Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper grew up in Bristol and is currently studying in East London. Her practice is object and performance based.

Over the years her work covers issues exploring the female body, particularly focussing on  menstruation, prostitution, gender roles, power, notions of The Goddess, fat feminism, craft, identity, class and sexuality, taking inspiration and reference from her surroundings and Matriarchal and mythological religions and societies. The context of her work sits in an (often) sexually, emotionally, spiritually repressed culture of western patriarchal society.

Harper’s current work takes the form of performance-based rituals which are expressed through movement, spoken word both publically and privately. Harper considers her art practice as integral and intertwined with her own personal life, and the two are not separate.

Another thing integral to her practice is the power and authority given to objects and acts through intent, the relationships of power between man, space and object and how they interact and flux.

“Untitled”, Mixed media installation, (photo's, wax crayon, paper, ribbon, dried flowers, plastic, textiles, napkins, clothing, candles, glass bottle, hair, sequins, glitter, glitter fibres, wool, silk) 2x 3m