lucia pizzani

Faunal succesion at Mostyn
Opening weekend

Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 of March
Llandudno, North Wales

Thank you for your interest in joining us for the opening of Faunal Succession at MOSTYN. Below you’ll find the weekend programme, places to stay and travel information to help you plan your visit.
This is the final stop of the exhibition’s UK tour, which began at Focal Point Gallery in Southend-on-Sea before travelling to KARST in Plymouth.

More info on Mostyn

Venezuelan-born, London-based artist Lucía Pizzani presents her first institutional UK exhibition through a series of new installations and collaborations with artists Jaime Gili, Javier Weyler and a partnership with the National Museum of Wales, Pizzani reimagines the North Wales coast through a ‘deep time’ lens, linking geological transformation with contemporary questions of climate change, migration, and social transformation.

Watch the exhibition film below

Faunal Succession is formed of three environments that merge installation, sculpture, painting, sound, and community participation. Each space references the geological strata of coastal Britain and its living organisms, combining scientific and poetic interpretations of the landscape. The exhibition title refers to the principle of faunal succession: the observation of chronological patterns in fossils that allows geologists to accurately date sedimentary rock layers. For Pizzani, this physical manifestation of ‘deep time’ becomes a framework for rethinking contemporary human and ecological crises, revealing borders and national identities as constructed and recent concepts.

JOIN US IN LLANDUDNO, North Wales

Saturday 13th:
4–8pm · Exhibition opening
Artist walkthroughs at 4.30pm and 6.30pm.

8pm · Group dinner
A chance to spend the evening together at a local restaurant. Venue to be confirmed.

Sunday 14th:
After breakfast, we plan to visit nearby Conwy to explore its medieval castle and historic town walls, followed by lunch. We then intend to take a train back to London at around 3pm. The itinerary and train times will be confirmed closer to the weekend.

Places to stay in Mostyn

Llandudno offers a wide choice of accommodation, from budget hotels close to MOSTYN to seafront hotels with views of the bay.

As an initial guide, rooms have been found from around £83 per night at Premier Inn, just steps from Mostyn to seafront options around £120–£200. These are indicative prices only; please check rates and availability for your dates before booking.

https://www.theimperial.co.uk/
https://www.everbrightgrouphotels.com/llandudno-bay-hotel
https://www.hotelsone.com/llandudno-hotels-gb/the-marine-hotel.html
https://caemorhotel.co.uk/
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/wales/clwyd/llandudno/llandudno-town-centre.html

Trains to Llandudno

The trains leave from Euston in London and take a total of 3 hours and a half to arrive in Llandudno where Mostyn is located only 5 minutes walk from the train station.
We can coordinate trains times to travel as a group

The 2:02 pm Train arrives at 5:38 pm at Llandudno in time for the artist walk trough or if you wish to explore the town and maybe pay a visit to the local bronze mines you can take an earlier train.
The cost of the train is around £120.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Lucía Pizzani Exhibition Circle:

Victoria and David Law (lead supporter), Maria Sukkar (lead supporter), ERA FOUNDATION, Launch Pad, Aude Fourcade, Leslie Ramos and Thomas Forwood, Flavia Nespatti, Shelley Tichborne, Erica Wax, Sophia Paulina Wilhelmsen and those who wish to remain anonymous.

And: FOCAL POINT GALLERY, KARST, Arts Council England, Southend City Council and MOSTYN