OUTLINE:​

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Born in the UK, Lizzie Thurman is a visual artist working from a studio in Shropshire and a roof terrace in Matarrana.

She graduated in Textile/Print from Central (CSM) followed by a varied commercial career as a creative: designer, stylist, art director and teacher.

Thurman has exhibited internationally and shown regularly since 2008.  Her work can be found in private collections around the world.​

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STATEMENT:

Thurman's recent work is an evolving retort to the solitary ventures she undertakes amidst the exposed landforms of the Matarraña region of Spain.

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​From a terraced roof top, Thurman works on paper creating shrine-like drawings that reveal natural connections with the terrain. Individual outcomes of development are impulsive, ensuring each piece of work is the result of an abstracted viewpoint, a particular mindset or expression of experience.​

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Back in her Shropshire studio, with the mountains now distanced, the physical and emotional experience is distilled.

In this experimental environment, contemplative, atmospheric adaptions materialise and internal landscapes break into play.​

Descriptions of her reflective thought processes are implemented with a mix of medium and technique. Collected earth pigments are ground down to create subtle light effects, working in distinct contrast with her initial, erosive ink drawings.

Pathways are followed and streams are crossed until an invitation for dialogue emerges.

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​Lizzie Thurman is an instinctive creative addressing life balance through physical and mental experience, expressed by an immersive visual process. Climbing mountains while communing with nature, Thurman accesses new challenges, making connections while discovering and developing an understanding.

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For an Artist Bio please contact lizzie@lizziethurman.com