Photograph by Maevie McAvoy
Lilli Strömland is a painter and ceramicist, living and working upon Gadigal land, Sydney. Her often psychologically-charged, observational oil paintings explore the subject of material nostalgia, comfort and home. Sensuous and tactile, they transpose the Dutch still-life tradition into the contemporary context of Australian suburbia.
Strömland holds a BFA in painting from the National Art School (2015) and has since gone on to be a finalist in multiple awards and prizes. These include being a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Scholarship (2020), the Portia Geach Memorial Award (2019), the Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), The Fisher's Ghost Art Award (2024) and the Salon de Refusés at S.H. Ervin Gallery (2019). In addition, she has partaken in numerous solo and group shows and has work held in private collections across Australia. Strömland has also participated in multiple residencies including with the Shark Island Institute Kangaroo Valley (2023, 2024) and the Leif Hasel Foundation residency, Demark (2025).