Lisa Reid

Lisa Reid (born in 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian artist, known primarily for her highly detailed figurative works in a variety of mediums. Reid has worked from her Northcote-based studio at Arts Project Australia (APA) since 2000, where she held her first solo show in 2015. She has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally and her work was recently selected for the landmark exhibition Painting. More Painting, at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Her work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.

Early life and education In an autobiographical digital animation entitled My Story, Reid presents her childhood as one marked by bullying in mainstream education and complains that her forays into "special education" were also unsatisfactory, with educators making no effort to teach her literacy. Following her graduation from a transitional TAFE course, she describes her experience working in a factory setting as "slave labour." More positive experiences are present in Reid's autobiographical opus – chiefly her talent for swimming (she has been a competitor and finalist in the Special Olympics since the age of fifteen) and art. During this time she also attended a life drawing class at RMIT University and began to develop her meticulous signature style. Due to the meticulous "small stroke" technique

Reid has been identified as one of Australia's key artists within the Outsider Art category, as can be evidenced by her inclusion in major Outsider Art exhibitions and fairs in Australia and the USA. Prompted by the inclusion of her portrait of the art collector and artist Peter Fay in the Salon de Refusés in 2008, the artwork was reproduced in Art Monthly Australia, where then-editor Maurice O’Riordan – referring to both artist and subject – described it as "an eloquent statement of triumph against ‘established’ odds." In 2016 her work was included in Painting. More Painting at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and her work has also been acquired for the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.

Solo exhibitions Lisa Reid: The Devil's in the Detail, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2015

Selected group exhibitions Painting. More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2016 Clay: it's a matter of substance, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2016 Drawn Together, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2015 Renegades: Outsider Art, National Touring Exhibition, 2013–2015 Portia Geach Memorial Award, The National Trust, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2014 Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch, Film & New Media Festival, South Australia, 2014 Everyday imagining: new perspectives on Outsider art, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, 2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 2002–2014 Animal Magnetism, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2014 Chicago Expo: Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Chicago USA, 2013 City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS, 2013 Outsiderism, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, USA, 2013 World In My Eyes, C3 Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne, 2013 At the Table, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2013 Classic Albums, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, 2013 Classic Albums, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2012 Framing Gravity, Sydney College of the Arts, SCA Gallery, The University of Sydney, 2011 The Shilo Project, national touring exhibition, 2009–2011 Subterranean, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2011 Fred, Ginger and Other Stories, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield, 2011 Belle Arti – Chapman and Bailey Acquisitive 2010 Art Award, national touring exhibition, 2009–2010 Human Nature, Alan Lane Community Gallery : Warrnambool Art Gallery, 2010 Portrait Exchange, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2010 Snapshot, ACGA Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2009 Pictures of You, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2009 Location Location Location! Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2009 Licorice Allsorts, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, 2009 Pearls of Arts Project Australia: The Stuart Purves Collection, national touring exhibition, 2007–2009 Short Stories, Tall Tales and the Way They Wore Them, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2008 Without Borders: Outsider Art in an Antipodean Context, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne and Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2008 Salon de Refusés, SH Irvin Gallery, Sydney, 2008 Yours, Mine and Ours: 50 Years of ABC TV, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, 2006 Australian Outsiders, Jack Fischer Gallery, California, USA, 2006 Leo Cussen with Selected Artists, Australian Galleries, Collingwood, 2005 Double Take, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2005 Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Sydney, 2005 Outsider Art Fair, New York, United States, hosted by the Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, 2005 Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, international touring exhibition (Australia and New Zealand), 2003–2005 Printed Matter, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2004 A Sense of Place, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2003 Fair Game: Art & Sport, Response Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003 Chic, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2002 What about you, Monkey Bum? Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2002

Publications Lisa Reid: The Devil's in the Detail, exhibition catalogue, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2015, Art Monthly Australia, Issue #209, May 2008

Collections National Gallery of Australia, Canberra