Tansy Lee Moir grew up in the Peak District in Derbyshire. She gained a BA(Hons) in 3D Design: Wood, Metal & Ceramics from Manchester Metropolitan University.
After graduating she toured the UK for three years as a puppet maker and performer, then moved to Scotland in 1994 to pursue a career as a Community Artist, going on to study Community Education at Post Graduate level at Edinburgh University. For 25 years Tansy used creativity as a medium to support marginalised people in community development projects throughout Central Scotland.
In 2008 she returned to drawing in her new studio at Edinburgh Palette and established her current practice, making work about old trees in charcoal, pastels and oil. Now based in in South Queensferry, Tansy works full-time as an artist and educator, exhibiting and teaching across the UK.
Since 2011 Tansy has had seven solo exhibitions and shown in and curated numerous group shows. Her work is in private collections around the UK, Europe and the USA.
Tansy is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists, Visual Arts Scotland and The Art and Nature Collective.