Peter Halley is an American artist and writer born in New York City in 1953. A leading figure in the Neo-Geo movement, he is best known for brightly coloured geometric paintings featuring rectangular “cells,” “prisons,” and connecting “conduits.”Using fluorescent Day-Glo colours and heavily textured surfaces, Halley explores themes of isolation, communication, technology, and the systems that organise contemporary life. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.