Lisa Traxler

Lisa Traxler RWS, MRSS, LG (b. London, 1965) is a contemporary British artist based on England’s South Coast whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting and sculpture Through an ongoing exploration of structure, geometry, colour and space, she investigates the potential of painting to extend beyond the confines of the picture plane and occupy physical, three-dimensional environments. Rooted in observation, her work develops through systems, grids and geometric frameworks that are subsequently disrupted by intuitive and material-led processes, generating dynamic relationships between form, surface and perception.
Drawing on a background in fashion, design and visual culture, Traxler creates works that move between two and three dimensions, examining the intersections of architecture, landscape, memory and the built environment. Her practice is characterised by a dialogue between precision and improvisation, where constructed forms become sites of visual enquiry.
Traxler is an elected member of the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Society of Sculptors and The London Group. She has received multiple Arts Council England awards and has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and internationally, including solo exhibitions at So...

Studied: Croydon Art College, Birmingham Polytechnic. BA Hons Fashion & Textiles. Previous: fashion editor (IPC Publications) and costume designer. Member of The London Group (elected 2022), Royal Watercolour Society (elected 2015), Royal Society of Sculptors (elected 2017).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: ‘Outer Space’ Pangolin Five Windows, London, Summer 2023.’Time Traveller’ Southampton City Art Gallery, Summer 2022. ’Blast Wall’ The Foundry Gallery, London, Spring 2021. ’BUILD' paintings & sculptures: Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall, May 2017 touring to Surface Matter Materials Library part of London Design Festival, London Fields, Hackney, September 2017 and WWII Radar Bunker, Isle of Wight, January 2018 as part of START’18 International Sculpture Network. ‘Decade’ and ‘Lives of Spaces’ toured from West Gallery, Quay Arts, IW (2012 & 2014), ExCel Expo Centre (Grand Designs Live, 2014) to Apthorp Gallery, Artsdepot, London (2015).

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: The London Group Annual, The Handbag Factory (2026), RWS Permanent Exhibition, Whitcomb Street Gallery (2026), City Reflections, Southampton City Art Gallery (2026). ’Personal Relations' Touring Netherlands, Italy, London (2025/6) ‘Winter Show’, Linden Hall Studio (2025). ‘London Group Open’ Copeland Gallery (2025). ‘The Shape of Water’ RWS Autumn, Bankside Gallery (2025). London Group at Linden Hall Studio, Deal (2025). ’Back to the Cave - The Full Spectrum’ Gallery Pangolin/Clearwell Caves (2025).’The London Group Annual’, RWS Gallery Whitco...