Bio

Lisa Creskey is a ceramic artist and painter who explores the visual storytelling potential of the clay medium through sculpture and installation. Investigating themes of nature, history and time, Lisa creates immersive worlds in which to look for connections and to pose questions on essential concerns for humanity and the environment. Lisa’s work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally.

Lisa installed her 24 m² porcelain mosaic tile installation La Traverse on the new passivhaus City Hall in La Péche, Quebec, in October 2024. Through the lens of Quebec history, the mural ties together themes on the interdependence of humans and nature through their shared ecological history.

As a member of the AIC-IAC (Académie Internationale de la Céramique – International Academy of Ceramics), Lisa exhibited Enfolding Landscapes in the 2024 IAC Members Exhibition in Portugal as part of the IAC Congress.

Lisa’s ceramic and mixed media outdoor public art installations were commissioned for the outdoor Sentier culturel/Culture Path in 2022 and 2023 in downtown Gatineau, Quebec. Her mixed media Return to the Nest was acquired in 2023 by the Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection. Lisa was commissioned by the City of Ottawa to create and present a sculptural gift to Princess Margriet of the Netherlands at Ottawa City Hall in May 2022. Among her other national honours, Lisa received the Prix du CALQ 2017 – Work of the Year in the Outaouais for her 2016 solo public exhibition Match.

Her international recognition includes Finalist in the 2020 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, Honorable Mention in the Korea International Ceramic Biennale KICB2019 and being awarded a 3-month 2019 Taiwan Ceramics Residency hosted by the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum.

Lisa received an Honorable Mention award and a 4th Place in the Viewer’s Choice Awards in the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale GICB2017 (now the KICB) in South Korea, Finalist in the Mark Rothko Centre’s International Contemporary Ceramics Competition MEMORY BOX in Latvia, a Recommendation Prize in the 2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Finalist in the 2014 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Honorable Mention Prize in the 2014 Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 5 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, Finalist in the 2012 4th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition and Finalist in the 2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale.

Lisa’s work received the 2018 Helen Copeland Memorial Award in Ceramics (Craft Ontario) and the 2017 FUSION Fireworks Award of Merit from Fusion: the Ontario Clay & Glass Association.

Lisa grew up on a farm in Ripon, Québec, and studied Studio Art/Art History at Concordia University in Montreal and painting at Parsons School of Design in New York. Lisa lives and works in Chelsea, Québec, Canada.

Detailed CV:

Solo Exhibitions

2024-25 Exhibition Centre of Amos, Québec – We Find Ourselves: The Little Iron Horse

– Nov 2024-Jan 2025 – public exhibition

2023 Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario – Tides

2022 Galerie le Rift, Ville-Marie, Québec – La traverse – public

2021 Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, Québec – Pression atmosphérique – public

2021 L. A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa – Sunset Cruise

2019-20 Centre d’Art Rotary, La Sarre, Québec – Source et ressource – public

2019 Dust Evans Gallery, Ottawa – Everlasting – public

2018 Gardiner Museum, Central Lobby, Toronto, Ontario – A Season for Everything

2016 Art-Image, Gatineau – Match – public

2016 Craft Ontario, Toronto – When Horses Walked on Water

2014 Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau – Reviens-moi – public

2013 Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa – Pole Star Drift – public

2012 L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa

2012 Atrium Gallery, Ottawa – public

2012 Dust Evans Gallery, Ottawa – public

2011 L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa

International Exhibitions

2024 IAC Members’ Exhibition – Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

2019 Korea International Ceramic Biennale KICB 2019 – S. Korea – online exhibition

2018 Clay Center of New Orleans – Louisiana, USA

2017 MEMORY BOX International Contemporary Ceramics Competition – Latvia

2017 GICB 2017 – Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale – South Korea

2016 Carrousel des Metiers d’Art et de Creation – Paris

2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale – New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum

2014 Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 5 – Saint Paul, MN, USA

2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale – Yingge Ceramics Museum and Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum

2012 4th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition – Saint Paul, MN, USA

National Exhibitions

2024 Resonance – Group Exhibition – Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo

2024 Through My Eyes – WUSC Group Exhibition travelling across Canada through 2026

2023 La danse du geste – Group Exhibition – Musée du Haut-Richelieu, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec

2023 Recent additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection, City Hall Gallery

2021 The Ceramics Congress Canada Exhibition – online exhibition

2018 Le Bestiare – Group Exhibition – Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau

2017 Fusion: the Ontario Clay and Glass Show – Toronto

2017-19 Fireworks 2017 – Group Exhibition – FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association – at: Museum London / Rails End Gallery, Haliburton / Thames Art Gallery, Chatham / Art Gallery of Burlington

2010-17 260 Fingers – Group Exhibition – Ottawa and also in 2011 in Val David, Québec

2017 Craft Ontario ’17 – Biennial Juried Members Exhibition – Toronto

2016, 2015, 2013, 2012 Recent additions to City of Ottawa Art Collection, Karsh-Masson Gallery

2016, 2013 Craft Ontario Awards – Toronto

2016, 2014, 2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

2015 Blink Gallery residency – Ottawa

2014 Ottawa Art Gallery

2010, 2017, 2022 The New Art Festival – Ottawa

2010 Exhibited in 2010 FUSION Conference Opening Exhibition, Carleton University – Ottawa

Residencies

2019 Taiwan Ceramics Residency Program – 3 months – New Taipai City Yingge Ceramics Museum

2015 Blink Gallery – Ottawa

Installations

2024 Exterior mosaic tile mural “La traverse”– La Pêche, Quebec – new passivhaus City Hall building

2023 Sentier culturel – Gatineau, Québec – ceramic mosaic sculpture “Chouette”

2022 Sentier culturel – Gatineau, Québec – ceramic and mixed media sculpture “Dans le nid”

2014 Fieldwork – Maberly, Ontario – collaborative land art installation “Whip.poor.will”

2011 Rideau Canal Festival, Ottawa – porcelain and mixed media installation “Rookery”

International Honours

2019 Korea International Ceramic Biennale KICB 2019 – S. Korea – Honorable Mention

2017 MEMORY BOX International Contemporary Ceramics Competition – Latvia – Finalist

2017 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017 – S. Korea – Honorable Mention

2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale – Recommendation Prize

2014 Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 5 – Honorable Mention Prize

2012 4th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition – Saint Paul, MN, USA – Finalist

2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale – Finalist

National Honours 

2022 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant to attend the International Academy of

Ceramics IAC Congress – Geneva, Switzerland

2022 City of Ottawa Commissioned Gift – sculpture presented to Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

2019 City of Ottawa Commissioned Gift – sculpture presented to Olympic Gold medalist figure skater    Patrick Chan

2018 Craft Awards 2018 (Craft Ontario) – Helen Copeland Memorial Award in Ceramics

2017 Prix du CALQ – Œuvre de l’année en Outaouais – Work of the Year in the Outaouais for Match

2017 FUSION Clay and Glass Show – Best in Clay

2017 FUSION Fireworks Award of Merit

2017 The New Art Festival, Ottawa – Best in Show

2017 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant to South Korea for GICB2017

2017 Craft Ontario ’17 Biennial Juried Members Exhibition

2016 Craft Ontario Mid-Career Award for Excellence

2016 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant to Taiwan for Taiwan Ceramics Biennale

2014 The New Art Festival, Ottawa – Clay Prize

2013 Ontario Craft Council’s Biennial Juried Member Exhibition

2010 Selection – Juried Competition – Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada

2010 The New Art Festival, Ottawa – Lafrenière and Pai Gallery Purchase Award

Collections

2023 Global Affairs Canada – Visual Art Collection

2022 City of Ottawa Art Collection – Direct Purchase Program

2019 Yingge Ceramics Museum – New Taipei City, Taiwan

2017 KOCEF – Korea Ceramics Foundation – Incheon, South Korea

2017 Mark Rothko Art Centre – Daugavpils, Latvia

2016 Yingge Ceramics Museum – New Taipei City, Taiwan

2015 Aimia – Canadian Art Collection – Toronto, Ontario

2013 Yingge Ceramics Museum – New Taipei City, Taiwan

2011-16 City of Ottawa Art Collection – Direct Purchase Program

2011 Prime Minister of Canada’s Office (PMO) – Ottawa

Artist Lectures / Workshops / Conferences

2024 International Academy of Ceramics IAC Congress – Alcobaça and Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

2023 Musée du Haut-Richelieu – Artist Talk and Workshop – St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec

2023 Gardiner Museum Shop – Artist Talk – Toronto, Ontario

2022 International Academy of Ceramics IAC Congress – Geneva, Switzerland

2021 Faces of FUSION – IG Live interview / in conversation with FUSION Magazine

2021 Artwalk Ottawa – gallery artist talk at L.A. Pai Gallery

2021 PAL Ottawa – Paid online artist workshop

2021 Clay Voices 2 – Canadian Ceramics Symposium – IG Live presenter

2019 Centre d’Art Rotary, La Sarre, Quebec – Public Art Workshop during exhibition

2019 Centre d’Art Rotary, La Sarre, Quebec – in-gallery Facebook Live presentation/workshop

2019 New Taipai City Yingge Ceramics Museum – Public Art Workshops

2019 NCECA Conference – Minneapolis, USA

2018 Artist Talk at the Gardiner Museum

2018 Concordia University, Department of Fine Arts – Paid Lecture on artist’s practice

2017 Conference of the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017

2016 Concept: Conference of the 2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale

2013 Carleton University Founders Series, Geography Department – Artist Lecture

2012 Culture Days Ottawa – Workshop/Artist Talk – Centrepoint Gallery

Arts Organizations / Memberships

AIC-IAC Académie Internationale de la Céramique – International Academy of Ceramics | Artaxis |Les Ateliers de Ruisseau Cooperative | CMAQ – Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec | Craft Ontario | Culture Outaouais | La Fab Arts Centre | FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association | Dossier au Fichier des artistes Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement des bâtiments et des sites gouvernementaux et publics | Quartier éphémère

Jury Participation

2023 Juror for Art in the County: Annual Juried Exhibition, Picton, Ontario | 2018 Juror on City of Ottawa Peer Assessment Committee, Public Art Galleries (2019 Season) | 2014 Juror (2014-15 Exhibition Schedule) – La Fabrique – Centre des Arts, de la Culture et de la Patrimoine de Chelsea – Chelsea, QC

Bibliography | Press

Mediterranean Ceramics and Their Global Influence – exhibition catalogue of Members of the International Academy of  Ceramics as part of the 51st Congress of the IAC – Portugal

CKCU-FM FULLER, Monique, A Luta Continua, radio interview for Tides exhibition, December 8, 2023

STUDIO ST-JEAN, interview with Romaric Domche – conversation on art and what drives creativity, at the Musée du Haut-Richelieu – septèmbre 2023

BERGERAS, Yves, Le Droit, profile of Sentier culturel –  June 21, 2024

SEMLAI, Aida and SWEET, Kevin, le Téléjournale, Radio-Canada, TV segment – profile of Sentier culturel / Art Trail featuring the artist, June 22, 2022

FUSION: A Magazine for Clay and Glass, Featured Established Artist, Clay Spotlight, Vol 45 No 2 – 2021 Fall Edition

HUM, Peter, Ottawa Citizen, Arts section, September 30, 2021

DWUMFOUR, E and YOUSSEF, R, Capital Current, article, September 30, 2021

SWEET, Kevin, le Téléjournale, Radio-Canada, TV segment/artist profile, August 26, 2021

BROWN, Sarah, Ottawa Magazine, Style and Design section, May 2021

DESROCHERS, Francois, Télé-Québec, TV interview/artist profile, January 26, 2019

SAUVE, Jacques-Normand, Le Droit, article, November 18, 2017

Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, 2017, Catalogue, pages 78-79

Fireworks 2017 Exhibition, The Ontario Clay & Glass Association, Catalogue, page 7

Low Down to Hull and Back, article, June 14, 2017

LEZARTS OUTAOUAIS, matv, TV interview, edition October 19, 2016

LESSARD Valérie, Le Droit, article, September 09, 2016

GESSEL Paul, Ottawa Magazine, article, Fall 2016

Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale, 2016, Catalogue: Concept

Low Down to Hull and Back, front page & article, June 22, 2016, page 12

Canadian Art Installation 2015, AIMIA Catalogue, May 2015, page 17

LESSARD Valérie, Le Droit, article, April 06, 2014

VOYER Patrick, The Guardian, article, March 13, 2014

KHAIKIN Lital, Guerrilla Magazine, article, December 2013

CUCCHI Maud, Le Droit, feature, Arts et Spectacle, May 25, 2013

GESSEL Paul, Ottawa Magazine, feature, May 2013

La Petite Séduction tv episode, édition Chelsea, September 2012

GESSEL Paul, The Artful Blogger, Ottawa Magazine, article, September 2012

Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale, 2012, Catalogue: Ceramic Visions