Dangerosa
"UNIQUE"
Lisa Buchanan (AKA Dangerosa) is a London-based, British contemporary artist. Born in Yorkshire with mixed Cypriot and Baltic heritage, she was immersed from an early age in the histories of different cultures amidst an equally mixed industrial and rural backdrop.
Dangerosa's work depicts dreamlike visions, anti-slogans and escapism into surreality, driven by a punk DIY ethos that rebuffs the ordinary and the mundane. A self-taught painter as a child, she displayed an early talent for creating bold, subversive art. At the age of 18 she achieved an artist’s residency in a store-front studio, made the first in a long line of collaborations with the rock group Dolium and Sister 9 Records, and gained an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist.
After completing a degree with first class honours in Fine Art for Design at Batley School of Art, she began a career as a specialist painter to a number of high-profile artists including Sir Michael Craig-Martin, Damien Hirst, The Connor Brothers and Lakwena, mastering a range of techniques while continuing to create her own distinctive work.
Her art spans music, video and book projects, fashion events, numerous solo and group exhibitions, features in publications and bespoke pieces for private collectors.