Leo Fitzmaurice was born in Shropshire, England, in 1963 and now lives and works in Merseyside.  He studied at Liverpool College of Art and Manchester School of Art. Since then he has shown with numerous galleries such as Seventeen, London; Tanya Leighton, Berlin; and Dodge, NY. Solo projects have been hosted by: Rogoland Kunstsenter, Norway; Grundy, Blackpool; New Art Gallery Walsall; Firstsite, Colchester. In 2015 he made a new work Litter for Frieze Sculpture Park, London which is currently installed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. More recently Fitzmaurice worked with The Arts Council Collection and the Walker Art Gallery Collection to produce a museum-collection exhibition Between You Me and Everything Else, and in 2020 installed a permanent text sculpture LIFT for the new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool. His recent permanent sculpture Waveform, commissioned by Thames Tideway, has just been installed on the Thames Path near Tower Bridge in London.

Fitzmaurice’s work features in many collections including; The Government Art Collection, Modern Forms (London), The Arts Council Collection of England, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Royal London Hospital, and numerous private collections.

In 2012 Fitzmaurice was the recipient of the 5th Northern Art Prize.

Leo Fitzmaurice is represented by The Sunday Painter, London