Lisa Atkinson (she/her) is a Chicago-based composer whose work explores interiority through the tactile nature of live performance and the emotional context of gesture while examining issues of fragility, memory, and perception.

Atkinson's works have been performed by ensembles such as Wet Ink, loadbang, the Dal Niente, and the International Contemporary Ensemble and by soloists Ammie Brod, Gregory Oakes, and Amber Evans. She has participated as a composition fellow at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, New Music on the Point, Ensemble Evolution at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, and Darmstädter Ferienkurse.

Atkinson is pursuing a PhD in Composition at Northwestern University under the guidance of Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. She completed her MA at Montclair State University, working with Marcos Balter and Nathan Davis, and her B.Mus. at Arizona State University.