exhibitions and awards
May 2024
Con Gioioso exhibited an exhibition of works responding to the Hot Club Jazz style in the Sara-K Gallery at Monkton Arts, as part of their Gypsy Jazz Festival.
Apr-May 2024
Induction, That's Not How I Remember It and The Inevitable Lightness of Being exhibited in the Entranced Essence Exhibition at London gallery RuptureXibit(+Studio).
July-Oct 2023
Mending exhibited in the biennial Quay Arts Open Exhibition.
June-August 2022
Watercolour with Wormhole exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
August 2022
SET[me]FREE exhibited in the Time of Her Life dolls house gallery exhibition.
May-September 2022
Reflections on display in the cottage "nook" and Delicacy on display in the "eggschange" at Ever Garden sculpture garden and cottage.
April 2022
Watercolour with Wormhole shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
January-March 2022
Collision, Watercolour with Wormhole, Reflections, Protect Your Own and Lockdown with Lifering selected for the SIX Exhibition in the West Gallery at Quay Arts showing the work of the six winners of the Quay Arts Open 2021.
November 2021
Reflections selected for the Mirror Mirror on the Wall Exhibition at The House of Smalls.
September 2021
Upended selected for the Looking Out from Lockdown Exhibition at Independent Arts Creative Hub Gallery.
August 2021
Couture for the New Age shortlisted for the inaugural Monkton Art prize and exhibited in the Acons Gallery at Monkton Arts Cafe.
June 2021
Awarded the Group Show Prize. at the Quay Arts Biennial Open Exhibition 2021
June 2021
Upended and Transcendence selected for the Quay Arts Biennial Open Exhibition 2021
Awarded the Group Show Prize.
November 2019
Ghost Dance I & Ghost Dance II selected for the Quay Arts Biennial Open Exhibition 2019
September 2017
Haute Bandolier with Silver Bullet selected for the London Art the Arms Fair exhibition (exhibited alongside a Banksy!).
August 2017
Sculptural works Protect Your Own, Tall Poppy and Keep it Together shortlisted for the National Open Art exhibition.
November 2016
Lisa Heath Wearable Art online art jewellery store launched,
October 2016
Sculptural art work Vintage Tea exhibited at the Blue Fox Gallery, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Sold.
August 2016
Exhibition and sale of jewellery at the Peoples Gallery, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
July 2015
Sculptural work It Was So Beautiful selected for the Summer Salon exhibition hosted by Foal Arts at the Depozitory in Ryde, Isle of Wight.
May - July 2015
Two sculptural works, Beginning to See the Light and It's Just Where I Ended Up, selected for Quay Arts Open Exhibition 2015 hosted by the Quay Arts Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight.
May 2015
Jewellery and sculptural work exhibited as part of the Isle of Arts Ventnor Arts Trail (artsisle.org), Isle of Wight.
February 2015
Jewellery and sculptural work exhibited and sold at a pop up gallery hosted by Little Nook Events at the Missy J Café, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
December 2014
Two sculptural works, Unravelled, Unrivalled and Might There be a Way Out, selected for and sold at the Winter Salon exhibition hosted by Foal Arts at the Depozitory in Ryde, Isle of Wight.
September 2013
Dedicated showroom opened at The Old Farmhouse, Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, regular sales.
July 2013
Group exhibition in the Vestas Atrium as part of Isle of Wight Open Studios – 10 pieces sold.
April 2011
International Metal Clay Guild Visual Trigger Challenge – second place. Published in the Guild magazine - Fusion (issue 16).
October 2010
International Metal Clay Guild Visual Trigger Challenge – third place. Published in the Guild magazine - Fusion (issue 14) - with special mention for political content of work.
September 2008
Joint exhibition in Hong Kong with established Hong Kong artist Polly Snaith MFA – nine pieces sold.
2006
Studied at the Asimi College of Jewellery (now Asimi Art), Hong Kong under Bibianna Cheung (trained at London Guildhall) specializing in jewellery made from precious metal clay.
Previous Incarnation
BScHons in Medical Physiology
Registered Patent Attorney1990 – 2007: patent & trademark law, business development and computer systems design for patent law firms in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Beijing.
Fluent in Chinese.