“Movement is the manifestation of life. Moving is an all-natural process, such as blood circulating in our veins, such as the rotations of the earth, microcosmos = macrocosmos… Stagnation and standstill are death. In shamanism, death is believed to be a transformation into another stage, a further level of existence and consciousness. It is the condensation of the physical body into light, referring to a luminous being.”

Lizita is an artist and designer from Meissen, Germany. Coming from a family of artists, she has always loved drawing, developing her own drawing style in her early years. She studied fashion design at the Bielefield University of Applied Sciences, Germany, during which time her artworks were featured in several publications, including Tush Magazine and Modeillustration. She has since worked with top designers Alexander McQueen and Matthew Williamson.

Her fine art practice specialises in the creation of figurative illustrations and portraits, which she aims to develop into moving-image and video art. With a focus on the human face, it is her passion to capture emotiveness, creating a crossover of the archaic and the contemporary. Combining art with fashion, Lizita’s works are developed in several stages, a journey starting from a pencil sketch and leading into the realm of digital storytelling. The synergy of manual and digital drawing techniques creates a multi-layered communication within and between her pieces which bears witness to a high-emotional expressiveness.

The Radical Gender, an exhibition of new work, explores the concepts of movement and human transformation while questioning the social structures within which they are considered. For Lizita, both movement and stagnation are transformative, exemplified by the dynamic stillness of her vibrant, mixed-media work.

A free exhibition, with proceeds from all sales going to the artist and funding public programmes in advancing and diversifying engagement in visual storytelling.