Rather than adhering to a specific medium or form, Fitzmaurice's practice is deeply rooted in a process of roaming and observation. His focus invariably centres on the everyday—the subtleties so common they are often overlooked. Through the use of found and discarded items, Fitzmaurice confronts themes of consumerism, the repercussions of mass production, and the physical structures onto which information is placed, presented, or contained. Previous bodies of Fitzmaurice's work have explored a diverse range of materials, including discarded Coca-Cola cans, plastic shopping bags, abandoned cigarette packets, and promotional flyers—each imbued with a sense of disposability that contradicts their enduring impact on the environment. By reworking and manipulating society’s unwanted debris, his works prompt reflection on the subtle structures that hold information within the public realm, as well as their evolution over time. Evoking a continued relevance that mirrors our culture's burgeoning consumption of entertainment, Fitzmaurice's work highlights the tension between the necessity of information for choice-making as well as the overwhelming inundation of data in modern society.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Misconstructary, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2024; Enjoy Civic Life, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK, 2021; Between You and Me and Everything Else, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2018; As Yet, Caustic Coastal, Manchester, UK, 2017; OH V HO, The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2016; Frieze London Sculpture Park, 2015; /|\, The Sunday Painter, London 2014; Blank Stir, The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK, 2012; You Try to Tell Me But I never Listen, New Art Gallery Walsall, 2011; Sometimes the Things You Touch Come True, Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2007; Neat Stuff , First-site Colchester 2005. Group exhibitions include Sculpture In the City, London, UK, 2019; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, 2016; Reader, Gether Contemporary, Copenhagen, 2016; Edit/Undo, Space In Between, London, 2015; Easy Does It (Curated by Kevin Hunt), David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, 2014; Chain Chain Chain (curated by Glenn Adamson), Bischoff Weiss, London, 2012; The way we do art now, curated by Pavel Buchler, Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin, 2010; Flyerssheepflagshelf, Seventeen Gallery, London, 2010. Fitzmaurice was the recipient of the 5th Northern Art Prize in 2012. Fitzmaurice’s work is in the Arts Council Collection of England, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Manchester Art Gallery, The Royal London Hospital (Vital Arts), The Locus Plus Archive, Government Art Collection, Modern Forms Collection (London) and numerous private collections.