William Lazos
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Title: Krystal VII
Media: Acrylic on canvas / acrylique sur toile
Dimensions: 167.5 x 157.5 cm
Website: www.williamlazos.com
This is my 7th and largest painting of my friend Krystal. Wizard is one of our favorite pinball machine’s I own that we played together a lot. As a tribute, I put her birthday in the score on the backglass. The artwork of the machine is Dave Christenson’s masterpiece. I first used to play this machine when I was a kid. This is one of my almost all exclusively airbrushed paintings. I also had separate photos of the backglass and playfield as reference. I wanted to use this scale and perspective to allow the viewer to feel like they are engaged in playing pinball with her.
EDUCATION:
1984-1988 A.O.C.A-Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005 Real Paintings, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario
2010 Photorealist paintings, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1995-1997 Group Exhibitions, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
2003-2004 Group Exhibitions, Plus One Gallery, London, UK
2011 Kingston Prize, Ontario, Quebec
AWARDS:
1992 1st Place portraiture, National Fine Art Competition, Ontario
1997 People’s Choice Award, Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel
2011 People’s Choice Award, Toronto Exhibition, Kingston Prize
EMPLOYMENT:
1990-2013 Painted over 275 murals in Toronto, Montreal, New Brunswick