Hizze Fletcher-King

Hizze Fletcher was born in Sheffield, England in 1965. Her childhood was marked by the colourful explosion of American music and cultural influences that dominated English society in the 60's and 70's. This early influence of 20th century American art and iconic imagery, combined with an upbringing inspired by strong females such as Madonna, magazines such as The Face and ID, and a passion for fashion, come together to create work that is bold, expressive, textured and graphical.
Hizze's early artistic influences include Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, Niki de Saint Phalle and Jackson Pollock.

Hizze became involved in the beginnings of the House music scene in London after graduating from Central St. Martin's in 1989 and has gone on to work in events production for over 20 years, doing arts production for clubs, fashion shows, exhibitions, theme parties and television. Hizze also worked for a number of years as a commercial mosaic artist, producing designs for restaurants, bars and was featured on BBC Gardening Neighbours in 1999.

In 2007 Hizze formed Thirteen Art Productions, an arts event production company in Brighton, and has gone on to conceptualise and produce a number of group-art exhibitions and events while est...

Educated at: Art & Design Foundation, Psalter Lane Art School, Sheffield 1985-86
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Central/St. Martins School of Art, 1986-1989

SOLO-SHOWS

'Mood Swings',Galleria Cameleon, Malaga, Spain, December 2004

'Good Morning Mr. Magpie' Hanover Canteen, Brighton, UK, February 2010

Kar'Ben Cafe, Worthing, West Sussex, July/August 2011

'It's Not All Black & White' BRUSH Gallery, Brighton, December 2018

GROUP-SHOWS

Thirteen', Brighton Open-House Arts Festival, May 2007

Right Here Right Now Gallery, Brighton, UK, August 2007

'Positive', Brighton, UK, December 2007

Brighton Open-House Arts Festival Brighton, UK, May 2008

'Untitled', Infinity Cafe, Brighton, UK, August 2008,

'One Hundred Artists for World Aids Day', Komedia, Brighton, UK, November 30th 2008

'No Back Door', Romany Mark Bruce/ Hizze Fletcher, Brighton, May 2009

Garden and Arts Festival, Henfield, June 2009

'One Hundred Artist for World Aids Day 2009, Concorde 2, Brighton, UK, December 2009 (curator)

JAG Galleries, Marine Parade, Brighton, UK, January-March 2010

'Artival', Box Bird Gallery, Brighton, group-show, May 2010


'100 Artists for Pride', Twilight Gallery, Brighton, UK, group-show, August 2010 (curator)

'100 Artists for World Aids Day', Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK, December 2010 (curator)

'Ulls Ben Oberts'('Eyes Wide Open'), Gallery Untitled BCN, Barcelona, March 2011

'Rock and ...