Harrison Pearce: Auto Soma

EVENT DESCRIPTION

MOU PROJECTS is pleased to announce that the London-based artist Harrison Pearce’s solo exhibition “Auto Soma” will open on May 6, 2023.

Featuring a kinetic installation and a selection of recent paintings, the exhibition spotlights the artist’s latest exploration and contemplation on the coextensive and intertwined relationship between machinery and humanity amid the technological entanglement of the present reality. Inspired by the Ancient Greek words “Auto” and “Soma,” which respectively translate to “self” and “body,” the exhibition title probes a fantastically curious conceptual relationship between the construction of the self, the automated body, and how the two ideas are intertextually reflected in the industrial development of the society. Directly hinting at the discourse of mind–body dualism which lies at the core of the artist’s practice, “Auto Soma” set out to unfold an expansive, philosophical reflection on the relationship between the mechanism of cognition and the materiality of the body.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Harrison Pearce (b. 1986, UK) is an artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation. Often exploring the conceptually entangled relationship between machines and human bodies, Pearce constructs curious machine-driven objects in his sculptural works and renders wild imaginations of them on his canvases. Presented in cold, detached, and minimal aesthetics, the industrially sleek and compact shape of the entities in Pearce's works linger between humanity and artificiality, alive and metamorphosing within a dynamical system.

Pearce received his BA in Fine Art from Winchester School of Art in 2007, MA in Philosophy from the University of London in 2014, and MFA from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2016. His work has been shown at galleries and institutions worldwide and has been acquired for private and public collections.

The artist currently lives and works in London, UK.