Lucy Orta (b. 1966, Sutton Coldfield, lives and works in France) Lucy Orta studied fashion-knitwear design at Nottingham Trent University and after graduating in 1989 moved to Paris where she began practicing as a visual artist and founded Studio Orta with Jorge Orta (b. 1953) in 1991. Recent solo exhibitions and commissions include: “Lucy + Jorge Orta”, Valerie Bach Gallery, Belgium (2014); “Food Water Life”, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art Design, Los Angeles, United States (2014); “Nuit Blanche”, Calgary, Canada; “Clouds Meteoros”, Terrace Wires, Barlow Shed, St Pancras International Station, London, (2013); “70 x 7 The Meal Act xxxiV”, Philadelphia, USA (2013). Her great aunt was the Birmingham based artist Emmy Bridgewater who famously signed Andre Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto.
Alex Gene Morrison, Andrew Gillespie, Antonio Roberts, Claire Makhlouf Carter, Clare Goodwin, David Burrows, Easton Hurd, Emma Talbot, Gavin Wade, Gene-George Earle, Graham Fagen, Idris Khan, Joanne Masding, John Walker, Karen Guthrie, Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry, Keith Piper, Keith Wilson, Kevin Ryan, Kim L Pace, Leah Carless, Lucy Orta, Mahtab Hussain, Meghan Albright, Mohammed Ali, Monica Ross, Nicholas Bullen, Nigel Prince, Richard Hughes, Roger Hiorns, Ruth Claxton, Sofia Hulten, Su Richardson, Tom Gidley, William Gear
“Birmingham Show”
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