Scotty Peek attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee where he earned a BFA with a concentration in Drawing in 1995. In 2000 he was awarded an MFA, with a major in Drawing and a minor in 3-D Design from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He has worked as the preparator at USC’s McKissick Museum and as an adjunct drawing instructor at the University of South Carolina. He is also a talented musician and songwriter.
Artist’s Statement
“Any cohesiveness found in my work is usually due to my passion for mark-making and a consistent interest in the relatedness of systems and people. I’m interested in focusing less on my particular experience, and more on how my experience is oddly but understandably similar to others. Using basic information and generalized nostalgia, I try to call attention to the continuances in our lives, from one person to the next, one generation to the next, or simply, one anything to the next. Technology, wealth, location, and other individual experiences seem to differentiate us from each other, our ancestors, and our environment, but stripping away the details usually reveals our similarities.”