Lisa Pettersson grew up in Sweden but since 1995 has spent most of her time living, studying and working in the UK. She is currently living in Edinburgh where she works as an artist and graphic designer. She exhibits regularly around the country and beyond and has paintings in private collections in the UK, Sweden, Holland, France, USA, Brazil, Vietnam, Australia and Hong Kong.
Intimately familiar situations and domestic life and spaces has been a long running theme of Pettersson’s painting, which bridges fine art and graphic design. Her most recent works are inspired by 50s children’s book illustrations and childhood nostalgia, and are jerked into modernity with compelling results.
Education
00-01 Telford Collage, Edinburgh, Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design
96-99 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, BA(Hons) Fine Art
95-96 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, Diploma Fine Art
Selected Past Exhibitions
2011 'Small and perfectly crafted' Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 ‘Postcard Show’ Scotland Art, Edinburgh 2011
'En Sommar' Galleri ArtOn, Kungsbacka, Sweden (Solo)
2010 Ekvall+Tornblom, Stockholm (Solo)
2010 'A Suitcase Full of Sand' Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable
2010 ‘A suitcase full of sand’ Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable (Solo)
2010 ‘Spring Show’ Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2010 ‘Spring Show’ Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2010 ‘Flight’ Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable
2009 ‘Christmas show’, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2009 ‘Pettersson och Liden’ Vanersborgs Konsthall, Vanersborg, Sweden
2009 ‘Festival’ Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2009 ‘Affordable Arts Fair’ with Scotland Art, London
2008 ‘Christmas Shows’ Scotland Art Gallery, Edinburgh and Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2008 ‘Hemlängtan’ Galleri Art On, Gothenburgh, Sweden (Solo)
2008 ‘Figuratively Speaking’ Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
2008 ‘Affordable Arts Fair Amsterdam’ with Scotland Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2008 ‘Summer Show’ at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2008 ‘Six Figures’ at Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2008 ‘Nyskapat’ at Taby Art Society (Taby Konst Vanner), Sweden
2008 ‘Affordable Arts Fair’ with Scotland Art, London
2007 ‘Pettersson and Takagi’ at Dollinger Art Project, Tel Aviv
2007 ‘Booby Birds’ Charity Exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
2006 ‘Tourist’, Blue Space Gallery, Saigon (Solo)
2006 ‘Lan mall’, with Shan Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 ‘No place like home’, Spice Festival, Hackney, London
2004 ‘Affordable Arts Fair’ with WallCandy Galleries, Battersea Park, London
2003 ‘In Residence’, Queens Hall, Edinburgh
2003 ‘No Place Like Home’, Filmhouse, Edinburgh (Solo)
2001 ‘Christmas Exhibition’, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 ‘Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition’, Nexus Gallery, Edinburgh