Borders & Boundaries: Artist Talk Series // Leo Fitzmaurice

Following the success of the 2025 artist talk series, Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts present Borders & Boundaries. In this second series, the new programme invites five artists whose practices explore borders, boundaries and marginal spaces, to offer their critical perspectives on identity, place and belonging.

At a time marked by rising nationalism, global conflict, intolerance and marginalisation, these talks create space to listen to artists who respond with care, rigour and resilience. Through discussion of their work, the speakers will share how contemporary art can question divisions and open up new ways of thinking.

This free talk series is open to all — including practising artists, students, graduates and anyone curious about the power of art to challenge, connect and inspire change. 

Booking is through Eventbrite - and you can do so using the link below. Join us for thought-provoking conversations and bold ideas shaping contemporary artistic practice today.

Rather than adhering to a specific medium or form, Leo Fitzmaurice‘s practice is deeply rooted in a process of roaming and observation. 

His focus invariably centres on the everyday - the subtleties so common they are often overlooked. He confronts themes of consumerism, the repercussions of mass production, and the physical structures onto which information is placed, presented, or contained.

Recent solo exhibitions include:

•  Misconstructary, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2024;
• Enjoy Civic Life, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK, 2021;
• Between You and Me and Everything Else, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2018;
• As Yet, Caustic Coastal, Manchester, UK, 2017;
• OH V HO, The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2016;
• Frieze London Sculpture Park, 2015; The Sunday Painter, London 2014;
• Blank Stir, The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK, 2012;
• You Try to Tell Me But I never Listen, New Art Gallery Walsall, 2011;
• Sometimes the Things You Touch Come True, Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2007.

This talk series follows an incredible 2024 line-up that saw the likes of Hetain Patel and Bobby Baker visit our campus.

Funded in part by the Arts Council, and curated and delivered in partnership with the wonderful contemporary visual arts charity Meadow Arts, the series is proud to bring some of the leading voices in UK contemporary art to Hereford.

The series is free to attend - although advanced booking is always recommended due to high demand. We hope to see you at an event soon.