Lisa Tustian

Working with objects of human detritus, including handwriting, Lisa Tustian investigates the concept of ‘found-ness’ through sculptural assemblages, audio and video, written and spoken word, artist books and conceptual ideas and systems.

Spotted and collected whilst out in the world walking, the kind of found objects that Lisa works with are, by definition, unique: They are non-art items happened upon rather than sought out or selected. They are singular, irreplaceable and both lost and found.  Due to these characteristics, and because of their link to another (unknown) human - an unwitting collaborator (the person who lost or discarded the material used) - they offer a particular vehicle for narrative exploration.

Whilst much found object art focusses on the “object-ness” of things, Lisa’s enquiry is centred instead upon the notion of “found-ness”. She aims to uncover ways in which this quality of “found-ness” might be defined, explored, engaged with and shown forth, and how it might interface with the incongruous, the poignant 

and

the play-

ful. 

After a long career in performing arts and singing teaching, I pivoted mid-life to pursue an MFA around my ongoing art practice which encompasses walking, finding, making, writing and thinking, which transmogrified into a PhD.   

A yoga-practising, dog loving fermentation aficionado who loves gardening.