Adrian Lazzaro’s character-based artworks feature the likes of wrestlers, zombies, teddy bears and lovers. The heavily rendered works are executed in a saturated comic strip colour range, creating a heightened emotional, dramatic and carnivalesque atmosphere. The imagery blends sinister interpretations with a quirky sense of humour, often projecting a wry outlook.
Lazzaro has worked at Arts Project Australia since 2004 and presented his first solo in 2018. He’s regularly exhibited in group shows in Australia and overseas, including Spring 1883, The Establishment, Sydney; Now the heart is filled with gold as if it were a purse, curated by Glenn Barkley, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2014; Turning the Page, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada 2014; and My Puppet, My Secret Self, The Substation, Newport, 2012. In 2018, Lazzaro was a finalist in the Petite Miniature Textiles Biennial, Wangaratta Art Gallery, which resulted in a piece being acquired for their permanent collection.
Public collections include City of Moreland and Wangaratta Art Gallery. His work is also held in national and international private and corporate collections.
