Meeting artist and writer Sue Kreitzman is one of the most joyful things you can do in life. Not only is her outfit guaranteed to be a riotous visual treat but her energy and lust for life is infectious. At 78 she’s busier than ever, curating exhibitions, making new pieces of art, and writing and designing her own iconic outfits. However, her life hasn’t always been this way. Her website
Sue Kreitzman’s CV is almost as colourful as her living room. She funded her college degree by playing her oboe, cooked a soufflĂ© live on the BBC, wrote 27 cookbooks, set a chicken breast alight on Good Morning Britain, served garlic-flavoured desert at a book launch, moved her living room into a Selfridges shop window, starred in Channel 4’s Fabulous Fashionistas, and now is the proud owner of a shed full of dolls’ heads.
Around 20 years ago, and after a distinguished career as a TV chef, Kreitzman had a moment of clarity. She needed to be an artist. With just one look at her house near Roman Road, you can see why.
The walls are varnished in red and yellow and meet the ceiling like a rubik’s cube. There are mannequin bodies covered in glittery buttons and necklaces dripping with dolls. There are chandeliers swinging with Barbies and porcelain heads covered in plastic diamonds. In Kreitzman’s house, the art folds in on you. It’s a different world.
From Roman Road London article.
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