Judge - Art as a response to mental health 2026

Nadezhda Lisak SWAc

Born in London, she now lives and works in the South West of England. She specialises in contemporary portraiture, creating works on canvas, paper or bard, ranging in size from 160cm to 6cm, using acrylic or gouache paints and genuine gold or platinum leaf.

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

Royal Watercolour Society Gallery, London 2025

Royal West of England Academy 2025, 2019

Royal Academy of Dance, London. ‘A Celebration of Male Ballet Dancers in Paintings’. A solo Exhibition 2025

Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Devon 2024

South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Devon 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Delamore Arts, Plymouth 2023, 2024 and 2026

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 2020

ACCOLADES

In 2022 Nadezhda was elected as an Academician at the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts.

In 2023 Nadezhda was selected as a member of the Artists Network of the Royal West of England Academy.