Liz Markus

BIOGRAPHY

Liz Markus paintings are influenced by the rawness of punk and grunge music and culture with which she grew up. Her process is intuitive, and her interest lies in various subjects, including dinosaurs, hippies, cavemen, socialites, witches, monsters, and fashion. She is interested in psychological repression versus liberation. Markus uses bold and colourful washes of acrylic paint, usually on unprimed canvas. 

Markus’s work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at TREX, The Pit, Los Angeles (2021); Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Super Disco Disco Breakin’, Unit London (2020); Liz Markus X Gert Voorjans, Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium (2017); Town & Country, Nathalie Karg, New York (2014); ZieherSmith, New York (2012, 2010, 2009); The More I Revolt, The More I Make Love, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm (2007) and White Room: Liz Markus, White Columns, New York (2000) among others. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions, including Melrose, Harpers, Los Angeles (2021); Funhouse, Rory Devine Fine Arts, Los Angeles (2021); Wild Frontiers, The Pit, Los Angeles (2021); NADA 2020, The Pit, Los Angeles (2020); Are We There Yet?, Tripoli Gallery, New York (2020); YES., Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles (2019);

Go Figure!, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York (2019); A New Subjectivity, the Reece Museum, Tennessee (2017) and Domestic Seen, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas (2016). 

She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts, New York (1989) and her Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (1997).

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