About the Artist

Bio

Marisa Veerman is a Brisbane based fine artist working in the areas of photography and textiles. Forging a career as a textile visual merchandiser in fabric boutiques across the state, Marisa was well known for her creative expertise in sculpting theatrical pieces on mannequins using pins and fabric alone.

An emerging force in the art world, Marisa has now established a unique space through the creation of mixed media photographic works that are embellished with fine embroidery and beading. Using carefully staged and costumed models, Veerman utilises light and long-exposure times to effect a melancholic and ethereal beauty, transcendent of time and place.

Imbued with a delicate sensibility, Marisa’s works explore a creative space that exists between fragility and strength; between childhood innocence and vulnerability.

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Knowing, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2026 Il filo dello sguardo, Camilla Prini Gallery, Milan, Italy

2025 Side by Side AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW

2024 Way of Being Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2023 By the Way, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2022 The Land of Sonder, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2021 Eunoia, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2020 Humankind, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2019 In All She Is, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2018 Quietude, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2017 Blush, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

Group Exhibitions

2026 Spirer oGallery, Veijle, Denmark

2026 New Light, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2025 Roma Arte in Nuvola, Camilla Prini Gallery, Rome

2025 Murmure, Galerie Grecourt, Biarritz, France

2025 Solherv, oGallery, Denmark

2025 The Figure, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane

2025 Floral Narratives, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane

2022 Interconnected, NERAM Museum, Armidale, NSW

2021 Home Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2020 Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba, QLD

2019 CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California

2018 Christmas Show AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW

2018 Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, QLD

Awards

2025 Finalist, Rotary Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2025 Finalist, Omnia art Prize, Melbourne, VIC

2025 Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize

2025 Finalist Callinan Chambers Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD

2024 Winner Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2024 Winner, Inverell Art Award Acquisition Award

2024 Finalist, Rotary Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2023 Finalist, Rotary Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2025 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2023 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2022 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2022 Finalist, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

2021 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2021 Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize

2020 Finalist, Brisbane Portrait Prize, QLD

2020 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2020 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2020 Finalist, Brisbane Portrait Prize, QLD

2019 Winner, Best Mixed Media, Highly Commended, Rotary Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2019 Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize

2019 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2018 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2018 Finalist, Frankie Good Stuff Awards, Art and Illustration Category

2018 Finalist, SDA International Exhibition in Print, Family Matters, Paseo Del Sol, Santa Fe

2017 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2016 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, QLD

2016 Highly Commended & People’s Choice Winner, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane QLD

2015 Finalist, Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA