Pete Codling

Vessel to Vassal brings together new, recent and selected earlier drawings, prints and sculpture by British artist Pete Codling. The exhibition reflects a personal and creative journey between Portsmouth, Malta and Gozo during several years of change, using maritime imagery, mythology and self-portraiture to explore passage, emotional containment, isolation, preservation and release. The bottle is a long-established motif within Codling’s work. It recalls the familiar message

Back to Paris in their 4th annual exhibition in the capital of art and culture. Curated by Natalia Gryniuk of Musa International this group exhibition showcased artists from across the globe.

A flight of the imagination. Artwork travels around the word to find it's home.

New work by artist Pete Codling launched in Seoul South Korea as part of the IDENTITY exhibition curated by Musa International. The collection of small sculptures and drawings usher in a new 'accessible' scale for Codling's other monumental drawings and public artworks. Follow his journey on Instagram or subscribe to his website here.

Working drawings for the award winning Kinship drawing, a conversation with Picasso and Guernica, has been chosen as part of the prestigious Trinity Buoy Drawing Prize in London. It will be touring the UK in 2025 and 2026.

Codling's artwork included in prestigious survey of contemporary British drawing at the Royal Birmingham Art Society. "I don't make wallpaper".

Did you have a portrait sketch for the sail drawing? Time to do your bio for the book

The largest drawing in the world.

Artwork drawn on a real sail is raised in Portsmouth harbour. This portrait of the city by artist Pete Codling is enormous. Take a look!

Fancy a bit of Picasso in Venice this summer? Visit Codling's contemporary versions of the iconic Guernica painting at The Musa Pavilion.

Codling is having his second solo exhibition in Europe this summer. In the heart of Venice in the middle of the Venice Biennale 2024....

Press release of Kinship in Paris. Award winning artist brings Picasso back to Paris

So excited to exhibit the Kinship Drawing in Paris in February 2024. A dream come true. This will be my first European exhibition. The...

Stack of new books on the Kinship drawing by the artist Pete Codling

The 10m x 3m charcoal drawing on a real canvas sail has be launched at Southampton City Gallery as part of the Creative Connections...

Creative Connections Exhibition in Southampton City Gallery May 26th - 0ct 2023 - Drawing with Pete Codling

The artist Pete Codling is working with Cantell Secondary School and National Portrait Gallery London for a major exhibition at...

A chance to grab a bargain for a good cause. The ART auction hosted by CHRISTIE'S and The Auction Collective is fundraising for the...

This may be of interest to my fellow Portsmouth Artists and creatives, I am giving a free talk on the 'bleeding stones, the art of...

Over the next 12 months I will be working Southampton City Gallery and The National Portrait Gallery on a project called Creative...