Peyton Peyton

Peyton Peyton’s practice emerges through sustained contact with materials rather than predetermined outcomes. Working across sculpture, textiles, and performance, she develops forms through physical testing, revision, and close attention to what materials suggest. Often beginning with scraps left by previous pieces, her process balances exploration with a persistent sense of disorientation. Drawn to materials that shift, evolve, or retain memory, she treats the loom as both tool and collaborator. The woven grid offers structure but can be stressed, interrupted, and persuaded to behave unexpectedly. Whether combining meticulous weaving with found and unruly elements, or transforming objects into apparatuses for performance, her work explores systems in transition, moments of instability, and the fertile space where careful planning gives way to improvisation.

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Peyton Peyton (b. 1994, Florida) is an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, textiles, performance, and installation. She received a BFA from the University of Georgia, Athens, and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University, New Haven, CT. Her work has been supported through residencies and fellowships including Stoveworks, Vermont Studio Center, iPark, Old School Arthouse, and the Studios at MASS MoCA residency. She has presented lectures and led workshops at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and the University of New Haven. Peyton has furthered her material studies at Penland School of Craft. Alongside her studio practice, she teaches science and nature classes for young children. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.