Suzanne Lustig’s world is built of textured oil pastel blocks, faces outlined with indian ink in a patchwork of rich oranges and blues, dusty pinks and teals in acrylic. Works that thrum with Lustig’s gesture and movement, her hand felt in each irregular stroke. An intuitive and dynamic negotiation between an artist and her medium.

Born in the Netherlands, Suzanne studied graphic design at The Hague’s Royal Academy of Arts before transitioning to illustration and painting. Now having lived in Aotearoa for ten years, she finds herself at the bridge between the two, travelling back and forth - synthesising the spontaneity and depth of European movements like CoBrA, together with New Zealand’s serene but bold landscapes. Playful, witty and harmonious.