Lisa Younger is a Johannesburg based artist who works with hand cut and layered paper, through which she explores themes around memory, senescence (agedness), trekking and temperature. Lisa obtained a BA in Dramatic Art (with Honours) from Wits University in 1994, where she majored in performance studies and theatre design / scenography. Since graduating she has worn many design hats and helped to create the visual worlds for numerous live performance pieces, television programmes, and various built environments. Most notably she was the resident designer for The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (1997 to 2002) and the art department co-ordinator on Sewende Laan (2002 to 2004). She has worked in varying design roles on 10 seasons of Takalani Sesame (2000 to present). And she was the lead interior and narrative designer at Activate Architecture (2004 to 2017).
