About the Artist

Victoria painter Lisa Hebden has won multiple awards for her large figurative paintings. She received People's Choice award twice at the Sooke Fine Arts Show, and is a recipient of a Painting on the Edge Award from the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, the US, Germany and Australia.

Artist C.V.

  • International Artist Magazine

    Applied Arts Magazine

    Art Avenue

    Ceramics Art & Perception

    Focus Magazine

    The Vancouver Sun

    The Halifax Herald

    The Claremont Review

  • 2021 Swimmers, Fortune Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2018          Girlhood, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2017          Swimmers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2016          Girls, The Gallery at Mattick’s Farm, Victoria, BC
    2010          Open, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2009          Passage. MacPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria
    2009          Playground. Dales Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2008          Girls. Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
    2006          Plush. Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC. Curated by Paul Crawford.
    2005          Transitions, Gallery at the Mac, Victoria, BC. Curated by Jeff Molloy.
    2004          The Tour. Performance Works Theatre, Vancouver, BC.
    2003          The Beach Paintings. Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC. Curated by George Harris.
    2002          The Beach Paintings. Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC.
    2001           Third Summer.  Wells Historical Art Museum, Wells, BC.

  • 2019 SookeFine Arts Show, Sooke, BC,
    Juried by Pennylane Shen, Grant Arnold and Richard Motchman.
    2017           SookeFine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
                       Juried by Richard Hunt, Carol Koebbman, and Jock Hildebrand.
    2017           Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC
                       Juried by Mike Svob, Michelle Jacques, and Harold Allanson.
    2016           Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC
                       Juried by Harold Allanson, Ann Hudek, and Dianna Ponting.
    2015           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2015. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                       Juried by Rande Cook, Meghan Hildebrand, and Craig Sibley.
    2015           Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC
                       Juried by Sara Glenn, Nick Tuele, and Ann Hudek.
    2015           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2015. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                       Juried by Rande Cook, Meghan Hildebrand, and Craig Sibley.
    2014           Lisa Hebden & Alanna Sparanese.  Eclectic Gallery, Victoria, BC.
    2014           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2014. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                       Juried by Michelle Jacques, Celia Duthie, and Jeremy Herndl.
    2013           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2013. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                      Juried by Mary Jo Hughes, Ellen Manning, and Nigel Prince.
    2012           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2012. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                      Juried by Tara Nicholson, Suzanne Northcott, and Daniel Hudon.
    2011           Sooke Fine Arts Show  2011. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                       Juried by Nixie Barton, Richard White and Grant Leier.
    2010           Sooke Fine Arts Show 2010. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, BC.
                       Juried by Jeffrey Spalding, Diane Farris and John Luna.
    2007           Debutante. Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC. Curated by George Harris.
    2007           The Circus of Ennui. Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC.
    2005           Artswells. Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC.
    2004           People and Places. On Canvas Gallery, Victoria, BC.
    2003           Painting on the Edge. Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

  • 2022 Honourable Mention, Sooke Fine Arts Show
    2019 Juror's Choice Award, Sooke Fine Arts Show
    2015            Honourable Mention, Sidney Fine Arts Show
    2013            People’s Choice Award, Sooke Fine Art Show
    2010            People’s Choice Award, Sooke Fine Art Show
    2003            Opus Award, Federation of Canadian Artists, Painting on the Edge
    2000            A. Murray MacKay Scholarship
    2000            Robert G. Merritt Foundation Endowment Scholarship
    1994            British Columbia Ferry Corporation President’s Scholarship

  • 2008           Debutante, Catalogue, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    2004            International Artists Magazine
    2004            Applied Arts Magazine
    2003            Prince George Free Press, July 24, Not Just Another Day at the Beach
    2002            The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, April 5, Elissa Barnard
    2001            Quesnel Cariboo Observer, August 5,  Neil Horner
    1994           League of Canadian Poets
    1994            The Claremont Review

  • 2002           Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Design
    Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
    1998           Writing and Journalism, University of Victoria

Contact me

lisa@lisahebden.com