ABOUT
STATEMENT
Self-portraiture, familiar yet confronting, has always been preferred vehicle for expression of concept. I paint reflections of my internal landscape, conceptually layered, surreal and often subtly satirical. My work explores the hopeful journey of a physically fragile being through an increasingly imperilled world.
My compositions are carefully contrived, from the design and construction of elaborate props to palette choice and conceptual devices. I relish creating a dynamic visual narrative within a singular, static image. Similarly, I love interplay between contemplative space and ornate detail, juxtaposition of the commonplace with the wonderfully strange.
A dichotomy of the warrior and the acutely vulnerable often underpins my representation of self. I am the canary of the coal mine uncaged, traversing the wilds between fragility and freedom. I seek to form new archetypes where psychological and societal quiddities collide with the ever-evolving trials of our contemporary epoch.
BIO
Within 12 months of graduating from NMIT’s School of Visual Arts, Lix’s work caught the eye of revered gallerist and Auckland Art Fair founding director Jennifer Buckley, securing her an inaugural solo show at one of New Zealand’s most enduring and respected contemporary galleries, the Oedipus Rex. Three years on she became the youngest artist published in E.M. Caughey’s book ‘Art New Zealand Today’ (Saint Publishing, 2003).
Lix cites a childhood in the stunning isolation of hill country as the catalyst for her unique way of seeing the world and penchant for introspective self-portraiture. Developing a profound affinity for Brisbane, Australia in the mid 2000s, she settled there in 2007, spending the majority of the ensuing decade as a professional illustrator, photographer and commission artist under the name of her graphic art studio, Lix Creative.
Since returning her focus to conceptual fine art and exhibition in 2016, Lix has taken home the Art Lovers Australia Prize, Clayton Utz Art Award People’s Choice, a Lethbridge 10,000 Category Award and finalist positions in the Portia Geach Memorial Award and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize.
A current Artist CV can be downloaded HERE.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2024
RX (Group), Quirky Fox Gallery, Hawera (NZ)
Opening Reception: TBA
Showing: July 15 – Aug 18
SMALL WORKS (Group), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU),
Opening Reception: August 17
Showing: Aug 18 – Sept 8
2025
RARA AVIS (Solo), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU),
Opening reception: TBA
Showing: September
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2024
ANTIPODES 2024 (Group), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
2023
SECRET LONGINGS (Group), Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
MINIATURES (Group), Quirky Fox Gallery, Hawera (NZ)
2022
PLASMA, PRIVILEGE AND PERFIDY (Solo), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU),
INTERCONNECTED (Group), New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale (AU)
2021
SMALL WORKS (Group), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
LUCID 2021 (Group), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
ANTIPODES 2021 (Group), Beinart Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
COLOURIST (Group), Art Lovers Gallery, Gold Coast (AU)
2018
PORTIA GEACH AWARD (Group), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (AU)
LUX EX TENEBRIS (Solo), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane (AU)
BLUETHUMB ART PRIZE (Group), Bluethumb HQ, Melbourne (AU)
2017
AFTER IMAGE (Group), Onespace Gallery, Brisbane (AU)
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, WEST OF THE SEA (Solo), Fish Lane Installation (AU)
2016
CLAYTON UTZ AWARD (Group), Clayton Utz, Brisbane (AU)
INSURGENT (Solo), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane (AU)
LETHBRIDGE 10000 PRIZE (Group), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane (AU)
2010
MORTIMER PORTRAIT PRIZE EXHIBITION (Group), Touring (AU)
REAL REFUSÉS (Group), Tap Gallery, Sydney (AU)
ARTS QLD LIVE PROJECT (Group), Royal Brisbane Exhibition (AU)
2009
MINUS CANVAS III (Group), Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane (AU)
ARTS QLD LIVE PROJECT (Group), Royal Brisbane Exhibition (AU)
2007
RELAUNCH EXHIBITION (Group), The Refinery Gallery, Nelson (NZ)
2006
MITOCHONDRIA (Solo), The Art Factor Gallery, Nelson (NZ)
ART IN WINDOWS (Group), Nelson Arts Festival, Nelson (NZ)
2005
ART OF NEW ZEALAND 2005 (Group), Nayland College, Nelson (NZ)
LAUNCH (Group), The Art Factor Gallery, Nelson (NZ)
2003
SELF TITLED (Solo), Start Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
MID-WINTER EXHIBITION (Group), Start Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
NO RES (Group), Gallery 203, Nelson (NZ)
2002
DIGILLUSIONS (Solo), Silkwood Gallery, Nelson NZ
ARCANUM (Group), Silkwood Gallery, Nelson NZ
2001
SOLILOQUY (Solo), Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
2000
SHOWCASE; NEW WORK (Group), Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, (NZ)
CONTRA (Group), The Metro, Nelson (NZ)
1999
CREME (Group), NMIT Graduate Exhibition, Nelson, NZ
TELECOM ART AWARD (Group), Suter Art Gallery, Nelson (NZ)
OLYMPIC EXHIBITION (Group), Capital E Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
AWARDS
2021
WINNER – Art Lovers Australia Prize (AUST)
FINALIST – Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize (International)
2018
FINALIST – Portia Geach Memorial Award (AUST)
FINALIST – Bluethumb Art Prize (AUST)
2016
WINNER – Clayton Utz Art Award People’s Choice (AUST)
WINNER – Lethbridge 1000 Art Prize Category Award (AUST)
2010
FINALIST – Mortimer Portrait Prize (AUST)
FINALIST – Aesthetica Art Prize (International)
1999
WINNER – Telecom NZ Art Award (NZ)