About Us
Artist Biography 2021
Liz Millsom grew up in Melbourne and New Zealand exploring forests and roaming grassy terrains. Inspired by nature, nurturing animals and imaginative play, Liz was led into an artistic career. She is a Melbourne based Artist who has exhibited throughout Melbourne solely and collaboratively in artist run and commercial galleries. She works as a passionate art teacher with children, teens and adults in secondary colleges, galleries and workshops. Liz mainly works in her home studio, as well as her local creative hub, The Firestation Print Studio. Liz works in a range of media from printmaking, illustration and painting. She is passionate about naturalism, equality and conservation and incorporates women and animals to express the issues these groups face in her work. Liz relishes the diversity and strength the role of contemporary women play in today’s world and is concerned about the precious ecosystems that are breaking down.
She’s concerned about the loss of habitat to many native species and unnecessary destruction of the Australian environment caused by both our government and society’s greed.
Her artwork is realistically stylized with a focus on the emotional state of women and native animals- mainly the dingo. Working in a range of mediums such as charcoal, oil, printmaking and mixed media, she expresses the emotional vulnerability and fearless determination of women and endangered species.
Education & Training
2010-2021 Currently teaching Art fulltime (secondary)
Secretary of the Board, Workshops, Life Drawing Facilitator at Fire Station Print Studio
2006-2021 Life Drawing
Fire Station Print Studio
Hawthorn Artist Society
Mentone Artist Society
Lindon Gallery
2021 Ben Howe Photo Realistic Painting Course
Melbourne Studio of Art
2021 Troy Argyros Atelier Drawing and Painting Course
Melbourne Studio of Art
2021 Jazmina Cininas Monoprint workshop
Fire Station Print Studio
2019 Alla Prima Portrait Workshop
Melbourne Studio of Art
2018 Wendy Sharpe Painting workshop
Morocco
2018 Lifedrawing workshop
Home studio
2017 Intensive life drawing workshop Melbourne Studio of Art
2010 University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
2007-2009 Monash University
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting)
2003-2006 Holmesglen Institute of Tafe
Diploma of Visual Art
Exhibitions
2022 Melbourne Annual Dog Show
Royal Exhibition Building
2022 The Dingo Debate
Fire Station Print Studio
2021 Flourish and Bloom
Fire Station Print Studio
2019 Call of the Wild
Tacit Gallery
2019 That’s Life
Fire Station Print Studio
2018 FPS at Florence
Florence, Italy
2018 That’s Life
Fire Station Print Studio
2018 Poets Society
Gallery
2017 Salon Show Fire Station Print Studio
2017 Postcard Show
Lindon Gallery
2017 Day in Everyday Life (group show)
Black Cat Gallery
2017 Thrive (solo)
Fire Station Print Studio
2017 That’s Life (group show)
Fire station Print Studio
2017 Who’s Looking at You?
Cambridge Studio Gallery
2016 Postcard Show
Lindon Gallery
2016 Regeneration
Victorian Artist Society
2015 Salon Show
Fire Station Print Studio
2015 Whole lotta woman (mother & daughter)
Victorian Artist Society
2014 Masked (solo)
69 Smith Street
2014 Members group show
69 Smith Street
2014 Art Blitz
Kingston Art Center
2014 Group Member Show
69 Smith Street
2013 Endangered Beauty (solo)
69 Smith Street Fitzroy
2013 Sensations of Art – Making: Triumphs, Torments and Risk-Taking
Victorian Artist Society
2012 Crossing Boundaries
George Paton Gallery
2010 Graduation Group Show
Monash University
2010 Bodily Explorations in Motion
Monash Student Gallery
2008 Solo Show
Fitzroy Gallery
2006 Terra Humanus
Engineers without Borders
2006 Graduation Show
Glen Eira Gallery
2006 Works on Paper
Arc 21
2006 2nd Year Visual Art Show
Arc 21
2005 White it out
Vanguard Gallery
Publications
2016 Painters Plight for dingoes
Kingston Leader
2008 The Art of inspiring others
Kingston Leader
Awards
2023 Monoprint Prize Finalist
Fire Station Print Studio
2022 Finalist Selection
I be Human Maldon Gallery
2021 Highly Commended
Bendigo Art Festival
2019 Summer Salon Grand Prize Winner
Fire Station Gallery
2006 Painting Prize
Holmsglen Institute of Tafe
Volunteer Work
2018-Present Open Studios
Fire Station Print Studio
2009-2016 Painting Musical Production Sets
Oakleigh South Primary School
Lilydale High School
Mount Waverley College