Angela Lizon
After 15 years of abstract painting, Lizon took a blank canvas and changed direction. Using her love of the absurd, her childhood memories and the experience of raising her own children, Lizon has fashioned a new world order which challenges our perceptions of ‘good and bad taste’, ‘kitsch and the cultural divide between the general public and the fine art world/elite.’
Yes the work may be rooted in kitsch imagery of fluffy cats with big eyes, cherubic babies with golden hair, a bit of bling here and a bit of girlie cuteness there, but that’s where it ends. The work is a far from the plastic pink princess, its hardcore cliché subversion!
Lizon draws you in with candy box charm but kicks back with a healthy dose of dark sinister fairytale. From colossal cats dressed in incongruous outfits and defenceless babies guarded by sinister marabou storks (aka the undertaker bird), Lizon’s work is a world away from ‘sugar and spice and all things nice’! It’s gritty, charming and full of attitude!
2009
- Open West, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
- Exeter Phoenix Open (Exhibition Award winner and Audience Choice Award winner)
2010
- -Colossal Cats solo show, Howard Gardens Gallery, University of Wales, Cardiff
- "It's not funny" Map Gallery, Leeds
- RA Summer Exhibition, selected by David Remfreys
- Threadneedle Prize, selected by Dr Xavier Bray, David Rayson and Michael Sandle
- "Grotesques" Antler's nomadic gallery, Bristol
- "Never Judge".... in association with Penguin Books. Stolen Space Gallery, London
- Ladies Night. Myplasticheartgallery, New York
2011
- Brussels Art Fair represented by Cube Gallery, Bristol
- AAF, Battersea represented by Transistor
- Radio 2 interview on the Arts Show with Claudia Winkelman. Friday 11th March 11.30pm.
- Modern Fabulists Curated by Coates and Scarry. View Gallery, Bristol
- Art Chicago represented by Cube Gallery, Bristol
- BV Studios Open Painting, Bristol selected by Peter Bonnell, Matthew Burrows, Maggie Royle
- Colossal Cats solo show. Prema Art Centre, Uley, Gloucestershire
- Crack interview, August issue
- National Open Competition, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol selected by Cathy Lomax, Mark Gubb and Mandy Ure 9th December - 18th December 2011
