Awards and Commendations

Lisa Wiltse is an Irish-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans photography, ceramics, sculpture, scent, and material design. An award-winning photographer, her documentary work has been recognised internationally through the Sony World Photography Awards, Pictures of the Year International, the Walkley Awards, Prix Voies-Off, and the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Alongside her photographic practice, she creates handcrafted Jesmonite objects and ceramics, exploring material, atmosphere, and ritual through contemporary design. In 2026, she received the Showcase Ireland Wellbeing Award for her Jesmonite collection.

Design + Material Practice

2026

       •Winner, Showcase Ireland Wellbeing Award — Jesmonite Collection. Awarded for          a collection of handcrafted Jesmonite objects exploring atmosphere, ritual, and                  wellbeing. 

2012

• Chipp International, Silver, Bronze and two Honorable Mentions, Charcoal kids of Ulingan , A Winter’s tale and Country races
• Foto Evidence Book Award, Finalist, Charcoal Kids of Ulingan
• Sony World Photography Awards, finalist ,travel, Doctari Safaris
• Days Japan Award, Jury’s Special Prize, Charcoal Kids Of Ulingan
• POYi’s, 2^nd place, Littte Voice, Underage Sex Workers of Daulatdia, Bangladesh
• POYi’s Finalist, Little Voice, Underage Sex Workers of Daulatdia, Bangladesh

2011

• Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, first place feature,  Charcoal Kids of Ulingan
• Grand prize winner of  One Life  photography award, The Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• Runner up,  The Invisible World , Enrique’s Playground

2010

• Laureate,  Prix Voies-Off,  Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• Winner of Magenta Foundation’s Emerging  Photographer, Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• Australian Walkley award, daily life/feature, Potosi, Bolivia
• Pictures of the Year International, Community Awareness finalist,  Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• NPPA, 3^rd place , Enterprise Picture Story, Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• Winner, PDN Emerging photographer
• Santa Fe Project Competition, Honorable Mention,  Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia
• Wine Photography , finalist,  Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia

2009

• PDN Photo Annual , Enrique’s Playground
• Sony World Photography Awards, finalist ,portraiture , Enrique’s Playground
• NPPA, first place, sports and feature 

Group Exhibitions

• Between the Mountains and the Sea Pour L’Instant, Scène nationale “Le Moulin du Roc”la galerie , Niort, France,
• Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hanover, Germany, 2010
• Reportage Festival , Sydney, Australia , 2006 ,2008, 2010
• Foto 8 Sumer Show, London, UK 2008.2009
• Visa d’ Or Daily Press 2007, 2008
• Centre for Contemporary Arts Melbourne, Victoria

Publications

• TIME, New York Times,  Geo, Marie Claire, The Fader, PDN, The Walrus, Virginia Review Quarterly

Education and Work Experience

1995-1999 The Art Institute of Boston, Bachelor of Fine Arts

2005-2008 The Sydney Morning Herald, Staff Photographer