Benson works mainly with photographic processes and equipment, interested in how time and light create images.[2]
Notable exhibitions
Drift, Vavasour Godkin gallery, Auckland, 2006. This show was the result of a trip to the
South Island to create "disappearing drawings" using light-sensitive photographic paper. She captured images at
Lake Grassmere, Mt John Observatory near
Lake Tekapo, and Chancellor Dome on
Fox Glacier.[2]
Composite Realities Amid Time and Space: Recent Art and Photography,
Centre for Contemporary Photography,
Melbourne, 2007. This group exhibition was curated by David Thomas and featured works by artists from Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand and South Korea.[3]
Blinky, RAMP, Hamilton, 2012. This show presented photographic images, including a series of various neon signs that spell words capturing certain philosophical ideas. Many of the works in this show were inspired by her time in Beijing.[5]
Awards and residencies
2007 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Merit Award for her work Mountain Landscape, Chancellor Dome, Fox Glacier June 2006. This award is organised by the Waikato Society of Arts Inc.[6]
Finalist in the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, 2008.[7]
Recipient of Red Gate Gallery residency in Beijing, 2009.[8][9]
References
^"Lisa Benson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 8 September 2019.