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Leo Fitzmaurice

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After leaving college Fitzmaurice moved away from pure painting and his practice eventually focussed on a strategy of intervening in already existing objects, materials and situations, a way of working which continues to this day. Some of his earlier work was shown at
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which was launched in 2009 with a publication by art agency Locus+. It was later shown at Gallery So in London and reviewed in Creative Times.
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During this time Fitzmaurice continued to develop his own practice, exhibiting widely in shows such as
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Fitzmaurice was shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize in 2011, presented at
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Fitzmaurice was born in Shropshire, England, in 1963. He studied painting at
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in 1995 where one of his pieces was purchased for the
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