About : Mark Lazenby

I am a collage artist and graphic designer. Formerly art director at The World of Interiors magazine for nearly 20 years. I have a Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art.

“Mark Lazenby is a very good collagist in the best tradition of collage making, via Kurt Schwitters and Joseph Cornell. What makes him even more interesting though, is an interest in, and a beautiful use of typography in his work. I am a fan, and owner of a collage by him”
Sir Peter Blake

"Lazenby has developed a collage-based practice alongside his design, and pivots between the imperatives of commercial objectives and the experimentation of fine art. For this, the London-based artist, has been dubbed a cut-and-paste virtuoso, quietly nudging the boundaries of his chosen medium. Gliding between our expectations and colliding disparate worlds, his works express a kind of wonderment.”
Nico Kos Earle (Curator and Writer)

"Paper has become his playground. It's not often that one sees a plane bursting through a fireplace, blocks of cheese floating up above the ordered pews of a church, or a giant piece of hard candy abandoned on a beach, but in the strange, dream-like scenes that artist Mark Lazenby fashions within his collages, almost anything appears possible."
Natasha Levy

This website purely contains my collage artworks which I have been creating for over 30 years. For my design and art direction work please contact me directly and I can supply an up to date portfolio or any other information required info@marklazenby.co.uk

Exhibitions include:
Group shows "Little Lights" Paul Smith Space curated by Nico Kos Earle in conjunction with Tin Man Art. "Freeze For Frieze" in conjunction with Frieze, Moncler and the Royal Collage of Art. "All that Glitters" Ubicua Gallery. "Falling Faintly Faintly Falling" and "Rose is a Rose is a Rose" both curated by Belinda Worsley multiple galleries. Various group shows with England & co, London, exhibiting alongside Cornelia Parker and Tracey Emin. "Colour Form Play - Mark Lazenby and Liam Stevens" joint show London. Group and solo exhibitions at The Royal College of Art and numerous shows in the UK and USA

Work published in:
"CUT & PASTE, 21st Century Collage" by Richard Brereton, Laurence King Publishing. "Cutting Edges, Contemporary Collage" by James Gallagher, Gestalten. "Masters Collage" Lark Books (US).
Features and commissions included in: Albam, The Guardian, Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Independent, WPP, Penguin, Vogue, Elephant, The World of Interiors, Dazed & Confused...

"Joseph Cornell has inspired generations of artists including Mark Lazenby, the talented collagist and art director who has created 'Axis of Rotation, Homage to Joseph Cornell’, inspired by the RA's exhibition - Joseph Cornell Wanderlust” The Royal Academy of Art London

"Mark creates visual symphonies out of discarded bits of paper. One of my favorite artists working today. Stunning work that is beautiful and surprising" John Gall (Vice President & Art Director Vintage Books)

“One of the few people working with collage who continually pushes the barrier" Brian Grimwood

Thanks to Liam Stevens for his logo design

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