About

Lisa Tomasetti is a Sydney based photographer and Visual artist. She has exhibited extensively throughout Australia as well as holding solo shows in London, Barcelona and Shanghai.

Her work is held in national public and private collections (The South Australian Art Museum, West Australian Gallery, Albury Regional Gallery, The National Gallery of Australia, ArtBank) and has undertaken a number of significant International residences (The Australia Council Besozzo, Italy) and commissions (The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ).

In 2019-2020 her work was included in the National Portrait Gallery's touring exhibition “Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits”.

Among her achievements as a Visual Artist, Tomasetti has been a finalist in “The Archibald Photographic Prize”, “The National Photographic Portrait Prize”, “The William Bowness Photographic Award”,”The Olive Cotton Prize”, “Julia Cameron Photographic Award”,”The International Photographic Awards”, “Paris Photo Prize (PX3)”, “The International Fine Art Photographic Awards”.

Winner: “London Photo Awards”, “European Photo Prize”, “Muse International award “.

In 2024 Lisa’s latest exhibition series ( “The Manifest” ) will be shown at “The James Makin Gallery” as part of PHOTO 2024; International Festival of Photography in Melbourne.

Parallel to her arts practice Tomasetti is a highly regarded Film and Television Stills photographer, capturing on set images for production/publicity as well as Key Art/Gallery shoots. Her credits include “Star Wars_Ep2”, “Shine”, “Carmen”, “Heartbreak High”, “Wellmania”, “Top of the Lake_China Girl”, “Total Control “,”Kath and Kim”, “The Messenger “, “Colin from Accounts “, “Queen of Oz”, “The Sapphires”, “Charlotte's Web”, “Dead Heart”, “Black Snow”,“Babyteeth”, “Prosper”, “C*A*U*G*H*T”.

Lisa’s clients include Stan, Binge, Paramount +, Netflix, ABC, BBC, SBS.

Tomasetti has also been production photographer for major performing arts companies (Sydney Theatre Company, Force Majeure, Belvoir St Theatre, Opera Australia, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Disney).

Her commissions include: Photographic series celebrating the 10 year anniversary of sponsorship between Audi and Sydney Theatre Company; “Bloch” marketing shoot with The Australian Ballet; Publicity shoot for Disney's “Frozen” and “Muriel’s Wedding the Musical”.

From 2006-2018 she was the official International tour photographer for The Australian Ballet travelling to Paris, Beijing ,Tokyo , New York , San Francisco and Los Angeles. As well as documenting behind the scenes moments of one of Australia's largest performing arts companies, she developed a personal project of photographing the dancers in the streets.

By removing the dancers from their controlled interior environment and placing them in gritty urban landscapes, their stylised , classical form juxtaposed with the everyday reality of city living creates a humorous take on the traditional ballet portrait.

These award winning images were exhibited extensively and in 2020 “The Australian Ballet on the International Stage” was published.

In 2024 her work will be included in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition “Dancer”, featuring dancers from The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 2019 North American Tour.