Lisa Pollard
Yoga &
Mindfulness
Artist

Artist Biograpghy
Personal Details
Name: Lisa Pollard
Telephone: 0403 186 146
Email: lisapollard@mail.com
Website: www.lisapollard.com
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Design - Shop Vida & Society6
Lisa Pollard was born in Melbourne in 1969, and now works and lives in Newcastle. Pollard studied art in Brisbane, Sydney, London and Newcastle. Pollard worked in education for thirteen years and is also a trained Yoga & meditation teacher & Mindfulness-based stress reduction facilitator with more than twenty seven years of self-practice and teaching experience. Pollard has been exhibiting her paintings up and down the East coast of Australia and in many group shows in Sydney and The Hunter Valley Region, since 2001. Lisa has a strong interest in design and enjoys seeing her creative pursuits transferred into designs, collaborating with Shop Vida and Society6.
Education
Tertiary
1987-1989 Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (Extra art electives taken in Painting 1 & 2)
1999-2001 Degree of Bachelor of Education, Griffith University, Brisbane
(Art electives in Drawing & Ceramics)
Tafe
2008-2009 Certificate IV, Fine Arts
2010-2011 Diploma of Fine Arts (Not completed)
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Designer - Vida - 2016 www.shopvida.com
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Solo Exhibitions
2014 Adamstown Uniting Church, Elemental, Newcastle
2012 True Vision Gallery, Lisa Pollard, Redhead
2008 John Miller Galleries, As It Is, Newcastle
2008 Café Gallery 13, Lorn, Hunter Valley
2007 Tamburlaine, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley
2007 Café Gallery 13, Lorn, Hunter Valley
2006 Cafe Gallery 13, Lorn, Hunter Valley
2004 Anouska's Café Gallery, East Maitland, Hunter Valley
2004 The Bower, Manly, Sydney
2004 Ocean Shores Resort, Salamander Bay
2003 John Miller Galleries, Colouring in the Future, Newcastle
Selected Group Exhibitions, Art Shows & Gallery Representation
2019 NEXUS, Newcastle Grammar School Arts Department
2018 NEXUS, Newcastle Grammar School Arts Department
2017 Sanctuary, Gallery 139, Newcastle
2017 NEXUS, Newcastle Grammar School Arts Department
2017, Collectors Care Art Exhibition, Newcastle
2017 THREE, Gallery 139, Newcastle
2017 Designs Online, Society6, www.society6.com
2016 Collaboration with ShopVida www.shopvida.com
2016 Abstract + Gallery 139, Newcastle
2016 Newcastle Grammar, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2016 Group Show, Finite Gallery, Caves Beach
2015 10th Annual Collectors Care, Samaritans Art Show, Newcastle
2015 Unspoken, Nanshe Gallery, with Jill Orr, Hamilton, Newcastle
2015 C Studios Art Gallery, Contemporary & Fine Art, Newcastle
2015 Back to back Galleries, Small:Fraternity, Futility & Hope, Newcastle
2015 Newcastle Grammar, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2014 Newcastle Grammar, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2014 Finite Gallery, Kiss My Arts 2, Caves Beach
2014 Back to Back Galleries, Small: believe in magic, Newcastle
2014 Hunter Valley Grammar School, Inspired, Ashtonfield
2014 Selected for Laman St Art Prize, Back to back Galleries, Newcastle
2013 Hunter St Tafe Gallery, Forsythes Collectors Care, Samaritans Art Show, Newcastle
2013 Group Show, Finite Gallery, Caves Beach
2013 Newcastle Grammar, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2013 Back to back Galleries, Small: the birds the bees & the trees, Newcastle
2012 Front Room Gallery, Forsythes Collectors Care, Samaritans Art Show, Newcastle
2012 Newcastle Grammar School, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2012 Back to Back Galleries, Small: a matter of time, Newcastle
2011 Back to Back Galleries, Small: cornucopia, Newcastle
2011 Front Room Gallery, Forsythes Collectors Care, Samaritans Art Show, Newcastle
2011 Vivid Art Gallery, Cessnock
2011 Webb’s Gallery, Kahibah
2011 Newcastle Grammar School, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
Selected artist for door raffle
2010 School of the Arts Gallery, Xmas Exhibition, Newcastle
2010 Front Room Gallery, Secondary Colours, Diploma Students, Newcastle
2010 Newcastle Grammar School, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2010 Front Room Gallery, Forsythes Collectors Care, Samaritans Art Show
2010 Curator, Palette, Front Room Gallery
2009 Photography Exhibition, Roll, Shoot Snap, Front Room Gallery,
2009 John Miller Galleries, Newcastle by Name 2, Newcastle
2009 School of the Arts Gallery, Xmas Exhibition Newcastle
2009 Newcastle Grammar School, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2008 Newcastle Grammar School, Nexus, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2008 Forsythes Collectors Care, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle
2008 Greenway Gallery, Scarlet Show
2008 Front Room Gallery, Newcastle, Maritime Annual Art Prize
2007 Front Room Gallery Forsythes Collectors Care, Newcastle
2007 Gallery Oscar, Pymble, Sydney
2007 Nexus, Newcastle Grammar School, Annual Art Show, Newcastle
2007 Lorn Gallery, Feathers, Fur or Fins, Lorn
2007 Red Hill Fine Art Galleries, Paddington, Brisbane
2007 Emporium Gallery of Fine Art, The Valley, Brisbane
2007 Tighes Hill Gallery, Tighes Hill, Newcastle
2007 Hunter Valley Annual Art Show, East Maitland
2007 Audi Gallery, Cooks Hill, Newcastle
2007 Urban Exotic, Cooks Hill, Newcastle
2006 Audi Gallery, Cooks Hill, Newcastle
2006 Tighes Hill Gallery, Reflections, Tighes Hill, Newcastle
2006 Red Hill Fine Art Galleries, Paddington, Brisbane
2006 Emporium Gallery of Fine Art, The Valley, Brisbane
2006 Urban Exotic, Cooks Hill, Newcastle
2006 Gallery Oscar, Pymble, Sydney
2006 Picture This, Broad beach, Gold Coast
2005 Laguna Annual Art Show, Wolombi
2005 Tighes Hill Gallery, Tighes Hill, Newcastle
2005 Trinity Art & Craft Exhibition, Trinity Lutheran College, Gold Coast
2005 Morpeth Art Studio, Morpeth
2005 Urban Exotic, Cooks Hill, Newcastle
2005 Red Hill Fine Art Galleries, Paddington, Brisbane
2005 Emporium Gallery of Fine Art, The Valley, Brisbane
2005 Gallery Oscar, Pymble, Sydney
2004 Trinity Art & Craft Exhibition, Trinity Lutheran College, Gold Coast
2004 Salmon Galleries, North Shore, Sydney
2004 John Miller Galleries, Foolscap Art Prize, Newcastle
2004 Tighes Hill Gallery, Tighes Hill, Newcastle
2004 Laguna Annual, Art Show, Wolombi
2004 Hunter Valley Annual Art Show, East Maitland
2004 Artworks Gallery, Southport, Gold Coast
2004 MLC Gallery, Ultimo, Sydney
2004 Gallery Oscar, Pymble, Sydney
2004 Red Hill Fine Art Galleries, Paddington, Brisbane
2004 Emporium Gallery of Fine Art, The Valley, Brisbane
2003 Charles Ginn Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane
2003 Art Gallery Schubert, Main Beach, Gold Coast
2003 Bare Bones, Bangalow
2003 Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2003 The Cape Gallery, Byron Bay
2003 Gallery Oscar, Pymble, Sydney
2002 Charles Ginn Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane
2001 Charles Ginn Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane
Art Courses
2002 Photograpghy, Collage & Virtual Art Forms, Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
1999 Life darwing, Art Shop, Brisbane
1998 Illustration, Design & Collage, David Waller, Eastern Suburbs Regional Evening College, North Bondi, Sydney
1997 Children’s Book Illustration, Priscilla Nielson, Eastern Suburbs Community College, Bondi, Sydney
1995 Introduction to Illustration, The City Literary Institute, London
1994 Developing a Sketchbook, Sue Murdoch, The City Literary Institute, London
1994 ‘The Amazing Me’. Photography in the Primary Classroom, The Photographers Gallery, London
1993 Drawing & Progression, Maurice Barrett, Professional Development Course, Tower Hamlets, London
1993 Art in Topic Work, Steve Herne, Professional Development Course, Tower Hamlets, London
1993 Acting Post-Holder Art Working Party, Writing an Art Policy for Tower Hamlets, Steve Herne,
Professional Development Course, Tower Hamlets, London
1993 Life Painting, The City Literary Institute, London
1992 Colour Course, Steve Herne, Professional Development Course, Tower Hamlets, London
