Peter Hide

Born in Surrey, England, Hide (1944–) undertook studies at the Crodon College of Art and St Martin’s School of Art, where he was a pupil of Anthony Caro, before relocating to Edmonton in 1977 to teach at the University of Alberta. Working in the modernist tradition of welding scrap steel, his works are distinguished by their emphasis on weight, mass and monumental vertical form. Hide’s work can be found in the collections of the Edmonton Art Gallery, Glenbow Institute (Calgary, AB), MacDonald Stewart Art Centre (Guelph, ON), Agnes Etherington Art Gallery (Kingston, ON), Kitchener Art Gallery, and the Tate Gallery (London, UK).