Olly and Suzi

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Olly and Suzi, Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley, are two British artists who specialise in collaborative painting of wildlife.

Biography[]

Olly and Suzi originally began working together after meeting as students at Saint Martin's School of Art in 1987,[1] and graduated together with a joint degree.[2] Their collaborative mode of working became established during a scholarship to Syracuse University in New York State during the period 1988 to 1989.[3]

Since 1993, they have taken part in more than 50 expeditions to remote regions of the Earth to paint predators and prey close to one another in their natural habitats.[3] In some works they solicit "assistance" from the subject in the form of pawprints or bite-marks.[2] Their joint work has been exhibited internationally in galleries including the Simon Dickinson[4] and Briggs Robinson[5] galleries in New York, and the Natural History Museum in London.[1]

Personal life[]

Suzi Winstanley lives with English musician Damon Albarn with whom she has a daughter called Missy.[6]

Bibliography[]

  • Arctic, Desert, Ocean, Jungle, 2003, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (ISBN 0810942666)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kate Mikhail (15 July 2001). Where the wild things are. The Observer; accessed August 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Love, Emma (8 January 2009). "Suzi Winstanley: An artist with roar talent". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Olly and Suzi biography". ollysuzi.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Olly and Suzi: 68 Degrees North". 20 November 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Olly & Suzi: Arctic Desert Ocean Jungle". 8 May 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Damon Albarn". Esquire. January 2000.

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