I am an interdisciplinary artist working across video, performance, and socially engaged practice. Through performance and video, I use my own body to navigate tensions between visibility and erasure, agency and vulnerability, positioning it as a site of lived experience shaped by systems of power. These works function as both personal inquiry and political gesture, confronting how bodies are regulated, observed, and interpreted. From a feminist perspective, I examine how patriarchy, social conditioning, and cultural narratives operate as both visible and invisible forms of control, particularly in relation to gender and violence against women. I am particularly concerned with how oppression becomes internalised, shaping how we see, inhabit, and understand ourselves.
My socially engaged practice extends this inquiry into collaborative contexts. I create spaces grounded in trust, care, and shared authorship, where participants can express their experiences and challenge the conditions that shape them. This takes the form of workshops and conversations that prioritise listening and process over outcome. I am especially committed to working with women and marginalised voices, supporting opportunities for reflection, connection, and empowerment. This work also celebrates women’s resilience and collective strength, foregrounding creative practice as a space for healing.
I consider creative practice a tool for agency—one that enables difficult experiences to be articulated while resisting dominant structures. Holding tensions in parallel—violence and care, fragmentation and connection—my work seeks to foster dialogue and the possibility of change.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Lisa Bird.
Born in London, England
Lives and works in Brecon, Wales
Research-based interdisciplinary visual artist; performance artist, moving image, and socially engaged art practice.
ART EDUCATION
Current MFA: Visual Arts, Hereford College of Art, Hereford, England
2025 Post Graduate Certificate: Fine Art, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales
2010 BA Fine Art: New Media, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, England
2006 Access to Higher Education Certificate, Art, Design and Media, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 There were three in the bed, and the academic said... Collaborative project. Performance, Installation, Photographs. Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, England
2024 Cowbridge Open Exhibition, Returning to Essence. Series of Linocut Prints. Cowbridge, Wales
2024 Hay Castle Open Exhibition, Wye, oh why? Linocut Print. Hay-on-Wye, Wales
2010 The Crypt Gallery: An Orchestra of Strings. As the crow flies. Video Installation. London, England
2010 4th Cairo Video Festival: Video Art & Experimental Films. As the crow flies. Video Screening. Cairo, Egypt
2009 Pallant House Gallery: The National Open Art Competition. Choices. Multimedia Diptych. Chichester, England
2009Lasalle College of Arts: Tropical Lab 5. Innominate. Performance & Multimedia images. Singapore
2009 Men Who Eat Bread. Collaborative performance. The Hyde Tavern, Winchester, England
2009 Tate Modern: No Working Title. Untitled. Sound Piece. London, England
2008 The Arts Club London & Pallant House Gallery: The National Open Art Competition. A Story of a Girl. Text Piece. London & Chichester, England
GRANTS / AWARDS
2026 New Pathways Project Grant, Wales
2009 The Young Artists Endowment Fund, The National Open Art Competition, Chichester, England
2009 Tropical Lab 5 International Art Camp, Lasalle College of Arts, Singapore
2008 Highly Commended, The National Open Art competition, London & Chichester
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING
2026 Series of 8 Workshops: Art That Empowers Everyone. New Pathways, Online Pan Wales
2026 Children’s Workshop: Mascot and Well-being Journal Creation. Calan DVS, Brecon, Wales
2025 Two Workshops: Lithino Printmaking. Gwernyfed High School, Brecon, Wales
2024 One-to-one tutorials for a BA student: Professional Practice. Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales
2010 After-school Arts Club. Ludlow Infant School, Southampton, England
2009 Artist Workshop Assistant, Winchester Gallery, Winchester, England
2008 Arts Week Assistant, Shepherds Down School, Winchester, England
2006-7 Workshop Teacher & Project Worker, Portsmouth Arts & Community Education, Portsmouth, England
ARTIST LECTURES
2026 Hereford College of Arts, The Lived Female Body Experience, Hereford, England
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2025 Foundation to Drawing and Talking Therapy, Mental Health Hub
2025 Wales Safeguarding - Safeguarding Adults at Risk: Group C, Children in Wales, Wales
2025 Wales Safeguarding Procedures - Safeguarding Children & Adults: Group B, PAVO, Powys, Wales
2025 Trauma- Informed Approaches, Aberystwyth University and ACES Hub Wales
2021 Introduction to the Profession of Art Therapy, The British Association of Arts Therapists, London, England
2010 Final Cut Pro, Apple Certified Pro, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, England
2007 Certificate in Delivering Learning, Portsmouth College, Portsmouth, England