Lucy Dewsnap, also known as BearSuit, is a multimedia artist based in Barnsley, UK. With a Master of Fine Arts degree and over a decade of experience as a professional artist, Lucy explores ecological themes through painting, filming, photography, and more. Through the character of BearSuit, Lucy weaves together personal experiences with humor and the surreal, creating unique and thought-provoking works. In addition to her artistic practice, Lucy is an experienced tutor of painting and drawing and offers creative workshops that cater to students of all skill levels."

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"My practice is varied in medium but relative in subject as an extensive and explorative form of storytelling; from the lungs of a conflicted hybrid. The human animal. I am interested in interspecies relationships and languages that stretch beyond human understanding. What is it to be human? How is it that all living beings, human and nonhuman can be unified for shared sentience yet segregated upon a spectrum of existence?  Much like the nesting bird, its work (nest) is reflective of its habitat; My own habitat of Barnsley is a unique ecosystem, it is its own composite animal. The land is ever changing, and nature seems even more conflicted in this territorial rut. "