Lizzy Sainsbury

Born in 1958

Gran Bretagna

https://www.lizzysainsbury.com/

date of insertion in W.A.D. 12/2022

Biography

I always feel a very strong connection to places; wherever I find myself, I instinctively gather objects and materials to inspect, play around with and incorporate into my art. My back catalogue of art is
itself a source, as I sift through and periodically reuse pieces in innovative ways. I break, reassemble, layer and recycle. The woods where I live and the beaches a short drive away are my inspiration and
my raw material, as I incorporate fragile organic matter from their beds directly into my work. Underlying this apparent fragility is in fact an astounding ability to survive and adapt to new forms.

I enjoy juxtaposing different materials: wood, metal, paper, wax, stone, and of course clay. I like combining different coloured clays and working oil pastels and powdered pigments into the surfaces after firing. Most of all, I love burnishing unbaked clay, because of its living skin and powerful tactile qualities.

Words are very important to me and the poetry and texts that I read are often the thematic and rhythmic basis of my visual work. I like to create installations that are experienced by and through the whole body. Music, dance and performance are often a big part of the work.

I teach English at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Florence, where my courses focus on Theatre, Film, Street Art, Poetry and Psychogeography. There has always been a very fertile dialogue between the university teaching and my own creative work as I find the university environment incredibly stimulating.

Often my installations are political and focus on collective memory, community projects, multiculturalism and migration. I myself am something of a paradox as I love to be alone, living in an isolated location where I often see no one for days and yet I am greatly inspired by families, connections and collaborative projects

Curriculum

B.A Honours in Italian and Fine Art at the University of Exeter and Exeter College of Art and Design, United Kingdom

Solo shows 

La Soffitta, Colonnata

La Casa di Dante, Firenze

The Chantries, Cambridge (U.K.)

The Black Barn, Ely (U.K.)

Nacque Fra Acque Un Sasso, Palazzo Podestarile, Montelupo.

Thin Air, Podere Ciliegi, Vinci

Installazioni Site-specific e Collettive Recenti /Recent Group shows and site-specific installations

 2022     Stone Dance, La Torre, Montespertoli

             HOME/LESSICO PER LA VITA Di COPPIA, Associazione Sincresis, Windmill         

             Art PowerPlant, Empoli

             Un Sentiero di Segni, Podere Lemniscata, Montespertoli, Sincresis

             Vicini 1 metro, Cerchio dei Cipressi, Vinci 

             Botanik’Art, Normandia, Francia

             Wind and Water, Giorno di Leonardo, Vinci 

            100×100 LIBRI D’ARTISTA, Associazione Sincresis, Empoli, BAMMM!, Museo    

            Marino Marini, Firenze;

            RedZone, Mostra itinerante, Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia, Sala Espositiva,  

            Vinci, Spedale di Sant’Antonio, Lastra a Signa   

2021    Nowhere, Cley Contemporary, Cley (U.K.)

            River Art, Parco La Botte, San Casciano V.P.            

            Prayer, Cerchio dei Cipressi, Vinci

2020    Coabitazioni, Il Giardino dei Ciliegi, Florence

            Lizzy, Blah-Blah, Torino

2019    Leonardo e i suoi luoghi Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia

            Città Possibili a Here 4, Cavallerizza Irreale, Torino

            Mappa di Communità, Museo Giuliano Ghelli, San Casciano V.P.

            Diversità e Integrazione, Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia.

2018    Blu, Fornace Pasquinucci Capraia

            Maps, Here 18, Cavallerizza, Turin

            Journey North, Cley 18, U.K.

            Books, Landmarks, Songmaps, San Casciano

            10×10, Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia

             Un Nido per l’arte, Mammadoré, Montelupo

 2017    Varcune, Here 17, Cavallerizza Irreale, Turin

             Connectivity, Cley 17 (U.K.)

             Alberi Torreggianti, Istantanee, Torre dell’Acqua, San Casciano V.P.

2016     Entropie – Cavallerizza Irreale, Turin

             Tradewinds – Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia Fiorentina

             Homes – Istantanee, San Casciano V.P.