Education:

2023-2025    De Ateliers, Amsterdam

2022-2023    Open School East, Margate 

2018-2022    Goldsmiths, University of London: BA Fine Art

2017-2018    Central Saint Martins, London: Foundation 

Solo Exhibitions:

2026             Ad Victorem Spolias, 243 Luz & Co, London, UK

2026             Heavenly Beauty, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2025             Crowd Pleaser, w. 243 Luz, New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami, USA

2024             Prosecco Wisdom, w. Ika Schwander , 243 Luz, Margate, UK.

Selected Duo/Group Exhibitions:

2026            Picture Perfect, film programme, Bozar, Brussels

                    Spellbound, film programme, curated by Juliette Desorgues, Liste, Basel

                    Capital, duo show with Flora Fritz, Lapislazuli, Karlsruhe, Germany

                    Lizzy Deacon and Yiyang Zhou, duo show, Omstand Space for Contemporary Art, Arnhem

                    Group show, Mad Meg, Amsterdam

                    Same as it ever was, curated by Jean Watt, The Koppel Project Annex, London

2025            Mascara Film Club #39, Lab111, Amsterdam

                    Offspring, curated by Eliel Jones, De Ateliers, Amsterdam

                    Prosecco Wisdom, with Ika Schwander, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

                    Top Floor, NIO House, Amsterdam

2024            Big Fortune, Woonhuis De Ateliers, Amsterdam

                    Cubitt Invites, w. Alison Jones, Milly Thompson, Louise Ashcroft. Cubitt Gallery, London

                    She's Proper Psycho, w. Ika Schwander, Spring Performing Arts Festival, Utrecht

                    New Grounds, Transitions Film Festival, Limestone Books, Maastricht

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2023           We Danced Until There Was Nothing Left, Curated by Maggie Matić, Open School East, Margate

                   Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, New York

                   Lizzy Deacon and Ika Schwander. The Institute of Performative Arts, Maastricht

                   AAFF. Ludington Center for the Arts, Michigan*

                   Occasional Summer Program 납량특집, Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany 

                   Transitions Film Festival, Lumière Cinema, Maastricht*

                   Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Calgary, Canada

2022           Associação Audio-Visual CUT, Macau, China*

                   Open Studios, Open School East, Margate 

                   London Short Film Festival. New Shorts. WTF Outside the Box, Rio Cinema, London*

                   Ann Arbor Film Festival. North American Award Tour, opened in New York City*

                   Goldsmiths BA Fine Art Degree Show, London

                   ROOMS Performance Festival, Marres; House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht*

                   IndieLisboa International Film Festival. International Competition. Culturgest, Lisbon* 

                   The 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor*

                   International Frauen Film Festival. Dortmund + Cologne. Museum Ludwig, Köln*

                   Fantastic Fest, Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, Texas*

                   Pitzer College, California*

                   Lausanne International Film Festival. In Competition screening/Q&A. Lausanne, Switzerland

                   UltraCinema, Mexico City

                   LAGO International Festival of Independent Cinema, Screening and artist talk, Revine Lago, Italy

                   Oulun MVF, Helsinki

                   New Points of View; European Competition. The European Film Network*

                   Video Art Festival Turku, Finland•

                   IWV, AMP Studios, London

Selected Interviews/Talks:

2025          Desire Inc. 243 Luz. Conversation w. Lynn Hershman Leeson, Niina Ulfsak, Susanne Oberbeck,

                  and Ruth Angel Edwards, UK

​​2025          Lizzy Deacon and Swan Lee In-Conversation, PUB Radio, De Ateliers, Amsterdam

2024          Prosecco Wisdom. Artist Talk with Ika Schwander. Limestone Books, Maastricht

2023          Laindon and Poppets. In-conversation with Maz Murray. Turner Contemporary, Margate

2022          IndieLisboa International Film Festival. In-conversation. Culturgest, Lisbon 

2022          London Short Film Festival - Post Screening Q&A. Rio Cinema, London

2022          International Frauen Film Festival. FOCUS. In-conversation. Museum Ludwig, Cologne

2020          London Short Film Festival - In-conversation. Regent Street Cinema, London 

2019          BBC Four Bauhaus Rules with Vic Reeves. Panel discussion. Central Saint Martins, London 

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Residencies/Awards:

2025          De Ateliers, Amsterdam

2023          Open School East, Margate

2022          The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for an Emerging Experimental Video Artist*

2022          VAFT Audience Award*

2022          On The Edge Award, Zubroffka, Białystok, Poland*

2021          Goldsmiths Research Internships Programme 

2021          ​Video Power Distribution Award and Mentoring*

2021          The High House Artist in Residence, Norfolk UK*

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​Press:

2026        Stuck at the Ribbon Counter. Review by Hannah Regal. Issue 09, Fictions, The Toe Rag AW26

2026        Reality Check, Lizzy Deacon and Martine Syms. Review by Emily Watkins. Plinth, UK.

2026        Galleries to Watch in 2026, 243 Luz, Frieze 

2025        Rijksakademie and De Ateliers open their studios, Het Parool, by Kees Keijer

2025        Amsterdam Art Week Top Picks, Artlyst, by Paul Carey Jones

2025        ‘Of Both Worlds’, Metropolis M, by Savvas Gerolemidis

2024        Prosecco Wisdom. Emergent Magazine. In Conversation with Robert Frost and Ika Schwander

2024       “Marina, babe, you didn’t go far enough”. Exhibition of the Week. Spittle Newsletter

2024        Plaster Magazine feature by Jacob Wilson

2021        Journal of Art Criticism, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York 

2019        Central Saint Martins Foundation: Key Lessons in Art and Design. Interview.

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