Lisa Chandler

My art practice reflects an obsession with transitional spaces and the crowds that inhabit them. I explore global cities on foot to collect my source material and to understand the dynamics of the space.

Urban structures and people intertwine on the canvas through a process of layering, obliterating and tracing. The spaces evolve over time as figures are painted in, painted out and then painted over. The ‘history’ in the layers of paint traces the passage of the crowd and the transformation of urban space.

Recent art projects include: ‘In Transit’ Kuala Lumpur, ‘INSTINC 10 Collaboration’ Singapore, and residencies in Singapore, China and Germany.

In 2015 I was a finalist in three major New Zealand art awards - the National Contemporary Art Award, the NZ Painting and Printmaking Award and the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award.

I divide my time between Leipzig, Germany and Nelson, New Zealand.

Master of Fine Arts 2012
Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design
Auckland, New Zealand