Based on the South Arm peninsula in southern Lutruwita/Tasmania, emerging artist Britt Fazey is one of three sisters born to a sea loving mother and a seafaring father. Britt has always been a maker of objects of different form and materiality, but in recent years has focussed solely on developing her painting practice, gaining momentum and attracting significant interest from collectors.
Informed by enduring fascination, Britt’s work examines the tension between beauty and brutality within the complex interactions of life, the brief human existence compared to geological timeline and the stories and myths that link the human experience to place.
Using compositions drawn from an aquatic bias with historically familiar locations the artist invites the viewer to pause, search and connect with the natural world we share so briefly.
Winner of the both the Curators Award and People’s Choice Award in the Bay of Fires Art Prize 2023, Britt’s first body of work shown with Bett Gallery in 2024 completely sold out. Britt is due to have her first solo exhibition with Bett Gallery in 2025.