Lisbeth Firmin is a full time painter/printmaker contemporary American realist known for her urban landscapes. For over five decades her work has been in hundreds of solo and group show across the country and internationally.

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"My work mainly explores the relationship between people and their urban environment. My paintings have followed the tradition of earlier realists such as John Sloan and Edward Hopper. Over the last few years, I have been focusing on the figure, specifically the light on the figure in an urban environment."

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Honors and awards include inclusion in” “New Prints 2018/Winter, IPCNY, “2017 North American Print Biennial”, 2017 solo exhibition at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a 2017 Printmaking Residency @ Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Printmaking Residency  @ Tides Institute in Eastport ME (2016), a NYFA Fellowship (2007), Pollock-Krasner Grant (1999), full fellowships to the MacDowell Colony, National Seashore Residency, the Vermont Studio Center and Saltonstall Arts Colony. Her paintings and prints are in several public collections including the New York Historical Society, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Munson Williams Procter Arts Institute, Arnot Museum, Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Fleming Museum, University of Texas, Cape Cod Museum, and Hofstra University.

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Firmin moved from downtown NYC in 2000 to a small village in upstate NY, where she paints every day.