Florence Peake: Vitalities at HOME Gallery, Manchester

Preview by Steve Cooke

HOME Gallery, Manchester has announced a new exhibition of sculptural, and painting works by internationally acclaimed visual artist Florence Peake. 

Opening 10 Oct 2026 to 31 Jan 2027, Florence Peake: Vitalities brings together sculpture, drawing and live activation in an immersive installation shaped through collaboration, movement and embodied experience.

Vitalities is Peake’s first solo exhibition in the North West and is the culmination of 3 years of research and site-specific making that brings people together around loss and grief, through sculpture, movement and workshops.

Vitalities has been made in collaboration with LGBTQIA+ communities in and around Manchester. The installation includes a wide of range of work: including works on paper, moulded and poured gypsum plaster, cast concrete, pewter and live performance interventions taking place fortnightly for the duration of the exhibition.

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“It’s great to be working with people in Manchester in this project where our experiences of grief can be worked with creatively, ritualistically and communally. I am interested in exploring queer grief - giving presence to experiences so often overlooked in mainstream society.”   - Florence Peake

Curator Clarissa Corfe, explained why she was excited to launch Vitalities at HOME:

“Peake has collaborated with individuals exploring queer grief - a subject often hidden or unacknowledged - on sculptures that form key tenets throughout."

One of the most difficult and complex life experiences, this work deals with the vitality of what passes, what is left behind, reconciliation and resignation with the passage of time.”

To find out more visit https://www.homemcr.org/whats-on/florence-peake-vitalities-nccp