***AS SEEN ON THE BLOCK 2019***
SELECTED IN THE 2026 HARDCOVER EDITION OF ART & WOMAN
WINNER 2025 VAA 100INTERNATIONAL
WINNER 2025 PRETTY IN PINK BLUE KOI GALLERY
FINALIST 2025 THE ALMENARA ART AWARDS
FINALIST 2024 AUSTRALIAN STREET ART AWARDS
Trisha Lambi is an award-winning artist known for her bold and sensuous yet haunting oil paintings. Of her work she says 'Light and its effect on form is my inspiration and whilst I don't aspire to convey a conscious emotion in my work it seems to emerge of its own will.'
She has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally. Highlights of her career include her selection to represent Australia at the 2006 and 2007 Guangzhou Art Fair in China and her selection as a finalist in the 2012 Art Taipei International Competition. She was a Zone winner in the London Olympics 2012 Art Show and was selected as one of the Best Picks for Painting in the 2013 Dubai International Emerging Artist Award. Among her more recent achievements was her selection to exhibit in Underbelly, a group show curated by Dab Art at H Gallery in Ventura California, her selection as a finalist in the 2017 Hornsby Art Prize and her selection as a semi-finalist in the 2018 Artbox Project New York. In late 2018 she completed her first Artist Residency which involved painting a mural in the streets of Lakkos, the historic old town of Heraklion, Crete.
2019 saw three of her artworks featured in the Australian TV series The Block and another artist residency – this time in the beautiful French village of Fontaine-Daniel. In 2020 she a finalist in the Wyndham Art Prize as well as being accepted into the International Guild of Realism. More recently she received a Merit Award in the Camelback Gallery’s International Juried ‘’Shades of Red” Visual Arts Competition and placed 6th in the global American Art Awards. She was a finalist in both the juried 2021 and 2022 International Guild of Realism's Spring and Fall Salon Online Exhibitions and was selected to exhibit in Janet Rady Fine Art’s international exhibition ‘Making A Splash’. In 2022 she was the Artist in Residence during the International Women’s Day Corporate Art Exhibition in Brisbane as well as during the Condamine Country Art and Open Studio Trail in Warwick.
She spent a year from June 2021 to June 2022 working on a series of paintings documenting the Gold Rush in Charters Towers which were then converted into a mosaic mural covering the external walls of a shopping centre 80m long and 7 metres high and commissioned by Goldtower Central.
She was a finalist in the 2023 Clayton Utz Art Prize, the 2023 Kennedy Prize, the 2024 Australian Street Art Awards for her work on the Wall of History Mosaic Mural in Charters Towers and shortlisted in the prestigious 2024 and 2025 Almenara Art Prize. She was included in the juried exhibition 'BLUE' at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts in California - one of 94 artists selected from over 1000 submissions, and was a finalist in the 2025 Soho Art Prize. Her latest achievement is winning first prize in the Pretty in Pink exhibition at Blue Koi Gallery as well as being shortlisted in the VAA Art500 International and eventually winning it.
Trisha’s studio is in Karalee, overlooking the Brisbane River and is an easy 40-minute drive west of Brisbane City. Visitors by appointment are very welcome.
Curriculum Vitae
Artist Residencies
2022 Artist in Residence - International Women's Day Corporate Art Exhibition, Brisbane
2022 Artist in Residence - Condamine Country Art and Open Studio Trail, Warwick
2019 ArtSpace Gites - Fontaine-Daniel, France
2018 Lakkos Artist Residency - Heraklion, Crete
Public Art
2023 Mosaic Mural Poppet Head Plaza, Charters Towers - 80m long by 7m high
2018 Mural on streets of Lakkos, Heraklion, Crete as part of Artist Residency
Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2024 BLUE Juried exhibition O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, California
2024 Shortlisted Almenara Art Prize
2024 Finalist Australian Street Art Awards for work done on Goldtower Central's Wall of History Charters Towers
2023 Finalist Kennedy Prize
2023 Finalist Clayton Utz Art Prize
2022 Finalist Art Lovers Australia Art Prize
2022 and 2021 Honour Her Art Auction
2021 Finalist International Guild of Realism Fall Salon
2021 Making A Splash Group Show Janet Rady Fine Art London/Dubai
2021 Colour Pop Group Show Art Lovers Australia Gallery Gold Coast
2021 Finalist International Guild of Realism Spring Salon
2020 6th Place Human Figure Category American Art Awards
2020 Merit Award Shades of Red Curated by Camelback Gallery
2020 Creative Corona RQAS Brisbane Qld
2020 Finalist Wyndham Art Prize Werribee Vic
2020 Finalist Art Lovers Australia Art Prize
2019 The Artists on The Block Group Show Art Lovers Australia Gold Coast Qld
2019 Artwork featured on The Block TV Series
2019 Downlands Art Exhibition Toowoomba Qld
2019 Finalist Art Lovers Prize Art Lovers Australia
2018 Bloom Where You Are Planted Warwick Art Gallery Warwick
2018 Downlands Art Exhibition Toowoomba
2018 50/50 Presented by Artistic Crows Nest Gallery London
2018 Semi Finalist Artbox Project New York
2017 Hornsby Art Prize Sydney NSW
2017 Picasso Today Jugglers Art Space Brisbane Qld
2017 Underbelly Group Show Dab Art + H Gallery & Studios Ventura CA USA
2017 Downlands College Art Exhibition Toowoomba Qld
2017 Finalist Corangamarah Art Prize Vic
2017 Gallery Finalist Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award Brisbane Qld
2017 Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane Qld
2017 Large Scale Paintings White Canvas Gallery Brisbane Qld
2017 Pure by Kapten & Son Melbourne Vic
2017 Kollective Group Show Popart Gallery London South Brisbane Qld
2016 Top 100 Bluethumb Art Prize
2016 Finalist Queensland Figurative 2016 Brisbane Qld
2016 Downlands College Art Exhibition Toowoomba Qld
2016 Manhattan Arts International 'The Healing Power of ART 2016' curated by Renee Phillips
2016 Finalist NAB Flanagan's Art Prize Geelong Vic
2016 Opening Exhibition The Artist Tree Mount Tamborine Qld
2016 Finalist Moreton Bay Region Art Awards Qld
2015 Finalist Corangamarah Art Prize Vic
2015 In Focus: New Photography Collection, Saatchi Art Online
2015 Brisbane Grammar School 46th Annual Art Show 'Discovery'
2015 Brunswick St Gallery Painting 2015 Melbourne Vic
2015 Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane Qld
2015 Modern Masters Tarttalks New York USA
2014 Revolve Red Opus Art Space Adelaide SA
2013 Best Picks for Painting Dubai International Emerging Artist Award UAE
2013 Finalist Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Awards Brisbane Qld
2012 Finalist 2012 Gainsborough Greens Art Awards Pimpama Qld2012 Red Dot Contemporary Art Art Expo Brisbane
2012 Eclectica M1ng Gallery Melbourne
2012 Zone Winner London Olympics 2012 Art Show J L Gallery London
2012 Finalist ART Taipei
2012 Parallax Art Fair London
2011 Sanctuary Cove Art Festival Invitational Gold Coast Qld
2011 Just Nudes The Old Courthouse Ipswich Qld
2011 A Figurative Journey Arthouse Hotel Sydney NSW
2010 Women and Wilderness White Canvas Gallery
2010 Sanctuary Cove Art Festival Invitational Gold Coast Qld2010 The Cooper Gallery presents Trisha Lambi Noosaville Qld
2009 Winner $5000 Acquisitive Warwick Art Prize Warwick Qld
2009 Fleures et Femmes Tosari Galleries Toowoomba Qld
2009 Featured Artist Brisbane Square Library Qld
2009 Devil Max Dawn Gallery Adelaide SA
2009 Finalist She Who Discovers Walker St Gallery Dandenong Vic
2009 5 Senses - Excellence in Regional Art State Library of Qld
2008 Preselected Create To Advocate Parliament House Canberra Act2008 Body of Light Brunswick Street Studio Melbourne Vic
2008 Latest Work Kerala Gallery Melbourne Vic
2008 Preselected The Money Myth Exhibition Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Melbourne Vic
2008 Icon Creative Summit The Powerhouse Brisbane Qld
2008 Home Grown Ipswich Art Gallery Ipswich Qld
2008 Figurative Moments Art Moments Gallery Sydney Nsw
2008 EMSLA Salon de Refusee Coffs Harbour Nsw
2008 Finalist ANL Maritime Art Prize Melbourne Vic
2008 Invitational - Abused Child Trust Annual Art Exhibition Brisbane Qld
2008 Art Melbourne Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne Vic
2008 Summer 2008 Group Exhibition Paddington Contemporary Sydney Nsw
2008 Au Naturel - The Nude in the 21st Century Oregon USA
2007 Spotlight Show RM Galleries Brisbane Qld
2007 2nd Premio Internazionale di Pittura Treviso Italy
2007 Guangzhou International Art Fair Guangzhou China
2007 Nudes 07 De Havilland Gallery Wollongong Nsw
2007 The Body Show Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne Vic
2007 Four Emerging Artists Bella Art Gallery Springfield Lakes Qld
2007 Art Melbourne Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne Vic
2006 Guangzhou International Art Fair Guangzhou China
2006 Recent Paintings SODA Gallery Sydney Nsw
2006 Fusions RM Galleries Brisbane Qld
2006 Selected Artist Avant Card Calling All Artists Project
2006 First Prize Just Nudes Exhibition Ipswich Qld
2005 Finalist Cromwell's Art Prize
2005 People's Choice Award Regional Art Awards Toowoomba
2006 Flying Arts Regional Art Awards Townsville and Brisbane Qld
2006 Finalist Norvill Art Prize Murrurundi Nsw
2006 Blake Exceptions Exhibition Rushcutters Bay Gallery Sydney Nsw
2005 Cromwell's Art Prize Sydney Nsw
2005 Joint show Maria Perides Gallery Newstead Qld with Max Liebermann
2005 Group Show Galerie Faerber Ahrensburg Germany
2005 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition Brisbane Qld
2004 Lighting the Body Soda Gallery Avalon Sydney NSW
2003 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea Florence Italy
Grants
2005 RADF Grant to Assist With Exhibition In Germany
2003 RADF Grant to Assist With Exhibition In Italy
Public Collections
Southern Downs Regional Council Qld Australia
Private Collections
Australia, China, Cyprus, USA, Spain, Germany, England, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Switzerland, France
Selected Publications
2024 Interview Queensland Country Life
2022 Interview ABC North Qld Mornings With Jess Radio Show to talk about the Charters Towers Mural
2022 Women United Art Magazine – Curator’s Pick
2019 Artworks (3) featured on the Australian TV Series ‘The Block’
2018 Klassik Magazine International December 2018
2017 Average Arts Magazine July 2017
2016 Not Random Art Issue 2 June 2016
2016 Trisha Lambi: The Sensuality of Light Art Book Guy New York
2015 Best of Figurative Art Art Edit Magazine
2015 House of Coco Creative Spotlight www.houseofcoco.net
2014 Interview Marsocial Online Magazine www.marsocial,com
2014 Interview The Art Zine www.taz.ondaradioattiva.it
2008 Interview Art Elite Online Magazine www.artelite.org
2008 'Interviews with Celebrities' Happiness section of www.jobx.com.au website
2006 Manly Daily 7/7/06 'Figuratively Speaking'
2005 Queensland Times 22/6/05 'Ipswich Art Stops German Traffic'
2005 'Vanguard - Paper Wake' Issue 1 2005 - University Of Queensland's Art and Literary Journal
2004 Spectrum Weekend Edition Sydney Morning Herald 30/10/04 Review Of 'Lighting The Body' By Lenny Ann Low