Lia Steele

Lia Steele is a photographic artist based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Photography) degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2009 and in 2011 earned a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) degree at the Victorian College of the Arts. Her artwork is held in international and local collections and she has held three solo exhibitions as well as participating in several group exhibitions.

Lia Steele's art practice explores themes of youth, aging, beauty, death and the ideal, and explores cultural practices such as documentation of life and the search for paradise on earth. Her interests are in the balance between nature and culture and a human relationship with nature.

Her debut publication, Eden, is available in Australia at the Centre for Contemporary Photography bookstore, National Portrait Gallery, and Midland Atelier. The book can be viewed in Europe at the Jeu de Paume in Paris and Foam Fotografie Museum in Amsterdam. The books are signed by the artist and editioned.

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) completed 2011, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia.

Bachelor of Arts (Photography) completed 2009, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Diploma of Applied Science (Photography) completed 2006, Central Tafe, Perth, Australia.

Solo Exhibitions
Everlasting Love. C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia. November 2011.
Eden. C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia. September 2010.
Street Portraits. Kuala Lumpur. 328 Brunswick St, Melbourne, Australia. July 2008.



Group Exhibitions
Divergence: Photographs from Elsewhere (FotoFreo 2012), Midland Atelier, Perth, Australia. March 2012.
The VCA School of Art Graduate Exhibition. Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia. November 2011.
This is Not Fine Art: Contemporary Practice from the BA Photography. First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. October 2011.
Honourable Discharge. VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. August 2011.
Brunswick Street Gallery Picture This 11, Melbourne, Australia. April 2011.
CCP Kodak Salon 2011, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia. April 2011.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011. The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia. February 2011.
Inside is out, outside is in. Colour Factory, Melbourne, Australia. October 2010.
CCP Kodak Salon 2010, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia. July 2010.
RMIT B.A. Photography Grad Show, Brightspace Gall...