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Artist Biography
Born in Kosice, Slovakia in 1985, Lena Brazin is a contemporary painter who currently lives and works in London, UK. She completed an alternative painting studio programme at Turps Art School in London in 2019. Her exhibition history includes the Royal Academy, the Federation of British Artists / Mall Galleries, the Arusha Gallery, The Nunnery Gallery, The Turps Gallery, KYAN Athens and the Flowers Gallery among others. She is a finalist for multiple prizes including FBA Futures, Exceptional Graduate Art Award, Jackson’s Painting prize and Bow Arts Open.
EDUCATION
2017-2019 Studio painting programma at Turps Art School, London, UK.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 KYAN Athens, Athens, Greece, “Wormhole”
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Terrace Gallery, London, UK, “Thing I Like I Lick”
2021 Liliya Art Gallery, London, UK, “A Tiny Bit of Fire”
Warbling Collective, London, UK, “A Chorus of Bodies”
Four You Gallery, Dubai, UAE, “Coincidental Encounters”
Art on Postcard Auction 2021, UK, Art on Postcard for International Women’s Day
2020 Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, “RA Summer/Winter Show 2020”
Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, “Ancient Deities”
Mall Galleries, London, UK, “FBA Futures 2020”
Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK, Exceptional-Graduate Art Award
2019 Newington Gallery, London, UK, “Time Flies Like the Wind, Fruit Flies like Bananas”
Turps Gallery, London, UK, “Turps Painters 2019”
Warbling Collective, London, UK, “We Can Only Have Fun on Certain Days”
ollyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK, Exceptional-Graduate Art Award
2018 Nunnery Gallery, London, UK, “Bow Open Show”
Flowers Gallery, London, UK, “Artists of the Day”
Newington Gallery, London, UK, “SET 24”
OPEN CALLS AND AWARDS
2021 “A Tiny Bit of Fire”, Warbling Collective, London, UK (Shortlisted)
2020 "Jackson´s Painting Prize 2020", London, UK. (Shortlisted)
"FBA Futures 2020" Mall Galleries, London, UK. (Shortlisted)
2019 "Exceptional" The Collyer Bristow Graduate Award, London, UK. (Shortlisted)
"We can only have fun on certain days" Warbling collective, London, UK. (Shortlisted)
"Where we once were someone" YNGSPC online exhibition, curated by Kate Mothes,
international. (Shortlisted)
2018 "Bow Arts Open" - Nunnery gallery, curated by Mark Titchner, London, UK.(Shortlisted)
RESIDENCIES
2022 “Wormhole and Midseason Dreams” / 2 months summer residency, KYAN Athens,
Athens, Greece
2016 "Crystallized" 2 weeks residency, wall mural painting, Santozeum, Santorini, Grecce