



All We Like Sheep (The Chosen Ones), Oil on linen, 150 x 100 cm, 2024.
Joie de Vivre, Oil on linen, 40 x 50 cm, 2022
Athena and Ares, Divine Retribution, Oil on linen, 100 x 120 cm, 2025
The Miser and the Hunter of Souls, Oil on linen,
76 x 61 cm, 2026
Angela Lizon
BA (Hons) at Bristol Polytechnic (1983 - 1986)
Postgraduate scholarship (funded by the Polish government and the British Council) for study at Krakow Academy of Fine Art in Poland (1986-1987)
Elected academician at RWA Bristol 2018
Appointed Vice President at RWA Bristol 2025.
Winner of the Jackson's Art Prize 2026
Drawing on the language of 17th-century Dutch art with its ready-made gravitas - mortality, fragility, ostentation - I have been staging narratives using digital collage, photographs, oversized flowers, kitsch objects and ornaments, investigating the tension between high and low art
The aggressive fairies respond to the well-known photograph of a bare-chested Putin riding a horse, which epitomises for me the hyper-macho posturing prevalent in today’s politics. Symbolically shrinking violence and aggression to a minimal size renders them harmless.
My cultural heritage is reflected in the resultant paintings, a blend of Polish exotica and Cockney humour, which influences the work both atmospherically, emotively and aesthetically. Lockdown 2020 gave me time to take an in-depth look at the flora and fauna of the domestic garden and to reevaluate it as subject matter alongside art historical sources. I now grow and photograph my own flowers, using the bouquet as a stage or backdrop, to intertwine my daily living with my art practice.


Words to Grieve
Chris Alton & Emily Simpson hosted a shared dinner; inviting 6 guests to each bring a dish that reminded them of someone they have grieved for. During the meal, the group shared stories, memories, and experiences of living with loss. The evening’s discussions contributed to Chris & Emily’s ongoing work regarding grief and language, which addresses the cultural lack of vocabulary to describe this universal experience.
The recipes, conversations, and other reflections have been brought together as a publication, which can be found at; A Modest Show gallery, Rogue Studios and the Fayre Share Fayre exhibition.
Chris Alton & Emily Simpson
22/04/22
10/09/22
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