Connie Liebschner
Visual artist living and working in Glasgow
About Me
Connie Liebschner is interested in how two-dimensional images can capture immersive spaces by using multiple layers, viewpoints, and opacities. Liebschner studied a BA Fine Art at Loughborough University where she became interested in how digital mediums can be translated and compared to handmade productions. Following this, she worked as a print tutor for Leicester Print Workshop and enjoyed pushing a multiplicity of techniques. She later moved to Scotland to study for her Master in Print at Glasgow School of Art where she combined her printing knowledge with more traditional painterly techniques. Liebschner is the founding member of the G20 Artist Collective. She has work in private collections in both the UK and Europe.
Artist Statement
The light is constantly shifting and, therefore, altering the scene. The constraint of a camera’s lens or artist’s panel creates boundaries that do not exist if stood within real-time and space. My current practice explores how to recreate the Scottish landscape within the limitations of this knowledge. By layering the image, I create depth that enables the viewer to be absorbed through focussed segments of interest, along with more peripheral, hazy areas. I am often drawn to the edge of the land through my love of outdoor swimming. The watery surfaces play, reflect and refract the formal segments of land, water and sky, and transform the work into a simplified study of line, shape and colour. I use translucent layers of chalky gesso, along with glossy inks and acrylics to paint, rub and scrape, mimicking the contrasting textures of the landscape.
Education
2017 - 2018
MLitt Fine Art (Print Media), Glasgow School of Art (Distinction)
2013 - 2016
BA Hons Fine Art, Loughborough University (First Class Hons)
Awards and Residencies
2018
Dumfries House Residency (In association with Royal Drawing School), Cumnock
2016
P2P Artist Prize, Leicester Print Workshop, Leicester
2016
EM16 Residency, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2016
The Enterprise Office Award for Enterprise and Innovation, First Prize, Loughborough University
2016
Edward Sharp Prize, Loughborough University
2016
Leicester Printmakers Award, Leicester Print Workshop
Press
2022 Bird Nest Artist Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZbyjKPIc1k
2022 Glasgow Live Interview
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-lives-connie-29-west-24876585
2022 ArtMag G20
https://artmag.co.uk/post-lockdown-post-code-at-the-alchemy-experiment-glasgow/
2022 The Kelvingrove Review
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/thekelvingrovereview/issue19placeandspace/
2016 Renee Pfister
https://www.reneepfister-consultancy.com/news/artist-in-focus---connie-liebschner---september-2016
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Inception III, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
2022-23
Featured Artist at Birds Nest Gallery, Edinburgh
2022,
Winter, Spring, Cheltenham
2022
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh
2022
Summer & Winter Exhibitions at Velvet Easel, Portobello
2022
Strata/ Thought Lines, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2022
Inception, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
2021
Small Works, Spring, Cheltenham
2019
Fling: Relay 2, Tramway, Glasgow
2018
Graduate Degree Show, Tontine, Glasgow
2018
Jetty. Surgery (JD Kelly), Glasgow
2017
BAT. McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
2017
RE: Imagined, Store Street Gallery, London
2017
Essence and Location, ArtCore, Derby
2016
Untitled, 3 The Spot, Derby
2016
Pulse. Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2016
P2P, Leicester Print Workshop, Leicester
2016
Free Range. Truman Brewery, London
2016
Mass, Loughborough University, Loughborough