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 17^th 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