About 

Lisa Murray is a photographic artist, educator, and mother living on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri people in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia.

Lisa employs an authentic and innovative approach to photography, exploring the interplay of time, memory, and personal experiences. She uses her own life journey as a lens to navigate and make sense of the world, resulting in a rich and multi-layered artistic expression.

Working within a documentary and conceptual framework, her artistic practice explores themes centred around familial bonds, mortality, dysphoria, and trauma.

Lisa has exhibited in Australia and internationally. Her work has been recognised by LensCulture, HeadOn, Photolucida Critical Mass, Gomma and the Australian Photography Awards. 


Awards

2024 

  • Head On Photography Awards - Portrait & Landscape Finalist
  • BBA Photography Prize - Longlist
  • Photolucida Critical Mass (USA) - Top 200 Finalist
  • British Journal of Photography - Shortlisted, Portrait of Humanity Award
  • See:Zeen Portrait Awards - Winner

2023

  • Gomma Photography Grant - Documentary Award Winner Through My Child's Eyes
  • LensCulture Emerging Talent - Winner & Jurors Pick For Parts Not Working
  • Photolucida Critical Mass (USA) - Top 50 Finalist Through My Child's Eyes
  • Australian Photography Awards - Finalist
  • Head On Photography Awards - Semi-Finalist

2022

  • Australian Photography Awards  - Shortlisted
  • Head On Photography Awards - Semi-Finalist
  • 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
           Highly Commended Award for Series Submission
  • Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women - Finalist

2021

  • Australian Photography Awards - Finalist
  • Australian Photography Magazine, Photographer of the Year Award  Winner;
           Photo of the Year Award 
  • Top 20 Award - Black & White Series ‘Anthropause’
  • Top 30 Award – Series ‘Perpetual Motion’
  • Documentary Family Awards - Third Place
  • MONO Awards - Highly Commended 
  • International Photography Awards - Honourable Mention

2020

  • Australian Photography Awards – Shortlisted

Exhibitions

2024

  • ShutterHub '(Return) To The Sea'
           The Seafront Gallery, Worthing (UK)
  • NOVA 24 Photo and Film Festival, Group exhibition,
           Promenade Gallery (USA)
  • PHOTO 2024, Photobook weekend/ book launch -
          Through My Child's Eyes
  • Lens Culture, New York 2024 - Caelum Gallery,
         Winners Group Show; New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography

2023

  • Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition,
           Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
           'Alone Together' Curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith, Director CCP, AUS
  • Art Doc Photography Magazine Online Exhibition
           Through My Lens View Exhibition
  • Centre For Fine Art Photography (USA)
           Revisiting the Family Album: Stories That Bind Us View Exhibition
  • Photo SCHWEIZ, Zurich, Switzerland;
           Featured Exhibitor representing Head On Photo Festival
  • Centre for Contemporary Photography (AUS) -
           Summer Salon Group Exhibition

2022

  • Foto Nostrum Gallery, Barcelona,
           19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition
  • Head On Photographic Festival, Sydney NSW
  • Head On Photographic Festival Featured Exhibitor, Solo Show
  • Bright Space, St Kilda, Victoria AUS, Finalist Exhibition
           Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women
  • Women Photographers Australia, Photo Access, Canberra ACT
           Everyday Climate Crisis Visual Petition
  • EDGE Galleries, Maldon Victoria AUS, Portrait Prize Finalist Group Show

2021

  • Head On Photographic Festival, Sydney NSW, Add On Group Show
  • Halls Lane Gallery, Woollahra NSW, Lockdown Picture Show - Group Show 

Publications

2024

  • British Journal of Photography - Portrait of Humanity, Volume 6
  • See:Zeen Magazine, issue #13 - A Visual Dialogue View Here
  • Foto Slovo – Artist Feature
  • Spectaculum Magazine - Artist Feature

2023

  • Lens Culture Magazine - Artist Feature Read Here
  • Yogurt Magazine - Artist Feature View Here
  • Eye Mama: Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood (UK)
           Published by teNeues View Here
  • See:Zeen - Artist Feature View Here
  • Photo Collective - Annual Awards Publication

2022

  • All About Photography Magazine - Series Publication, Women#29 Issue
  • All About Photography Magazine  - Artist Feature, Rising Photographers
  • Shutter Hub AUTO Photo – Awards Publication
  • Photo Collective - Annual Awards Publication
  • Photo Collective Magazine 002 - Artist's Feature View Here

2021

  • Head On Foundation - Add On Annual Publication
  • Photo Collective - Annual Awards Publication
  • Australian Photography Magazine - Photographer of the YearAwards
          Winner - Photo of the Year  Winning Gallery

Using Format