Born in Johannesburg, Peter moved to the UK in 2018 on an exceptional talent visa and now resides and works in London. He attended the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, where he received his only formal training in art. Interested predominantly in drawing and painting, as well as sculpture and printmaking. he had his first solo exhibition at the age of 16.

Peter travels extensively around the world to find ideas and imagery for his work, collecting patterns that he finds on stone carvings and reliefs on temples, facades and graves. His artwork is inspired by substantial research on topics and materials ranging from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, motifs from Indian temples and cremation pits, the first world war, Soviet and Russian neo-classical patterns and dead animals found in the Namibian desert.