I'm an Artist, freelance Technician and Fine Art Graduate from City and Guilds of London Art School with a demonstrated history of working in studio, workshop and gallery environments.
Artist Statement:
Realised through the exploration of materials, form, light, symbols, and the manipulation of space, Lizzy Kelsey’s practice is founded on a questioning of systems of control and the dynamics of gender relations operating within institutions, architecture, public and private spaces, ritual, and belief systems.
Kelsey investigates the potentially overpowering influence of these systems through an appropriation of minimalist aesthetic, using geometric motifs to create tensions in space. She uses visual and physical obstacles to represent boundaries and gateways which place the spectator in spatial dilemmas, confronting them with choices, seeking authorization to transgress imagined barriers. The work exercises psychological permissions and restraints, emphasising a sense of inclusion and exclusion.
There is a dialogue within Kelsey’s practice between the establishment of boundaries to preserve a space, creating an inaccessible and unattainable sphere, and in contrast, the potential to destabilise this control, to break down and transgress existing boundaries in order to expose a space.
lizzykelsey0@gmail.com
@lizzykelsey
Work history
Fabrication and Installation AssistantThe Liminal Space
London, United KingdomFreelance
Constructing and painting structures for exhibitions
Installing exhibitions at venues including The Science Museum, London, and The Francis Crick Institute, London
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TechnicianCity and Guilds of London Art School
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Building and painting studio spaces
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Skills
- Mould Making
- Casting
- Drawing
- Metal Fabrication
- Basic Woodwork
- Etching
- Printmaking
- Curating
- Art Installation
- Critical Writing
- Photo Editing
- Photography
- Painting
- Installation Art
- Sculpture
- Exhibition Building
- Exhibition Management
Education