Lisa Wright (b.1965)

Catalogue Note

Lisa Wright was born in Kent in 1965 and lives and works in Cornwall.  Her
artistic education culminated was a postgraduate diploma at the prestigious
Royal Academy Schools (1990-93). In 2003 she won the Hunting Art Prize, in
2006 she was shortlisted for the first Sovereign European Art prize and in
2007 she was selected for 'Art Now Cornwall' at Tate St Ives. In 2006 Lisa
Wright was invited to be artist in residence at the Royal Shakespeare
Company.  Lisa is a regular exhibitor in the Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition.

Since moving to Cornwall in the mid 1990s, Lisa Wright has been exploring
the depiction of children - using her family as a source - in the swimming
pool, at the beach in twilight and nocturnal settings.  There is an elegant
simplicity and confidence in her figurative drawings which also convey a
warmth and sense of strong affection.