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Leo Fitzmaurice

Country of residence United Kingdom

Leo Fitzmaurice’s playfully uses mass produced catalogues, carrier bags and packaging, obscuring familiar logos and layouts to extraordinary and often beautiful effect. Beginning with systematic blocking or cutting out of words and logos on any image or package he could find his recent work uses felt tips and marker pens, with a kind of abandoned glee, to divert the energy of his source material toward more lyrical ends.
Fitzmaurice has for the last few years been based in Liverpool where he initiated projects such as Further Up In the Air. He has recently shown work in Size Matter and Arts Council touring show and Walk On as part of the Shanghai Biennale. He is currently working on a solo show for Yorkshire Sculpture Park. He has recently had group shows: K3 Express at K3 Zurich, I’ll Be Your Mirror at Primo Alonso London and solo projects: Detourist at MOT Intenational in London and Stuff Happens Angel Row gallery in Nottingham. Later this year he is showing his work in Golden Fluffer Transition, London; Play Urbis Manchester, Blickachsen 7 Blickachsen Germany, Drawing 200 Drawing Room London, Shrinking Cities Van Alen Institute and Pratt Manhattan Gallery NY.

Leo Fitzmaurice has work in the Arts Council collection, Manchester Art Gallery, Hiscox Art Insurance, Threshers Wines, Harewood House, and numerous private collections. He has an extensive biography of press and publications.

Exhibitions Golden Fluffer: group show, 24.Nov - 16.Dec.07, Transition Gallery, Drawn Apart East, 21.Jun - 22.Jul.07, Contemporary Art Projects, GOOD RIDDANCE, 03.Feb - 10.Mar.07, Mot, I'll Be Your Mirror, 18.Jan - 11.Mar.07, Gallery Primo Alonso

Events Artist Talk for Drawn Apart East, 23.Jun.07, 2-3pm

Publications ART WORLD Issue 2 Dec 07/Jan 08, 2008, Garageland : Beauty, 2007

 

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