Lisa Roet (born 1967)[1] is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne.
She has travelled to remote areas in Borneo for field observations of apes in forests in addition to involving herself in a range of residencies with research centres and major international zoos.
[citation needed] Roet's work is discussed in Alexie Glass-Kantor's book on the artist, Lisa Roet : uncommon observations,[3] and catalogued by Karen Woodbury in, You're so vain : five contemporary sculptors Michael Doolan, Kate Ellis, Lily Hibberd, Lisa Roet, Tim Silver / exhibition concept.
[4] In 2009 Roet created the film Weeping Forest which documents logging in Borneo.
[5][6] Roet created an inflatable sculpture of a Golden snub-nosed monkey.