Deborah azzopardi biography

The London based artist Deborah Azzopardi emerged from a background in commercial art, where her clients included household names such as Bovril.
Deborah Azzopardi has become world-renowned for her distinctive pop art images which she has been producing for the past 40 years.
Deborah Azzopardi (born 1958, in Golders Green) is a contemporary British artist working in the style of Pop Art in London.

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Deborah Azzopardi has become world-renowned for her distinctive pop art images which she has been producing for the past 40 years. While her colours serve as the initial bait to gain the viewer’s attention, it is her subject matter that hooks you and keeps you captivated. In “Saturday Night” 2004, lipstick is seductively applied, while elsewhere toned bodies remove items of clothing and long female legs dangle from a red convertible. These works are provocatively flirtatious, highlighted by playful titles such as “Beach Party” and “Happy Birthday”.

Millions of people across the world are familiar with her artworks, her works have been published internationally and there is an incredible demand for her Original Paintings. Azzopardi’s mission is to be free to play with the drama and joy of everyday life. She breaks her subjects down into vibrant segments and into moments we have all experienced and she captures them forever in paint.

The respect she has gained in publishing reflects the honesty and innocence of her in

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TRUE STORY: Life is A Miracle.... Sometimes Unpredictable

Life is a Miracle – Sometimes Unpredictable: new work from London artist Deborah Azzopardi in collaboration with musician Noris SchekBy James BrewerIt is remarkable that just one painting can show how small the world has become, says London artist Deborah Azzopardi.Deborah has long enjoyed global renown for her piquant and playful Pop Art portraits of faux romantic episodes involving smart young people. One of her best loved pieces is called Sshh… It shows a glamorous female with her well manicured, red-nailed finger seductively pressed against her lips. Prints of the illustration hang on living room walls world-wide and those who possess it proudly consider it part of the furniture.

By chance, Deborah found out not long ago that one such collector – a young Hungarian folk/blues musician living in Transylvania 1,800 km from her London studio – had been inspired to compose a vibrant and moving melody in honour of the print.Deborah says of the tribute: “How wonderful that was – millions of editions of the image

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‘America has Lichtenstein, we have Azzopardi!’ - Estelle Lovatt FRSA

The London based artist Deborah Azzopardi emerged from a background in commercial art, where her clients included household names such as Bovril, Bisto and Disney. It was enjoyable but demanding work, and after a serious illness some years ago she decided to concentrate on painting subjects that really meant something to her, reasoning that ‘Life’s short, and if you do what you love then everything else will eventually fall into place’. Her mother was a fashion designer at Jaeger and Deborah believes that this is where much of her creativity derives from.

Deborah works in acrylic, usually on board or canvas, and claims that her sense of mischief and black humour inspires much of her subject matter. She has reached worldwide recognition over the last few years with her iconic ‘Sshh’, which recently went on sale for £350,000 as part of her 35th anniversary retrospective exhibition.

She acquired her worldwide fame for the joyous Pop Art images she has cr