About the Artist
Artist Statement
Redcliffe-based artist Lisa Christensen graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), majoring in painting. Lisa has exhibited in Brisbane and the South-East Corner, and her work has been selected for various prizes including the Thiess Art Prize, Gadens Top Ten, Clayton Utz Art Award and the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize.
Lisa’s paintings have evolved out of a “love for detail, colour and form, and the desire to convey something otherworldly with humble everyday objects”.
Extending on the rich history of still-life painting, Lisa is influenced by the Dutch and Spanish still-life paintings of the 17th century, that focused on themes of mortality through the depiction of flowers, fruits and other domestic objects that stand as reminders of impermanence in this life.
Education
1990 – 1991 Diploma of Dance, Queensland Dance School of Excellence
2000 Cetificate 3 in 2-D Design, Morningside Tafe College
2001 - 2006 Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours (majoring in painting) Qld College of Art, Griffith University
Awards
2024 Third Prize and People’s Choice Award, Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
2019 Highly Commended, Clayton Utz Art Prize, Brisbane
2019 Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong
2016 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane
2014 Highly Commended, Lethbridge 10000, Brisbane
2013 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
2012 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
2011 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
2008 Winner, Outback Spirit Ergon Energy Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, Winton
2007 Finalist, Gadens Top Ten, Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane
2007 Finalist, 15 Artists, Redcliffe City Gallery, Redcliffe
2007 Hatched, National Graduate Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2006 Finalist, Thiess Prize, Dell Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2003 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2003 Finalist, Thiess Prize, Dell Gallery, Brisbane
2003 Finalist, Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
2002 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2002 Quota International of Brisbane City Inc. Billie Hall Bursary, Queensland College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Still Wild, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2022 From the Heath, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Dry Spell, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
2022 Brisbane Grammar Show
2021 Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba
2021 Home, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2020 Inflorescence, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Towards the Light, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2017 Instinct, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Paper and String, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Finalist, Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2016 Downlands Art Show, Toowoomba, Qld
2015 An Open Window, Lethbridge, Brisbane
2014 Lethbridge Gallery Finalists Exhibition, Brisbane
2008 Behind Glass, Kiln Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Hot Pool, Honours Graduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2006 Extract 2, Environments Real and Imagined, Queensland College of Art Galleria, Southbank
2006 Extract, Environments Real and Imagined, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2005 Much More than this – Painting and Light, Soapbox Gallery, Fortitude Valley
2004 More than Beautiful – Deep Space Exploration, Soapbox Gallery, Fortitude Valley
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