Alexandra Lavizzari
 
www.lavizzari-art.com

Alexandra Lavizzari is a published author and artist from Switzerland and based in the Somerset. She was born in Basel, where she studied social anthropology and after having worked as a curator in a museum for Asian and African art, she started travelling the world and lived in various Asian countries and Italy. Finally, in 2009, she settled in the West Country and now has her own studio in the heart of Wellington in Somerset. 

 

Painting for her means exploring the interaction of colour and form in order to create particular moods, mostly of places she finds especially beautiful and worth capturing to share with viewers.

Above all, though, painting is also an experiment, a challenge and a journey into the unknown. Alexandra Lavizzari works mostly with soft pastels, occasionally with acrylics and oil, but she is always open to trying out new techniques and using new materials, which means that over the years, she has developed different styles according to what she wants to express on paper or canvas. Abstract photography is another of her artistic pursuits.

 

Alexandra Lavizzari is a member of Somerset Art Works and exhibits in local galleries and in her own studio, which can be visited by appointment. 

2023 she was a finalist of the British Art Prize and exhibited her work at the Oxo Gallery in London.

2024 she won an award for best artwork on paper at the Wells Art Contemporary with her semi- abstract photograph 'Rain on Westhay Moor'.