Lezlie Tilley - Artist

“While most artists begin with chaos working toward order Tilley begins with order through the use of the grid and arrives at a swarming field devoid of focal point and like the sun too awesome to look at. For Tilley the studio is the area of meditation where all is transformative and where the artist becomes lost to time, any awareness of self, the conscious mind and where only the practice is happening.” Patricia Wilson-Adams

Lezlie Tilley was born in 1949 in Sydney, NSW. In 1967 she attended the National Art School at the East Sydney Technical College followed by studying Ceramics at Newcastle School of Art and Design from 1973-1975 and completed a Certificate of Art from the same institution in 1980. In 1983 she was awarded a Bachelor of Art (Visual Art) from the Newcastle College of Advanced Education. She has lectured in art and media at the Hunter TAFE now Newcastle Art School and the University of Newcastle.

Tilley works in a variety of media including oil and acrylic, brass and recycled timber. She has exhibited in numerous solo, group and curated exhibitions in Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne since 1988. She was represented in Sydney by Brenda May until May retired. Her work is sought and collected around Australia and her past work can be found on the Australian auction market.

Tilley first exhibited with Straitjacket in 2023 (Dazzle), her next solo exhibition is scheduled for 2025. You can find her work in our online STOCKROOM.