Bio

Peter Holliday is a Scottish visual artist working at the confluence between image, text and archive.

Having been exhibited in institutions including Saatchi Gallery and the Reykjavík Museum of Photography, his work is held in collections such as Glasgow School of Art Archives & Collection and Inverness Museum & Art Gallery.

In 2022, Peter was an artist-in-residence aboard The Arctic Circle Artist & Scientist Residency Program in Svalbard. In 2024, he was nominated for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity award before being named as a finalist of the Paris Photo Prize. In 2025, his work was featured as part of the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition.

In addition to his creative practice, Peter hosts  The Land Behind, a podcast dedicated to questions on art, philosophy and the environment. Guests to date include the anthropologist Tim Ingold. the philosopher Alphonso Lingis, the photographer Sian Davey and the environmental ethicist Ted Toadvine.

An alumnus of Glasgow School of Art, Peter earned his MA in Photography from Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture in Helsinki.