{"title":"Samantha Lissette","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamantha Lissette exhibits regularly throughout New Zealand and internationally. Her work is in public and private collections worldwide. Samantha became a member of the New Zealand medal maker group MANZ in 2000 and exhibits regularly with FIDEM International Medal Makers Congress. She has a degree in philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLissette has received public and corporate commissions for her work, most notably for Auckland City Council to Guanghou, China; Auckland Botanic Gardens, and Auckland University. She works extensively in all scales of the bronze medium, from the monument to the miniature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLissette’s work explores the relationship between ‘designed’ elements in the natural world and man’s adaptation of them – merging organic and contructed ideas, exposing an innate link between the two. There is a strong narrative quality to her sculpture, questioning aspects of the human condition’ often employing humour or irony, bringing a sense of playfulness and delicacy to a medium traditionally associated with weight and substance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/4506\/3359\/collections\/IMG_6701.jpg?v=1782794794","url":"https:\/\/www.tennysongallery.nz\/collections\/samantha-lissette.oembed","provider":"Tennyson Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}