Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy was born in Melbourne in 1963, and is a descendant of the Trawlwoolway people of northeast Tasmania. A painter and mixed media artist, she has also authored and illustrated two children’s books: Lielle’s Spirit Bird (1995) and Nick’s Amazing Journey (2000). Kennedy has a Diploma of Visual Arts from East Gippsland TAFE and in 2002 completed a Graduate Diploma of Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. In 1999 she produced a number of etchings while participating in an Australian print workshop in Fitzroy, Melbourne, several of which are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. In 2005 Kennedy was short-listed for the Deadly Art Award of the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. Exhibitions include “Songlines and Dreamings” at the Bunjilaka Gallery of the Melbourne Museum (2005) and “Tribal Expressions” (2006) at BlackBox, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. In 2009 Kennedy was living with her family in South-Gippsland, Southern Victoria.
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- Writers:
- Fisher, Laura
- Date written:
- 2011
- Last updated:
- 2011
