Laurence Payot is a French artist based in the North West of England. She works with local, national and international artist groups, galleries and cultural organisations, and co-directs The Royal Standard, Liverpool, where she also has a studio. She has exhibited in a number of successful group and solo exhibitions in England, Scotland, Wales and France, with a recent award from the Arts Council, and a residency in Libya with the British Council and Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.
The main catalysts for Payot's work are patterns found in everyday life. She asks the viewer to question patterns that have become mundane and almost invisible, by altering them slightly and turning them into something uncanny. Her work uses "chameleon techniques", allowing her to create site-specific work that looks like it has always belonged there. "I don't intend my work to stand out at a first glance, but when a person discovers it, what is revealed is unexpected and disturbing - a small shock or revelation that something has been altered" Laurence Payot