Artribune interviews Anglo-Italian artist Alice Peach (b. 1996, Bari) at her studio in Milan, where she discusses her practice of assembling objects and materials with a childlike, intuitive logic. Peach, who studied Fine Art and Textiles at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and spent two years in Berlin, is currently based between Milan and Lausanne, where she collaborated with Federico Nicolao on the research project Assemblée des écritures at ECAL. She is one of the selected artists for the third edition of the Nuovo Gran Tour residency program (2025-2026), promoted by the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, which brought her to work at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. The interview explores her fascination with fragments, language, and the dissolution of meaning through repetition and improvisation.
This interview matters because it offers an intimate look at a rising young artist whose work bridges painting, sculpture, and installation with a conceptual, research-driven approach. Peach’s selection for the prestigious Nuovo Gran Tour residency signals institutional recognition of her potential, and her cross-border trajectory—from Amsterdam to Berlin, Milan, Lausanne, and Paris—reflects the increasingly international mobility of emerging Italian artists. The article also highlights the role of public funding (Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea) in supporting contemporary art practice in Italy.