An abstract painter whose paintings and works on paper are characterised by energetic brushwork and the idiosyncratic use of printmaking processes. Carter Grist’s process is intuitive and emotive and her works are influenced by combining diverse sources including the landscape of North Wales, cultural inspirations, literary associations and the photography of her photo journalist father Alan Grist.

“Painting for me is about tension and sponteniety, the transformation of subject and mark which initiates curiosity and feeling, achieved through a process which is both controlled and fluid.”

Born in  Cardiff, in 1972. Lisa Carter Grist now lives and works in North Wales. She makes two and three dimensional compositions both in the studio and in response to site. Lisa studied Theatre Design at Central Saint Martin’s graduating in 1995. She has received two Arts Council of Wales Awards and was nominated for the Eirian Llwyd Print Award in 2025. Her works have been exhibited in the National Eisteddfod of Wales, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Somerset House, Oriel Davies and Oriel Mostyn and are held in private collections world wide.

Commissions 

2025  CELF Commission National Museums of Wales and Ruthin Craft Centre. Permanent Banner Installation in the grounds of Ruthin Craft Centre. ‘Quartet, Score, Slip, Stick and Smooth’.

2018  Artichoke PROCESSIONS National Touring Banner Commission.

2016 Connected Communites Programme, UTOPIA, Somerset House, Drawing Installation, ‘An Eloquent Brain.’