Lidia Lisbôa’s practice is carried out in different mediums, mainly sculpture, crochet, performances, and drawings. The weaving of biographies is at the core of her research, covering the axis of landscape, the body, and memory by using materials on which the artist’s hand and gesture are imprinted. The result of a constant artistic practice that merges with life, in Lisbôa’s work, sewing and the crafting of narratives stand as exercises in subjective construction and, thus, in healing and re-signification.

Her most recent solo shows include: Têta, Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); O Teatro, Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Ofício: Fio: Lidia Lisbôa: Mulher Esqueleto, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Acordelados, Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); and Memórias do afeto, Centro Cultural Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil (2021).

Lisbôa has participated in several group exhibitions, including the 36th Bienal de São Paulo Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice (2025); the 37th Panorama da Arte Brasileira at MAM São Paulo (2022); and the 13th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre (2022). Her work has also been featured in shows such as Jangueando: Recent Acquisitions, 2021–2025 at El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA (2025); Arte na moda: MASP Renner at MASP, São Paulo (2024); Dos Brasis – Arte e Pensamento Negro at Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo (2023); Um século de agora at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2022); Arte Atual: Por muito tempo acreditei ter sonhado que era livre at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2022); and Enciclopédia negra at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2021), among others.

Lisbôa’s work is featured in institutional collections such as Institute for Studies on Latin American Art, USA; El Museo Del Barrio, USA; Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Sesc São Paulo, Brazil; Princeton University Art Museum, USA; and Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil.