Current Featured Artist 32(2)
Featured Artist: Lisa Hilli
Sisterhood Lifeline, by Lisa Hilli, 2018.
Photo commissioned for the exhibition The Commute, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia. Vinyl wall mural; dimensions variable.
Born in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and living in Narrm/Melbourne, Australia, Lisa Hilli is a contemporary artist with lineages from PNG (Tolai/Gunantuna), Finland, England, and South Africa. Her work highlights the in/visibility of Black and Melanesian women’s bodies through themes of landscape, history, and archival research, which she explores through photography, video, textiles, and installation. Her major works have culminated in touring exhibitions, including Trade & Transformations (2018), Social Conditioner (2015–2016), Vunatarai Armour & Midi (2015–2016), and Just Like Home (2010–2013), while others have been featured at galleries and events in Australia, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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