Liz Chapman is a Wigan-based artist, her artistic practice is an attentive exploration of the treasures found in science and nature. Chapman is intrigued by weave and weft, colour and shapes that often go unnoticed in the world around us. Her practice uses a wide range of mediums including textiles, digital technology and recycled materials to record her observations. She experiments with digital media, photo, moving-image, fabrics, pen and pencil to recreate the qualitative elements and synthetic representation of her everyday environment.
Chapman has a Certificate of Higher Education in Art & Design and graduated with a BA Honours degree in Art History in 2014. Chapman has been an Associate Artist with Cross Street Arts since 2016 and recently became Trustee.
Between 2016 – 2018, Chapman coordinated the D:Circus Digital Art Project; a two-year programme funded by Arts Council England and Wigan Council, working with Wigan Libraries and Museums to deliver high quality digital art.
Chapman founded the Wigan & Leigh Art Map in 2023. The Art Map aims to provide a way to find out about the arts and culture sector in Wigan Borough; heightening awareness of our rich network of artists and arts organisations. The ambition of the map project is to help bring the local art community closer together and encourage investment and visitors to the borough.
Exhibitions
2024, 25 in ‘24 Open Air exhibition, Mesnes Street and Believe Square, Wigan
2023, Christmas Markets exhibition, Cross Street Arts, Standish
2023, The Turnpike Open: New Art from Leigh and Wigan, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
2022, Rhythm: Art in Conversation with Music, The Storey, Lancaster
2022, Consilience Issue 9 – ‘Emergence’, Online Journal
2019 Love is a Rebellious Bird, The Fire Within, The Galleries, Wigan
2018 Florum Machina Solo Exhibition, Wigan STEAM, Wigan
Contact
Website: linktr.ee/e_lchapman
Instagram: @e_lchapman