About Peter Fluck
Born in 1941 in Cambridge, Peter Fluck is well known for his founding role in the legendary Spitting Image satirical puppet television comedy show.
One of the world's most successful programmes, it was broadcast between 1984 and 1996.
Now working full time as an artist, he lives in a remote part of Cornwall with his painter wife Anne - Cecile de Bruyne.

1941
Educated
Cambridge High School for Boys,
Cambridge School of Art
1963
1961
1963
1964-67
1968
1971-75
POLITICAL CARTOONIST for newspaper.
CARICATURIST IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. Developed modelled plasticine figures to be photographed for publication.
1975-82
LUCK & FLAW.
Partnership with Roger Law producing 3D caricature models for photographic reproduction by most major press and publishers worldwide incl. 2 classics – Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and RL Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'.
1980
1982–92
SPITTING IMAGE
A topical satirical TV programme co-founded with Roger Law. Designed and developed the caricature puppets.
1987
1988-92
1992 - Ongoing
1993-97
MILTON Country Park, Cambridge.
Large wind-driven sculpture floating anchored on a lake.
1993-96
1994
1994 - Ongoing
COLLABORATION TO GENERATE MUSIC FROM MOVEMENT.
With Dr Tony Myatt, composer and Director of Electronic Music Studio at University of York. Developing a method based on chaos theory.
1995
1995
CHAOTIC MOVEMENTS Festiventu. Corsica France.
Exhibition in pavilion of electrically-powered working maquettes, some pendulum-based, and large wind-powered sculpture outside.
1996
MOBILES with Tony Myatt.
Freestanding abstract sculpture with movements based on chaos theory. When tracked by a videocamera linked to a computer etc., these movements generate algorithmic electronic music.
Previewed at ICMC held at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
1996
RIBA Gallery, Cambridge. Exhibition of paintings and working maquettes.
1997
CHAOTIC CONSTRUCTIONS.
Abstract moving sculpture generating music, first exhibited at Tate St. Ives, Cornwall.
Also exhibited at Dean Clough in Halifax, Hotbath Gallery in Bath, Festiventu in Corsica, and Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, where it was awarded the Herald Angel prize for best piece of visual art at the Festival.
1997
AEOLIA. An Outdoor wind-driven sculpture commissioned for National Trust summer exhibition at Wimpole Hall, Cambs.
1998
SHOCK WAVES in Portsmouth. Installation and residency, with Tony Myatt, at ‘An Exploration of the Creative and Social Impacts of New Technologies and New Physics on the Arts'.
1998
WAVE.
Public art commission for Sculpture Trail, Perth, Scotland. A wind-driven sculpture with lighting activated by passing trains.
1999
1999
2000
SPIRAL.
Exhibited at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
2000
SIGHTSONIC.
Festival. Sculpture installation generating music, at City Art Gallery, York. With Tony Myatt.
2000
Sculpture design for LANDMARK piece for Eden Project, Cornwall.
RIMM. Realtime Interactive Multi Media.
International collaboration devised by Tony Myatt and funded by EU. Music, computerised graphics, and animation.
Performed Berlin Dec. 2001.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Leader of a collaborative weekend to launch a new visual arts project for Dorset Arts.