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DAAO URL

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/lisa-roet

Birth Place

Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Biography

Born in Melbourne in 1967 and still residing there in 2008, sculptor, drawer, photographer and video artist Lisa Roet graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1987. Over the past 10 years, Roet has also supplemented her studies with residencies at ape research centres and major international zoos in Berlin and Atlanta, as well as field observation of apes in the forests of Borneo, Malaysia. It is the complex relationship between primates and humans that Roet explores throughout much of her work. Since her first show at Querhause Gallery, Berlin in 1992, Roet has held more than 25 solo exhibitions around the world. Particularly acclaimed are Aping , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2008); Lisa Roet: Finger of Suspicion , McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne (2004); Pri-Mates Drawing , Melbourne Museum, Melbourne (2003); The Shadow , National Gallery of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2001); and Pri-Mates: Hands , Liebman Magnan Gallery, New York (2000-2001). As at 2007 Roet had also participated in 50 group exhibitions including Den Hagg Sculptuur 2007/The Hague Sculpture 2007 , The Hague, the Netherlands (2007); Satellite Project (12 Australian Artists), Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China (2006); McClelland Gallery Contemporary Sculpture Survey , McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park (2005 and 2003); Kiss of the Beast , Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2005); Helen Lemprière Sculpture Prize , Werribee Park, Victoria (2003); National Works on Paper Award , Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (2003); National Sculpture Prize , National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2003); and Primavera , Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2000). Her various awards and achievements include the prestigious McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Award (2005); The Kedumba Drawing Award (2005); the National Works on Paper Award (2003); and the National Sculpture Prize (2003). She has also been the recipient of several important grants, including an Asia Link Residency at the National Gallery of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2000). Roet has featured in the Australian Art Collector magazine’s ’50 Most Collectable Artists’ issues in both 2001 and 2007 and is the subject of a monograph by Alexie Glass, Lisa Roet: Uncommon Observations , Thames & Hudson, Sydney, 2005. Writers: Woodbury, Karen Date written: 2008 Last updated: 2011

Born

b. 1967

Summary

Roet is a Melbourne-based sculptor whose work investigates the relationship between humans and our simian relatives. She was a finalist in the 2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award exhibition and in 2005 she won the prestigious McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Award.

Gender

Female

Died

None listed

Age at death

None listed