos
In 2018, Arts Council England (ACE) awarded an uplift in their annual grant to specifically support their community engagement work with local audiences as part of their PEER local programme.

The organisation's core ethos is to embed its programme within the locality "and to promote the higher quality of art as being part of daily life" as well as giving

Ecology
The small scale gallery's ambitious programme secures its place within the London art ecology, offering both emerging and established artists the tools and environment to experiment, dialogue and take new risks.