Lisa Fielding-Smith graduated with an MA Fine Art from Goldsmiths in 2001, having previously studied fashion in York and a first degree at Sheffield Hallam University (1994). She is a mixed media artist, working predominantly in film and video, as well as drawing, sculpture and collage. Her work is informed by a body of ongoing research covering such areas as feminist theory, hysteria, witchcraft, fairy tales, gender performativity and performance. Alongside her practice, she has delivered art workshops in prisons to support rehabilitation since 2003.