Lisa Travers is a Bristol based collage and mixed media artist. Her original paper cut collages have been exhibited at RWA, Spike Island and Bruton Art Factory. Design commissions include Bestival and Glastonbury festivals as well as bespoke wallpapers and fabrics for private collectors. With a background as a tour manager and then a scene painter / prop maker for the circus, Lisa has a DIY attitude to her process and draws inspiration from anatomy, folk stories, pop art and Victoriana. Using 18th & 19th century resources and materials, Lisa expresses matters close to her such as feminism, social / environmental issues and health in reference to her neurodiversity and disabilities.
Lisa exhibited at the 2024 Bath Art Fair and her Art Merch Collection can be found at independent Bristol stores including Stokes Croft China and The Ethical Gift Shop.
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EXHIBITIONS
2024
Uncanny For Gaza Group Show, Phantasmal Gallery
Summer Group Show, Bocabar, Bristol
The People's Spring Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
2023
Group Show, North Street Gallery, Bristol
Group Show, Tobacco Factory, Bristol
The People's Spring Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
Revolting Artists, St Nicks Gallery, Weymouth
2022
Precious Postcards, Catherine Miller Gallery, London
The People's Winter Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
Precious Postcards, Unit 8, Bristol
The People's Summer Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
The People's Spring Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
2021
The People's Exhibition Festive Edition, PRSC, Bristol
The People's Summer Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
Bath Photo Festival, Online
2020
The People's Winter Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
The People's Spring Exhibition, PRSC, Bristol
2019
Artist Tenants Exhibition, The Island, Bristol
Solaris, The Malago, Bristol
Summer Exhibition, Clifton Arts Club, Bristol
Visage, The Malago, Bristol
Fantastic and Strange, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath
In Mind, The Malago, Bristol
2018
Proper Bristol, PRSC, Bristol
Equinox, The Island, Bristol
Artists Tenants Exhibition, The Island, Bristol
Solstice, The Malago, Bristol
Shangri La Takeover, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton
2017
Equinox, The Malago, Bristol
Artist Tenants Exhibition, The Island, Bristol
Bath Open Arts Prize, Fringe Arts Bath, 44AD, Bath
24 Jam, The Island, Bristol
2016
Stranger Worlds, The Royal Arcade, Boscombe
RWA Open, RWA, Bristol
Open Gallery, The Island, Bristol
No Laughing No Barking, Spike Island, Bristol
Spike Open, Spike Island, Bristol
The End, 123 Space, Bristol
Synaesthesia, 123 Space, Bristol
Parallels, The Island, Bristol
2015
Bullshit, The Bull, Liverpool
Spike Open, Spike Island, Bristol
Hidden, The Station, Bristol
Work Out Work In, Online Exhibition
ON, Southbank, Bristol
2014
Level One 2, Spike Island, Bristol
Confessions, The Crofters Rights, Bristol
Lila, All Hallows Hall, Bristol
2013
Level One, Spike Island, Bristol
2011
Freak Street Collective, Freak Street Studios, Bristol
DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
2009 – 2021, Invisible Circus
2017 The Island, Bristol
2017 Shangri-la, Glastonbury Festival
2017 Club Dada, Bestival Festival
ART FAIRS
2024 BS5 Art Trail, Bristol
2024 BS4 Art Trail, Bristol
2024 BS9 Art Trail, Bristol
2024 Bath Art Fair, Bath Pavillion, Bath
2023 North Bristol Art Trail, Bristol
2023 West Bristol Art Trail, Bristol
2023 BS9 Art Trail, Bristol
2023 BS5 Art Trail, Bristol
2023 Fishponds Art Trail, Bristol
2023 South Bristol Art Trail, Bristol
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 Shortlisted for Bath Society of Artists 119th Annual Exhibition
2024 Longlisted for VAA The Visual Artist of the Year Award
2023 Longlisted for VAA The Visual Art Open
2023 Shortlisted for Bath Society of Artists 118th Annual Exhibition
EDUCATION
2013-2016, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of West of England, Bristol
2011-2013, Access to HE Art and Design, Diploma, City of Bristol College, Bristol
SHORT COURSES
2019 Basic Screenprinting, Jacknife, Bristol
2017 Beginners Pottery, St Pauls Community Centre, Bristol
Lisa is a member of the Visual Artists Association and A-N The Artists Information Company
My work explores the patterns and rhythms of human life and the stories we create in the world we inhabit. From micro to macro, inner and outer there is a balance, a pulse that I strive to capture in my work. ‘The Devil is in the detail’ refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden in the details and derives from the earlier phrase ‘God is in the detail’ expressing the idea that whatever one does should be done thoroughly, i.e. details are important. It is the unseen details that fascinate me. Working intuitively, each piece evolves until it feels right to stop. The work dictates the new form. The new rhythm. The new story.