Liz completed the Diploma of Visual Arts at RMIT in 2004, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, RMIT, 2006 and the Master of Fine Arts, also at RMIT 2008. Using recycled materials and objects, often in conjunction with text and the painted portrait, her work is an investigation into the reuse and conversion of materials and centres on the exploration of social and political issues in relation to domestic items, found materials, our everyday environment and the people in it. Liz won the Artholes self portrait prize in 2005, The Area Contemporary Art Space Prize in 2006 and the CSA Barnes Prize in 2007.