Lisa Creskey is a ceramic artist and painter who explores the visual storytelling potential of the clay medium through sculpture and installation. By means of magical realism, she explores the intersection of history, time, nature, landscape, and art history. Investigating these themes, she creates surreal and immersive worlds in which to look for connections and to pose questions on essential concerns for humanity and the environment. Lisa lives and works in Chelsea, Quebec.

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), 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.

Lisa’s international recognition includes Finalist in the 2020 Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale, Diploma of Honour 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. Other international distinctions include an Honorable Mention award in the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale GICB2017 in South Korea, Finalist in the Mark Rothko Centre’s 2017 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 International Ceramics Biennale.

Lisa’s work has been collected by Global Affairs Canada, the Yingge Ceramics Museum in New Taipei City, Taiwan, the Korea Ceramics Foundation in Incheon, South Korea, the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils, Latvia, the Aimia Canadian Art Collection in Toronto, the City of Ottawa Art Collection, and the Prime Minister of Canada’s Office (PMO).

Lisa’s most recent exhibitions in 2024 were the IAC Members Exhibition in Portugal as part of the IAC Congress, and at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.