liz.atkin
Artist • I create charcoal drawings to refocus my #SkinPicking #BFRB • Work held in Wellcome Collection, NHS Maudsley, Bethlem Gallery • Ambassador: @thebigdraw
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Buy tickets – Online art workshops for BFRB UK and Ireland
Buy tickets – Online art workshops for BFRB UK and Ireland
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Buy tickets - Whitstable Beach Draw workshop
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Buy tickets – Creative Clinic: Online Draw to Unwind
Creative Clinic: Online Draw to Unwind – Zoom, Tue 23 Sep 2025 - Draw to Unwind The first in a serie...
TEDx talk: Art for Recovery
TEDx talk: Art for Recovery
Liz Atkin website
Liz Atkin website
Liz Atkin is an artist and educator. She reimagines her Compulsive Skin Picking and anxiety into drawings, photographs and performances. Liz is a mental health advocate and raises awareness for the disorder around the world.
BBC News: The artist who gives her drawings away free to commuters - BBC News
BBC News: The artist who gives her drawings away free to commuters - BBC News
When she's on the train, Liz Atkin spends the journey sketching with charcoal. She gives her drawings away to fellow passengers for free, as a form of therapy.
A creative collaboration with compulsion | Wellcome Collection
A creative collaboration with compulsion | Wellcome Collection
Discover how artist Liz Atkin has channelled the compulsion to pick her skin into an imaginative outlet for her feelings.
Archive | Wellcome Collection
Archive | Wellcome Collection
Ambassador for The Big Draw
Ambassador for The Big Draw
The Big Draw is an arts education and visual literacy charity that promotes creativity and runs the world's biggest drawing festival. Find or arrange your own drawing events, exhibitions or workshops.
Artist spotlight: Liz Atkin — Keppel Health Review
Artist spotlight: Liz Atkin — Keppel Health Review
Oulu Museum Finland - studio interview for Pain Exhibition 2024
Oulu Museum Finland - studio interview for Pain Exhibition 2024
Feature in HuffPost
Feature in HuffPost
Liz Atkin gives the drawings to strangers to raise awareness.
Channel News Asia feature
Channel News Asia feature
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