Lisa Sammut

Creative Australia
2026

Lisa Sammut is a Kamberri/Canberra based visual artist known for poetic, intuitive and experiential works including video, photography, sculpture and installation. Using a wide range of media, she positions the cosmos as a material and conceptual framework for exploring the parallels between interplanetary forms and forces and the dynamics of our social, political and personal worlds. Since completing an MFA by Research at UNSW Art & Design in 2018, Lisa has exhibited widely in Australia including recent exhibitions at The Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery of South Australia, Buxton Contemporary, UNSW Galleries and Murray Art Museum Albury. She recently undertook a residency at Canberra Glassworks and a Beinecke Rare Books Library Research Fellowship at Yale University.

Creative Australia

Creative Australia, (formerly known as the Australia Council) is the Government’s principal arts investment and advisory body and is the centrepiece of Revive, the Government’s National Cultural Policy. Creative Australia supports and promotes creative arts practice that is recognised nationally and internationally, and provides research and advocacy on issues affecting the sector.

For more information, please visit creative.gov.au/creative-australia/