About
I’m Lizzie King, an artist who works with digital and analogue forms of photography, printmaking, and sound, blurring and pushing the lines between the forms to create new works. The narrative of our ‘human centred universe’ is a starting point to exploring the relationship and understanding we have of scientific articles and fictional stories which inform my practice. Giving the environment agency within the work is important in my practice. I enjoy working with and in the environment, engaging and developing more integrated ways in which to create with our surroundings as well as pushing experimentation with local resources to bring about more sustainable processes. Alchemy is a concept that fascinates me as well as the spontaneous nature that using chemical processes within my work can bring. I’m interested in capturing the essence of place created by the many species around us in the natural environment, how we can capture the remnants as well as how it can all be refined to dust.
Email: lizziemkd@gmail.com
Education:
MA Contemporary Fine Art 2024
BA Visual Arts 2014
Exhibitions:
'Look: Climate Lab 2024' Jan - March 24
Group Show
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
'Spark: Artist Interventions in a Time of Crisis' Dec 23- Jan 24
Group Show
Rogue Project Space, Manchester
'Phygital Phonics 3' Dec 2023
Group Show
Hull Artist Research Initiative
'Sustaining Photography' Sep 2023 - Ongoing
Work with Gwen Riley Jones
Community Growing Space, University of Salford
'Phygital Phonics 2' June 2023
Group Show
Hull Artist Research Initiative
'Tongues of The Trees' Angel Field Festival March-April 2023
Work with Rebekah Okpoti
Liverpool Hope University
'Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival' Oct 2022-February 2023
Group Show
Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
'You Belong Here' July 2021-June 2022
Group Show as part of Rediscovering Salford
Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford
'Taking the Leap, Shanghai Photofairs' September 2019
Group Show
Shanghai Exhibition Center
Shanghai, China
‘Shifting Perspectives’ May-August 2019
Group Show
New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery, Salford
'A Liverpool Bestiary' March-April 2019
Group Show
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
'Alumni' October 2018
Manchester Contemporary
'A Liverpool Bestiary' October 2018
Group Show
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
'A Liverpool Bestiary' September 2018
Group Show
Avenue HQ, Liverpool
'A Liverpool Bestiary' September 2018
Group Show
Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander
'Alumni' October 2017
Manchester Contemporary
‘What's In Store’ May-November 2017
Group Show
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford
‘All Work & No Play’ March-May 2016
Group Show
People’s History Museum, Manchester
‘Portico Print Show’ Dec 2015
Group Show
Portico Library, Manchester
‘Create @ Salford Alumni Show’ June 2015
Group Show
Allerton Studios, Salford
‘Late Night at Central Library’ May 2015
Group Exhibition
Manchester Central Library
‘In Emergency Break Glass’ March 2015
Group Exhibition
Manchester Art Gallery
‘Selfless Acts’ Feb 2015
Solo Exhibition with Willow Rowlands
Islington Mill, Salford
‘Free For Arts Festival Manchester’ Oct 2014
Solo Exhibition with Willow Rowlands
Federation House Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
“Create @ Salford Degree Show” 2014
Group Exhibition
Media City UK, Salford
“You’ll Like This (Not A Lot)” 2013
Solo Exhibition with Willow Rowlands
Media City UK, Salford
‘Work In Progress’ 2012
Group Exhibition
Allerton Studios, Salford
“UR: Red” 2011
Group Performance Exhibition
Islington Mill
Talks:
'Artist Talk' 2024
BA Photography - University of Bolton
‘Artist Talk’ 2023
Environment Sound Photography - Tate Liverpool
Also organised the symposium
‘The Sound of Urban Green Spaces’ 2023
Eurovisions Academic Conference
'Artist Talk' 2023
Music Pathway - Liverpool Hope University
'Artist Talk' 2023
BA Photography - University of Salford
‘Environment and Sustainable Practice’ 2022
CVAN NW & Equality
‘Rediscovering Urban Green Spaces’ 2022
Open Eye Gallery
‘Artist Talk’ 2017
Open Eye Gallery
‘Carbon Copy Press' 2017
Manchester Metropolitan University with Redeye Photographers’ Network
Teaching:
Lecturer for Critical & Contextual Studies modules 2023-2024
BA Photography, BA Fashion Image Making Styling , BA Costume, & BA Fashion
University of Salford
Commissions:
'Belonging Spaces' 2023
Photographic works depicting non hierarchal spaces in university settings
QAA Research Initiative
‘Rediscovering Salford’ 2020-2022
Photographic works celebrating Peel Park
The University of Salford Art Collection
“Looking Into the Next 50 Years” 2018
Photograph taken with Human sized camera alongside Craig Tattersall
Given to every graduating student in their graduation rolls.
The University of Salford
‘Allerton to New Adelphi’ 2015
4 Photographs taken with Human sized camera alongside Craig Tattersall
Documenting the closing of Allerton Annex
The University of Salford Art Collection