a tree in euston square gardens
sitespecific drawings and video for euston trees: last stand exhibition organised by dan llewellyn hall
crypt gallery, london, 2018.
limewash
sitespecific video for post artists two places at once exhibition for artlicks weekend
queen elizabeth olympic park, london, 2017.
exhibition nominated for a-n’s workweek prize.
artist in residence, battersea arts centre
long-term sitespecific research residency, culminating in an open studio exhibition.
battersea arts centre, london, 2016.
seahenge
sitespecific sculpture and installation for whitstable biennale satellite programme
st alphege church, whitstable, 2016. (with post artists)
continent chop chop
set & costume design for a show by virtual migrants
toured various venues incl. anthony burgess centre (manchester), lantern theatre (liverpool), seven arts (leeds) and free word centre (london), sept-dec 2015.
the truth about the hague
card game / installation, new commission for avoiding eye contact exhibition
miroslav kraljevic gallery, zagreb, october 2015. (louie+jesse)
wyre salters
community arts project making local seasalt, commission for leftcoast’s banquet
the mount pavilion fleetwood and blackpool winter gardens, may-october 2015. (with maya chowdhry)
shame on who?
artist residency, part of shame on you interdisciplinary cross-balkan project
miroslav kraljevic gallery, zagreb, june 2014.(louie+jesse)
cccs – an archive
artist residency and commission for cccs – 50 years on
birmingham university and mac birmingham, jan-june 2014. (louie+jesse)
installation, intervention, events and online (at www.cccs-anarchive.tumblr.com)
shortcuts through sonderjylland-schleswig
installation made on a residency for aabenraa artweek
skraenten 9, aabenraa, denmark, august 2013.(louie+jesse)
stillaphone
large sitespecific installation, commission for durham international brass festival
the old music school, palace green, durham, july 2013.(louie+jesse)
weather or not!
residency making mud sculptures & prints with the local community, commissioned by civic arts centre oswaldtwistle
rhyddings park, oswaldtwistle, april 2013.
the big two five
schools & community workshops (with q20 theatre)
ikea manchester, october-november 2012.
call and response
sound sculpture for 3 days without water (life friendly collective)
3 piccadilly place, manchester, august 2012. (louie+jesse)
may contain nuts
experimental edibles for hazard commissioned by hÅb/word of warning
st ann’s square, manchester, july 2012.
another time in the same place at the same time in another place
invisible performance, sitespecific commission for schiume festival
polveria francese, forte marghera, venice, italy, june 2012. (louie+jesse)
a pinch of notoriety will do
site-specific installation for chorlton arts festival
7 claude road, chorlton-cum-hardy, manchester, may 2012.
phi screening at ovni 2012: oblivion
ovni archives
centre de cultura contemporania de barcelona, spain, 13 may 2012.
slow
what is life friendly? artists’ residency
chinese arts centre, manchester, april 2012.
experimental research project exploring literally slow food, including a free tasting event on international slow art day. Collaborative residency with life friendly collective.
phi screening at radical footage: art and dissent
nottingham contemporary, 9 march 2012.
back stowell street
situation rhubarb borders project curated by hannah marsden
morden tower, newcastle, february 2012. (louie+jesse)
mini-residency to develop site-specific installation/invisible performance project
phi screening at 6th bangkok experimental film festival
bangkok art and culture centre, thailand, 25 january 2012 and toured to futureperfect gallery, singapore.
swaddling
sculpture for able exhibition curated by surface arts
sangdee gallery, chiang mai, thailand, dec 2011-jan 2012.
try to eat everything
live art performance for present in public (‘giving in to gift’ project curated by tim jeeves)
the bluecoat & public spaces in liverpool, sept-nov 2011.
translation
collages for exhibition curated by surface arts
chaing mai university arts centre, thailand, august-september 2011.
phi
broken telephone (post artists group show)
exchange project space, hackney wick festival, london, 2011.
14-min mobile phone video, a personal reponse to riot. part of an ongoing collaboration among POST artists and OgreAttend in Athens.
if we stop now, they’ll crush us like bedbugs!
post-industrial revolution artist residency
wyspa progress foundation, gdansk shipyard, poland, 2011. (louie+jesse)
site-specific installation in a historic shipyard building.
ambonezenbosje
re-P.A.I.R. artist residency (curated by henry alles for peergroup.nl)
ambonezenbosje, groningen, the netherlands, 2011. (louie+jesse)
series of short films about an unusual wood, made with and about past residents and the local community. previewed in situ as an installation, in combination with a photograph-based installation throughout the wood.
worm, parcel and serve
track changes exhibition and mini-residency (figuregroundprojects.blogspot.com)
LV21 lightship, gillingham pier, kent, 2011.
site-specific fabric sculpture, part of a group show on a decommissioned lightship.
histoires concrètes
P.A.I.R. artist residency curated by henry alles for peergroup
ambonezenbosje, groningen, the netherlands, 2010. (louie+jesse)
rural community chorography project. sitespecific sculpture trail + audio.
junket
DIY exhibition & residency curated by surface arts
water lane warehouse, exeter quay, exeter, 2010.
large-scale installation for site-specific group show. [plastic, found objects].
reason most absurd
up the wall festival commission by chester performs
city walls and roman garden, chester, 2010. (louie+jesse)
sitespecific installation with mutichannel sound.[mixed media, lanterns, readymades].
can i interest you in an amazing new experience?
lidl vs. netto exhibition
akademie der wissenschaft marzahn, berlin, 2010. (louie+jesse)
installation. group show on the illusion of consumer choice. [readymades, audio].
capillary
ganze/teile exhibition, curated by heiko pfreundt
schuckert-hoefe treptow, berlin, 2010.(louie+jesse)
sitespecific installation in a rundown disused warehouse. [plastic tubing, audio].
casaubon’s cabinet (work-in-progress)
ganze/teile exhibition, curated by heiko pfreundt
schuckert-hoefe treptow, berlin, 2010.
sitespecific installation, an interactive pre-gentrification ‘archive’ of the crumbling building’s past [found objects, light fittings].
300-room residence, sea views, great security…
home sweet home international performance art festival commission
werkstatt der kulturen, berlin, 2010.(louie+jesse with caylin rose janet)
durational performance-installation [mattresses, pallets, rope + audio].
tomorrow’s chip paper
die kunst der krise exhibition
kunstlerhaus bethanien, berlin, 2010.
collage series. group show about art in the economic crisis [newspapers, paper bags].
hand-tied arrangement
artist residency & open studios exhibition
glogauair, berlin, 2010 (louie+jesse)
a three-month mutidisciplinary project exploring the tensions and potentials of collaboration and cohabitation. works included: by louie+jesse good vibrations (kinetic unsound sculpture), trauring (video), [in]acted (video & assemblage), hand-tied arrangement (performance, assemblage). solo over-precious (sculpture), my heart is an o thing (fabric sculpture), the best day of my life (drawing, painting, collage).
common ground
up the wall festival, commissioned by chester performs
chester roman gardens, chester, 2009.(louie+jesse)
soundwalk/sculpture trail exploring the present as the future [readymades, acrylic paint, luggage tags, ink].
odysseus & penelope
tactileBOSCH gallery
cardiff, 2009. (louie+jesse)
durational performance-installation: 2 dancers, 5 musicians, knitting machine [mixed media].
the moment in the rose-garden
welsh independent dance & dancers from national dance company wales
wales millenium centre, cardiff, 2008-9.(with louie o’grady and eleesha drennan)
devised performance for 10 dancers
bestial acts
national dance company wales
wales millenium centre cardifff, aberystwyth arts centre, taliesin arts centre swansea, 2008.
set & costume design for dance (choreographer: eleesha drennan)
Costume Design for Performance
oyster bay TAN dance swansea grand theatre, swansea 2009.
what is this life? take this! inclusive dance company swansea museum, swansea and wales millenium centre foyer, cardiff 2009.
man dynion male dance company taliesin arts centre, swansea 2009.
rumble in the foyer manyx dance company wales millenium centre foyer, 2009.
cosmopolitan dance fusion youth dance group, pegasus theatre oxford, 2006.
annie! new theatre oxford, 2006. (cast of 200 aged 8-24).
come on thunder peeping tom productions (feature film, dir. daniel fawcett, 2006).
stolen eyes kill casino (music video, 2006). killcasino.com
previous work as a costume assistant or supervisor for:
creation theatre oxford, BBC3, the RSC, kidulthood, thunderbirds, stone city films etc
workshop leader / assistant for: the crafty hen, friends of rhyddings park, ikea etc.
BA (Hons) English (Oxford University)
PG Dip Theatre Design (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)
NVQ Cultural Heritage Operations (Curating) Level 3
Food Safety Certificate Level 2