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HAZEL FLOREZ B. 1984 London UK
UPCOMING EVENTS
‘Beyond the Folk' - Online Group show with The Artist’s Workspace x Dama Galeria, December 2023 - February 2024
‘Beyond the Folk’ physical exhibition - Crypt Gallery 13th - 15th March 2024
“Sacred Sites”- forthcoming book publication in the 5th Volume of The Library of Esoterica, Taschen, 3rd May 2024
Online Lecture and slide show with the International Society of Surrealism, Online- “Surrealism and the Tarot”, May 18th 2024, 8-9pm
AWARDS
2022 London College of Psychic Studies, Annual Art Competition- Shortlist/ Runner Up.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
‘Mundus Imaginalis’ Blue on the Hill Gallery, London, 31st August - 10th September 2023
‘Metamorphosis’ Lauderdale House, London - 18th January- 15th February 2022
Adam Mclean (Historian of Alchemy and Surrealism) Virtual online exhibition, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZj3qVcwau0
‘Alchemystic’ Hackney Downs Studios, 22nd November- 6th December 2021
‘Of Earth and Aether’ Eagle House Pop Up Gallery, 2020
‘Of Earth and Aether’ 360 Virtual Exhibition tour online, a digital art collaboration made with ART Capture, 2020 https://www.hazelflorez.com/virtual-exhibition
‘Hazel Florez: Selected Drawings’ Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre, Crouch End, London, 2016
GROUP SHOWS
“As Above, So Below” Hypha Studios, Euston, London, 1st- 25th November, 2023
“Semi-Conscious” Islington Arts Factory, London, curated by August Lamm, 17th-24th November 2023
Occulture Conference- exhibiting artist, Anomalie Art Club, Berlin, 19th -22nd October, 2023
“Mother of All”, Blue on the Hill Gallery, London, 6th - 15th October, 2023
‘The Flesh and the Answer’ Art On A Postcard, 25th May- 8th June, 2023
‘Spirit Within’ curated by BWG Gallery, at Ben Oakley Gallery, London, 2nd -28th August, 2023
‘Alchemy!’ The Steamship Project Space, Docklands, London, curated by Dr Gillian McIver, May 2023
‘Scarlet Women’ Group Show featuring Penny Slinger, 11th December- 8th March, Atelier De Melusine, Chateau Mareuil, 11th December- 8th March2021- 2022
‘Infinity’ Group exhibition with The Holy Art Gallery, London, May 2021
‘Mnemosyne’ Group exhibition with Purslane Gallery, London, March 2021
‘Life on Venus’ The Tub Gallery, Broadway Market, London, February 2021
‘Imprints: Past & Present’ The Vacant Museum, December 2020
PUBLICATIONS
“Surreal Deal” online article looking at the influence of the Tarot, in art and fashion at The World of Interiors with Conde Nast publications, 15th January 2024, https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/the-tarot-influence-art-surrealism
PhD thesis- Re-envisioning Visionary Art: An Inquiry into Art Criticism and Analytical Psychology, Sponsored by The Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, pp. 308-322, Dr Lisa Hester, 2023
Myth and Lore Zine, Issue 6: Graves, Growth & The Greenman, 2023
Featured article and interview in art journal- ‘The Debutante’, Third Edition, Alchemy & Surrealism, 2022
Lifted Lab Articles online, Spirit Within Exhibition Review, 2022
Art Daily Review- Exhibition review of ‘Mnemosyne’, a group show with Purslane Gallery, May 2021
Book article- on ‘Panama Papers’ in American Textbook page, 40 The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric (3rd edition – 2018) Renee H. Shea, Bedford St Martin.
PAST TALKS & EVENTS
“The Tarot in Fashion and Art” with The Last Tuesday Society- online lecture, January 16th, 8-9:30pm 2024
“Painting the Suprarational”, Magickal Women’s Conference, salon lecture, 3rd November 7-9 pm 2022
“Alchemical Active Imagination”, artist’s talk, Steamships Project Space, Docklands, London, 29th May 2022
“12 Stages of Alchemical Transmutation”, artist’s talk with The C. G. Jung Club, 19th May, 2022
“The Myth of Hermaphroditus & The Unity of Opposites”, artist’s talk, Lauderdale House, London, 26th January 2022
IMAGE LICENSING
2017-2020 Bridgeman Images Studio Artist, artworks published in range of journals and magazines. For details contact Artist Manager Aretha Campbell at Aretha.campbell@bridgemanimages.com
QUALIFICATIONS
(2021) Introduction to Western Esotericism Masters level Module, University of Amsterdam
(2012-2015) PhD. Politics program, Queen Mary University, London.
(2008- 2011) BA Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
(2008-2010) MA Philosophy, Open University, Online Course
(2002-2007) MA Fine Art & History of Art, University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art