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Lizzy Deacon is a Amsterdam-London based artist working across moving image, drawing and performance.
Education:
De Ateliers (2024-25)
Open School East (2022-23)
Goldsmiths, University of London (2018-22): BA Fine Art, First Class Honours
HFBK, The Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (February 2020): Art School Alliance
Central Saint Martins (2017-18): Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Selected Exhibitions/Screenings:
2026
Picture Perfect, film programme, Bozar, Brussels
Heavenly Beauty, solo show at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
Lizzy Deacon and Yiyang Zhou, duo show, Omstand Space for Contemporary Art, Arnhem
Mad Meg, group show curated by By and By, Amsterdam
Same as it ever was, group show curated by Jean Watt, The Koppel Project Annex, London
2025
Solo presentation with 243 Luz, New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami
Mascara Film Club #39, Lab111, Amsterdam
Offspring, 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, Cubitt Gallery, London
Prosecco Wisdom, Solo Show with Ika Schwander at 243 Luz, Margate*
She's Proper Psycho And Has Bad Teeth, with Ika Schwander, Spring Performing Arts Festival, Utrecht*
New Grounds, Transitions Film Festival, Limestone Books, Maastricht*
2023
Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, New York*
Lizzy Deacon and Ika Schwander. The Institute of Performative Arts, Maastricht*
We Danced Until There Was Nothing Left, Open School East, Margate
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 and 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 with Lynn Hershman Leeson, Niina Ulfsak, Susanne Oberbeck, 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
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*
Press:
2026 Galleries to Watch in 2026, 243 Luz, Frieze Magazine
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 (A three page interview).
* for an artwork made in collaboration with Ika Schwander.