Liliana Stafford grew up in a small village beneath the South Downs in Sussex United Kingdom where her love of art and the natural world began. In 1970 the family immigrated to Australia where Liliana met and married Ed Stafford. Over the following years Stafford raised a family of six,taught spinning,weaving and horse riding, and published twelve books-some of which were published internationally and won awards.Since 2016 she has worked mostly as an artist and sculptor.
Stafford's work is inspired by the collision of seen and unseen worlds,referencing simultaneously the natural world and layered human relation. She is fascinated by the unseen manifested physical:an invisible wind moving a visible leaf. Some of the works echo the stillness we find in the natural world while others consider the nature of life itself. In all her works these seemingly opposing concepts collide and dance, highlighting the existential complexity we all experience, and attempt to grasp.
Liliana has been a finalist in several exhibitions across Australia and in 2019 she was one of 28 artists included in the Joondalup Invited Artist Award.
Liliana's sculpture Staying Home won the Alcoa Major Sculpture award in 2020