Deborah Azzopardi

Deborah Azzopardi is a British pop-artist, born in London. She has been working and developing her style for the last 30 years. She is most noted for her painting ‘Sssshhh’, which has sold a similar amount of copies as Vladimir Tretchikoff’s, Chinese Girl.

Life and career

Deborah Azzopardi was born in 1958 in Golders Green, London. Early in her career, Deborah Azzopardi was a licensee to The Walt Disney Company. She started painting in her 20's, after having her first child. Following a short illness she devoted her life to her family and art. “I have always enjoyed art but didn't have the opportunity to study when I was younger. Life was about survival."

It wasn’t until reproductions of her works published by Rosenstiel's were made available globally through IKEA that her name truly started to be recognized in the Pop Art World. Today, Deborah Azzopardi’s originals are sought-after by a growing number of serious international collectors, through the renowned The Cynthia Corbett Gallery in London, UK and Bonhams and Christie’s auction houses.

Much in the same vein as Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Deborah Azzopardi is an established representative of the Pop Art movement. Deborah Azzopardi’s distinctive features are her use of basic, bold colours, resulting in large scale compositions, lively, provoking and humorous.

In March 2014, the artist had her first solo UK exhibition of originals and limited editions on Cork Street, London and launched a book, published by Iologies Fine Art Publications. Azzopardi's debut book ‘Sshh…’ showcases her work over the previous 10 years and features more than 100 images and a foreword by art critic, Estelle Lovatt FRSA (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts).

“Unique in approach, you easily recognise an Azzopardi picture. America has Lichtenstein we have Azzopardi. Working simple graphics and toned shading (for depth), the Pop Art line that Azzopardi sketches is different to Lichtenstein’s. Hers is more curvaceous. Feminine. Whereas his lines are male, brash and clunky. And her humour is distinctively British.” extract from the foreword to Deborah Azzopardi’s Book ‘Sshh…’ by Estelle Lovatt FRSA