Biography
Lisa Murray is a photographic artist, educator, and mother living on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country 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, and the Australian Photography Awards.
Awards
Gomma Photography Grant
2023 - Documentary Award Winner
LensCulture Emerging Talent
2023 - Winner & Jurors Pick
Photolucida Critical Mass (USA)
2023 - Top 50 Finalist
Australian Photography Awards
2023 & 2021 - Finalist - Experimental Category
2022 & 2020 - Shortlisted - Experimental & Documentary, Portrait Categories
19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2022 - Highly Commended Award for Series Submission
Head On Photo Awards
2023 - Semi-Finalist, Portrait Category
2022 - Semi-Finalist, Documentary Category
2022 - Semi-Finalist, Landscape Category
Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women
2022 - Finalist - Two Portraits
Australian Photography Magazine, Photographer of the Year Awards
2021 - Winner - Photo of the Year Award
2021 - Top 20 Award - Black & White Series
2021 - Top 30 Award - Series
Australian Photography Awards
2021 - Fourth Place Finalist - Open Illustrative Category
2021 - Shortlisted - Portrait Category
2021 - Shortlisted - Animal Category
Documentary Family Awards
2021 - Third Place Award - Real Life Category
2021 - Top Ten Award - Joy Category
2021 - Finalist - Water Category
MONO Awards
2021 - Highly Commended - Animal Category
International Photography Awards
2021 - Three Honourable Mentions - One Shot Category
Exhibitions
LensCulture, New York 2024
2024 - Caelum Gallery, Winners Group Show
New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography
Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition
2023 - Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
'Alone Together' Curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith, CCP
ArtDoc Online Exhibition
2023 - Through My Lens View Exhibition
Centre For Fine Art Photography
2023 - Revisiting The Family Album: Stories That Bind Us View Exhibition
PhotoSCHWEIZ, Zurich, Switzerland
2023 - Featured Exhibitor representing HeadOn Photo Festival
Centre for Contemporary Photography
2023 - Summer Salon Group Exhibition
2023- PhotoSCHWEIZ Zurich, Switzerland
FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona
2022 - 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition
Head On Photographic Festival, Sydney NSW
2022 - Head On Photographic Festival Featured Exhibitor, Solo Show
Bright Space, St Kilda, VIC
2022 - Finalist Exhibition MDPPfW
Women Photographers Australia, Photo Access, Canberra ACT
2022 - Everyday Climate Crisis Visual Petition
EDGE Galleries, Maldon VIC
2022 - Portrait Prize Finalist Group Show
Head On Photographic Festival, Sydney NSW
2021 - AddOn Group Show
Halls Lane Gallery, Woollahra NSW
2021 - Lockdown Picture Show Group Show
Publications
LensCulture Magazine
2023 - Artist Feature See Interview
Yogurt Magazine
2023 - Artist Feature View here
'Eye Mama' Book
2023 - Published by teNeues Eye Mama Project
See:Zeen
2023 - Artist Feature See Interview
All About Photography Magazine
2022 - Series Publication, Women #29 Issue
Artist Feature - Rising Photographers
2022 - ShutterHub AUTO Photo
Awards Publication
Photo Collective
2023, 2022, 2021 - The Annual Awards Publication
Photo Collective Magazine 002
2022 - Artist's Feature View here
Head On Foundation
2021 - Add On Annual Publication
Australian Photography Magazine
2021 - Photographer of the Year Awards
Winner - Photo of the Year Winning Gallery