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Please contact for request."; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(meta); https://lilliwaters.com/About Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:43:38 +0000 Lilli Waters https://lilliwaters.com/About <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aab48dde2184d1b7600c6f8d26fbafc50206c0fe6026951cfa6e208fd4eae5ba/Lilli_Waters_web_size.jpg" data-mid="87720205" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aab48dde2184d1b7600c6f8d26fbafc50206c0fe6026951cfa6e208fd4eae5ba/Lilli_Waters_web_size.jpg" /> Photo credit: Hilary Walker “With her evocative imagery merging the female form with nature's embrace, Waters offers a glimpse into the depth of symbolism and emotion that define her unique creations.” Art Almanac Kate McCauley,&nbsp; 2025 Lilli Waters (b.1983) is a Thai-Australian contemporary photographic artist living and working on Wurundjeri Country, Australia. Having studied photography in 2002, Waters has exhibited across Australia, Italy, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States since 2012. Waters’ photographs can be considered autobiographical landscapes that explore feminist ideologies inherited through her maternal lineage and the complex history of her identity as a Thai-Australian woman. Drawing from the visual language of Dutch still-life painting, her work is composed of carefully constructed symbolic environments: self-portraits submerged in the river near where she was born, fabrics drifting through the water amongst waterlilies and nacre-covered shells, and female forms that embody strength and protection. Water recurs throughout her practice as a central motif, operating as a conduit for rebirth, transformation and renewal. Through her depictions of women in landscape, Waters deconstructs historical perspectives and subverts the monolithic male gaze to re-contextualise what has been obscured within patriarchal structures. Her work has been exhibited internationally through institutions, art fairs and festivals, including FotoNostrum (Barcelona), California Museum of Photography, Photo Oxford Festival (UK), International Center of Photography (NYC) and Palmengarten (Frankfurt), and nationally through Sydney Contemporary, the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Head On Photo Festival at the State Library Victoria, and Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens. Waters is the 2024 winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, the 2022 second-prize winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Photography Award and winner of the 2020 Du Rietz Art Awards. She is a multi-year finalist in the Australian Photography Awards (2020, 2022, 2023), the Du Rietz Art Awards (2020, 2022, 2025, 2026), the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2021, 2022, 2026), the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (2020, 2025), the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (2021, 2022), Environmental Art &amp; Design Prize (2022, 2026), and the Percival Photographic Portrait Prize (2020, 2022). She has also been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize (2019), Iris Award (2019, 2021), Churchie Emerging Art Prize (2025), the Naked &amp; Nude Prize (2021),&nbsp; the Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize (2026),&nbsp; the Biennale Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize (2020), and highly commended in the Doug Moran National Contemporary Photographic Prize (2012).&nbsp; Her work has been published internationally in publications including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Real Living, Belle, Art Aesthetica, Il Fotografo, FotoNostrum, Austrian Living, The Opera and Pétala Magazine. It has also appeared in the films Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. Lilli Waters lives and works in Melbourne / Naarm, Australia.The artist acknowledges and pays her respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which she lives, works and makes art. She extends her respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging, and acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ︎ ARTIST CV UPCOMING 12th November 2026 - 25th March 2027 ‘PHYSIS: Elemental Bodies’- Solo Exhibition Hellenic Museum, Melbourne21- 24th January 2027ART SG ‘The Thread Line’ with Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery Marina Sands, Singapore EDUCATION 2002 Advanced Diploma of Photography (First Class Honours)Photographic Imaging College SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2026Sunken Water Gardens สวนวารีจม, Curatorial &amp; Co. gallery, Sydney, NSW&nbsp; 2023 Pay Attention to the Heavens, Curatorial &amp; Co., gallery, Sydney, NSW Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, NSW 2022 Orpheus, Curatorial &amp; Co. gallery, Sydney, NSW Orpheus, Metro Gallery, Melbourne VIC 2020 Disenchantments of the World, Curatorial &amp; Co. gallery, Sydney, NSW Anthropocene: The Age of Humans, Virtual Exhibition, Curatorial &amp; Co. gallery 2019 Reawaken, Craig’s Royal Hotel in collaboration with the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, VIC Untitled, Metro Gallery, Melbourne VIC Others Dream, Modern Times, Melbourne VIC Things of Fire and Ash, Remembered, Victoria Police Museum, VIC 2018 Coral Lands, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2017 Plastic Fish, Junior Space, Melbourne VIC 2015 Anja, Red Gallery, Melbourne VIC 2013 Things of Fire and Ash, Victoria Police Museum, Melbourne VIC, touring nationally 2012 She Raw, Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne VIC She Raw, Blak Dot gallery, Melbourne VIC SELECTED GROUP SHOWS2026 Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize Exhibition, NSW&nbsp; Omnia Art Prize &amp; Exhibition, VIC&nbsp;Manly Art Gallery &amp; Museum, NSW40th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Collective Exhibition, Agora Gallery, NYC Mullins Finalist’s Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW Du Rietz Finalist Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, NSW 2025 Head On Photo Festival, NSW&nbsp; Du Reitz Art Awards Finalist Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW&nbsp; Churchie Emerging Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane 25th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNustrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2024 Daring, Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery, Sydney 2023 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art Exhibition, Monselvat, VIC&nbsp; 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain Artist in Residence, Assembly Label, Melbourne&nbsp; 2022 TACIT Finalists, TACIT Galleries, Melbourne There With Us, At 14, MelbourneAPA Awards, Bodriggy Brewpub, Melbourne Darlings, Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery, Sydney Halycon Days, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California, USAEnvironmental Art &amp; Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery &amp; Museum, NSW Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, QLDRavenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School For Girls, NSW Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD 2021 Darlings, Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery, Sydney&nbsp; Naked &amp; Nude Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW&nbsp; Du Rietz Art Awards,&nbsp;Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD&nbsp; Flora, Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens, City of Greater Dandenong, VICArt in the Plague Year, UCR Arts, California Museum of Photography, USAIlford CCP Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne 2020 Darlings, Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery, Sydney The Laneway Gallery, in collaboration with Jane by the Grey Attic &amp; Melbourne GPOWomen and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen, OVADA Gallery, Photo Oxford Festival, United Kingdom Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW ICP: Concerned: Global images for Global crisis, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA Talismans, Rafts, Mementos, Modern Times, Melbourne Here With Me, Curatorial &amp; Co. Gallery, Sydney Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD Loud and Luminous, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney&nbsp; These Days: Works in Isolation, Virtual Exhibition 2019 Summer Group Exhibition, Metro Gallery, Melbourne Chapter One, Pix on Location, Sydney Ritual Practice, Modern Times, Melbourne Rose Rouge Kaisu, Tokyo, Japan Midyear Selection Exhibition, Metro Gallery, Melbourne Winter Group Exhibition, Metro Gallery, Melbourne Loud &amp; Luminous, Head On Photo Festival, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, NSW, touring nationally Sun Celebrates Her, Sun Studios, Melbourne Her Wild Dreaming, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery 2018 PCP Collective, Perth Centre for Photography, WAILFORD CCP Salon, Contemporary Centre of Photography, MelbourneSummer Group Exhibition, Metro Gallery, MelbourneThe Luxury of Landscape Palazzo Pandolfini, Tuscany, Italy The Last Line of Defence Besser Space, Melbourne Candyland for CanTeen Art Auction, NAB Graduate Fundraiser, Melbourne Hyper 222, Roslyn Gallery, Melbourne Contemporary Art Awards, online 2017 STILL National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW Her Way 5 Rankins Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2016 Blümchen Sex Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany Phantom Paradise, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney 2015 Keeping Company: Saltwater Manly Art Gallery, Sydney Unreal Head On Photo Festival, M2 Gallery, Sydney Anja Pop-Up, Leonard St, Melbourne 2014 Head On Photo Festival, Sydney 2013 Stockroom Carbon Black Gallery, Melbourne Art in Mind, The Brick Lane Gallery, London Head On Photo Festival, State Library of NSW AWARDS &amp; ACQUISITIONS&nbsp; 2026 Finalist, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize Finalist, Omnia Art Prize Finalist, Environmental Art &amp; Design Prize Finalist, 40th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Finalist, Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize Finalist, Du Rietz Art Awards 2025 Honourable Achievement, Semi-Finalist, Head On Photo Awards Finalist, Du Reitz Art Awards Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award&nbsp; Finalist, Churchie Emerging Art Prize Shortlisted,&nbsp; Anthology Photography Competition 2024 Winner, Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2023 Finalist x 2, Australian Photography Awards&nbsp; 2022 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art Finalist, 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award&nbsp; Finalist, TACIT Still Life Award Finalist, Australian Photography Awards Winner 2nd Prize, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Photography Award Finalist, Environmental Art &amp; Design Prize Finalist, Du Rietz Art Awards Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art PrizeFinalist, Percival Photographic Portrait Prize 2021Finalist, Iris Award, Perth Centre for PhotographyWinner, Du Rietz Art AwardSelected, 200 Best Photographers Worldwide 2021/2022, Lurzer’s ArchiveFinalist, Naked &amp; Nude Art Prize Finalist x 2, Du Rietz Art AwardsFinalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Finalist, Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2020 Finalist x 3, Australian Photography AwardsHonourable Mention, International Photography AwardsFinalist, Photo Oxford FestivalFinalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art AwardFinalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art AwardHighly Commended, The Mono AwardsFinalist, Du Reitz Art AwardsFinalist, Percival Photographic Portrait PrizeFinalist, Biennale Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize 2019 Honourable Mention, Budapest International Photo AwardsFinalist, Australian Photography AwardsFinalist, Now Contemporary Art PrizeFinalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art PrizeFinalist, Iris Awards, Perth Centre for Photography Commended, The Mono AwardsFinalist, Incinerator Art AwardHighly Commended, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers AwardsFinalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 Finalist, Australian Photography AwardsFinalist, Art Aesthetica Art Award 2017 Finalist, Contemporary Art AwardsFinalist, National Still Life AwardFinalist, Click 17, Brunswick St GallerySemi-Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize 2015 Semi-Finalist, Head On Portrait PrizeFinalist, Head On Portrait Prize 2013 Highly Commended, Qantas Soya Photography Award 2012 Highly Commended, Doug Moran National Contemporary Photographic PrizeSemi-Finalist x 2, Doug Moran National Contemporary Photographic PrizeHighly Commended, Qantas Soya Photography Award IN PRINT PRESS | INTERVIEWS 2026 Qantas Travel Insider Interview,&nbsp; International Elle Magazine, Australia 2025 Side-Note Magazine, Australia Marie Claire Magazine, Australia&nbsp;Elle Magazine, Australia 2024The Opéra Magazine, Germany FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, SpainAesthetica Magazine, UK 2023 Art Almanac Interview, Australia Contemporary&nbsp;Art Collectors Book Volume I, Spain 2022 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Australia&nbsp; Harper’s Bazaar, Australia Marie Claire, Australia Il Fotografo Magazine 336 “I AM / IO SONO”, ItalyReal Living Magazine, Australia 2021 Marie Claire Magazine, Australia Lürzer’s Archive Magazine, Austria Pétula Magazine, Germany Normal Magazine, France Real Living Magazine, Australia Jane by the Grey Attic Magazine, Australia ‘Mass Isolation Australia’ publication, Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2020 Belle Magazine, Australia&nbsp;Jane by the Grey Attic Magazine, Australia Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Australia 2019 Austrian Living Magazine, Austria Belle Magazine, AustraliaThe Opéra Magazine, Vol. VIII, GermanyVogue Living Magazine, Australia 2018 Capture Magazine, AustraliaNoblesse China Magazine, ChinaPhoto Essay Nature &amp; Human Beings Future Now, 100 Contemporary Artists, USAReal Living Magazine, Australia 2017 Das Magazin, USAThe Opera Magazine, Vol. VI, Germany&nbsp; The Age, Sunday Life, Australia 2016 Yen Magazine, Issue 83, AustraliaAustralian House &amp; Garden Magazine, AustraliaYen Magazine, Issue 83, Australia 2015 Tallulah Magazine, UKArt Aesthetica Magazine, UKMelbourne Observer, AustraliaBlink Magazine, USAInterview Elle Magazine, Australia 2014 Daphne programme for La Monnaie, BelgiumBook Cover, La Sage Femme, Katja Kettu, FranceYen Magazine, Issue 71, AustraliaThe Opera Magazine, Vol. III, GermanyKai’outi Magazine, USAThe Issue Magazine, USASpook Magazine, Australia 2013 Peppermint Magazine, Issue 14, AustraliaYen Magazine, Issue 62, AustraliaMinx Magazine, USA&nbsp; Rattapallax Magazine, USAFine Line Magazine, USAThe Modern and Contemporary Art, FranceFashion Trend Magazine, Australia 2012 Yen Magazine, Issue 56, Australia ONLINE PRESS | INTERVIEWS 2026 District Productions Journal Qantas Travel Insider Interview&nbsp; 2025 ait Istanbul:&nbsp;Dialogue #26: Lilli Waters 2023 Hunter &amp; FolkArtist in Residence: Assembly Label 2022 Beautiful Bizarre The Style Curator The Design FilesHunter &amp; Folk 2021 Lenscratch Contemporary Art Collectors Beware Magazine UMENCO 2020 Vogue Living The Design Files Hunter &amp; Folk Australian Arts Review Artdoc Magazine 2019 Art Thy NeighbourModern Times JournalThe AgeThe Design Files 2018 Feature Shoot The Design FilesVogue Living The Design FilesWe Are ScoutIrisi Magazine 2017 The Design FilesPeppermint Magazine The Design Files 2016 Yen Magazine Label Magazine, PolandStudio Home, NZ&nbsp;Fubiz, FranceGooood, ChinaTrendland, USAJuxtapoz Magazine, USAPlain MagazineLooks like Film 2015 Aesthetica MagazineMelbourne Arts Club Yen MagazineAustralian Arts ReviewPop. Edit.LitTweed Daily News 2014 Gorgeous ArtgirlThe Quiet FrontFstoppersChromatic WatchiGNANT Magazine, GermanyThis is Paper Magazine, PolandGUP Magazine Worbz 2013 S O S H A L L W O R KShock Blast Flanelle Magazine My Modern Met City Like You, UK Studio Home, NZ Milkbar Magazine Clik Clik, FranceAustralian InfrontFile Magazine 2012 Interviews Aloud We are Selecters Acclaim Magazine Beautiful Savage Frankie Magazine EB Cult, USA The Age Eat Read LoveEmpty Kingdom, USA BOOKS 2015 Anja - OUT OF PRINT 2012 She Raw - OUT OF PRINT OTHER 2020 Awarded the Creative Victoria Sustaining Arts Grant2018 Featured on Art Bites: Mirror, ABC documentary series 2015 ‘Anja’ book launch, Blak Dot Gallery2013 Speaker, Semi-Permanent Creative Global Conference, Melbourne and Brisbane2012 ‘She Raw, The 41 Women’s Portraits’ book launch, Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive ︎ .video video {width:100%;} https://lilliwaters.com/Text-Video Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:37:28 +0000 Lilli Waters https://lilliwaters.com/Text-Video ︎ .video video {width:100%;} iframe.video {width: 100%} &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “The windswept drama of the carefully composed, haunting landscapes of Melbourne-based artist Lilli Waters is interspersed with predominantly female figures whose incandescent skin, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; enshrouded in jewel-toned fabrics and illuminated by firelight, offsets the water-logged darkness of their surroundings.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; At first glance the photographs appear laden with doomed romance and a macabre eroticism. It is only on closer inspection that the viewer begins to glean a message of empowerment.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The images are delicate and audacious, offering insight into the complexity of their inhabitants, just as the elemental background evokes a sense of foreboding.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Waters challenges the conditioning of women in contemporary culture, which she attributes to an internalisation of sexism. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Through her photographs, Waters encourages self-acceptance, emotional awareness and defiant celebration in her subjects and, subsequently, in herself.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Art Aesthetica`&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “With her evocative imagery merging the female form with nature's embrace, Waters offers a glimpse into the depth of symbolism and emotion that define her unique creations.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Art Almanac&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Kate McCauley,&nbsp; 2025 https://lilliwaters.com/Contact Wed, 25 Dec 2019 23:46:29 +0000 Lilli Waters https://lilliwaters.com/Contact To contact Lilli Waters directly, for commissions or interest in works, please emaillilli@lilliwaters.com If you would like to hear about upcoming exhibitions, please subscribe to my occasional newsletter via the form below. 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