A painter for more than 25 years, his abstract and figurative works have been exhibited at
the prestigious Royal Academy of Art in London, the New Brunswick Museum & Canada House at Trafalgar Square in London.
Bizzo represented Canada at the Bath Contemporary Art Fair, in Bath, England.
Throughout his career in the fine arts, Bizzo has strived to bring about a cultural interaction between Canada and the
international art community.
Artist Statement - the inner need is built up of three mystical elements:
Every artist, as a creator, has something in him which calls for expression (this is the element of personality).
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age (this is the element of style) - dictated
by the period and particular country to which the artist belongs.
Every artist, is a servant of art, has to help the cause of art (this is the element of pure artistry), which is constant
in all ages and among all nationalities.
David Bizzo was born in 1956 in Saint John, a sea port of New Brunswick. His training and early career took him across
Canada and coincided with the boom years of Pierre Trudeau, a period of social change, prosperity and confidence reflected
in the arts programmes of provinces and cities and the country as a whole.
In the eyes of the world Canada acquired a new glamour, something more modern and urban than Mounties and mountains.
In this climate Bizzo rapidly established himself as an artist of note. By the early 1980's he had started a gallery
and was heading the 'Eastern Front' artists' community.
He received a one-man show at the New Brunswick Museum in 1981 and his work began to enter public and private collections.
Government funding signalled wider acknowledgement and he worked in Toronto, Ottawa and Vacouver.
He has been a presence in group exhibitions in England since 1979, his practice ranging from works on paper to murals and
textile printing.
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