ARTIST RESIDENCIES 

Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2016
Looking after a building in flux and its visiting artists, uncovering ‘found’ scores among the rubble
CCCS - An Archive hosted by Birmingham University, 2014
Working creatively with the papers and ephemera of the influential Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in the context of political unrest then and now. (as half of louie+jesse, hereafter l+j)
Shame on Who? hosted by Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb, 2014

Considering personal, national & institutional ‘shame’ and sense of responsibility in the context of the fallout of the Balkan Wars (l+j)
Aabenraa Artweek Aabenraa, Denmark, 2013

Site-specific closeup exploration of journeys in borderland areas of Denmark and Germany via photography and binaural audio (l+j)
Slow Life Friendly Collective hosted by the Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, 2012

Making and sharing slow food as an earth-positive mindfulness practice, part of a group residency
Worm, Parcel and Serve hosted by Figure Ground on the LV21 Lightship, Gillingham, Kent, 2011

Exploring the history and materiality of the lightship led to a large sitespecific soft sculpture threaded through the anchor channel
If we stop now, they’ll crush us like bedbugs! hosted by Wyspa Progress Foundation at Gdansk Shipyard, 2011

Creative research into the radical history and present context of Gdansk Shipyard led to a sitespecifc installation. Part of the international Postindustrial Revolution project (l+j)
Ambonezenbosje hosted by Peergroup in the P.A.I.R., Oldambt, the Netherlands, 2011

Returning to the same location (see below) in Spring, we built closer relationships with the diverse stakeholders of the unique wood to make a multichannel video installation, presented among the trees. (l+j)
Histoires Concretes hosted by Peergroup in the P.A.I.R., Oldambt, the Netherlands, 2010
Working with the local clay soil and field recordings to tell stories of the people who visited our hut between woods and the sea (l+j)
Hand-Tied Arrangement hosted by Glogauair, Berlin, 2010

Long-term artistic research project into domesticity and collaboration/tension, mainly textiles, sculpture, video & sound (l+j)
Junket D.I.Y. residency and exhibition hosted by Surface Arts at Water Lane Warehouse, Exeter Quay, 2010

Residency in an old plastics factory by the quay led to an installation series using waste plastic in multiple forms
The Moment in the Rose Garden hosted by Welsh Independent Dance/NDW at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2009

Exploring the use of video and unconventional/ephemeral screens in stage design, with choreographer Elisha Drennan



COMMISSIONS

Meanwhile in Euston documentary video commissioned by T Factor / Somers Town Community Association, London, 2024 (group)
The Truth about The Hague playable card game commissioned by and exhibited at Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb, 2015 (l+j)
Stillaphone installation at the Old Grammar School, commissioned by Durham International Brass Festival, Durham, 2013 (l+j)
May Contain Nuts interactive food art commissioned by Hab for Hazard festival, Manchester, 2012
Another time in the same place at the same time in another place sitespecific performance-installation at Polveriera Francese, Forte Marghera, commissioned by La Periferia for Schiume Festival, Venice, 2012 (l+j)
Back Stowell Street installation at Morden Tower, commissioned by Situation Rhubarb for Borders project, Newcastle, 2012 (l+j)
Try to Eat Everything performance/experimental food, commissioned by Giving in to Gift project at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2011
Reason Most Absurd installation commissioned by Chester Performs for Up the Wall festival, Chester, 2010 (l+j)
300-room residence, sea views, great security… performance-installation at Werkstatt der Kulturen for Home Sweet Home international festival, Berlin, 2010 (l+j with Caylin Rose Janet)
Capillary and Casaubon’s Cabinet installations for Ganze/Teile exhibition curated by Heiko Pfreundt, Schuckert Hoefe, Berlin, 2010
Common Ground installation commissioned by Chester Performs for Up the Wall festival, Chester, 2009 (l+j)


PARTICIPATORY ART PROJECTS

Wyre Salters based at The Mount Pavilion, Fleetwood (with Maya Chowdhry). Making salt from local seawater, flavouring it and creating serving dishes and spoons. Commissioned by Leftcoast for their Banquet programme, 2015 
The Handsworth Scroll / Danger: History at Work community participation projects as part of a long-term residency at CCCS Archive, Birmingham University, 2014 (l+j)
Weather or Not! mud sculptures at Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle, commissioned by Civic Arts Centre Oswaldtwistle, 2013


EXHIBITIONS 

Louie Sleeping drawing, Kings Cross Art Benches curated by Camden Council culture team, 2026
Untitled ceramics ceramics, WMC Open at Ruskin Gallery, London, 2025 and 2026
A Tree in Euston Square Gardens drawings and video, Crypt Gallery curated by Dan Llwellyn Hall, London, 2018

Limewash sitespecific video, POST Artists at QE Olympic Park for ArtLicks (nominated for Workweek Prize), London, 2017
Open Studio sculpture and photographs of ‘found scores’, Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2016
Seahenge sculpture, Parables Displaced by POST Artists at St Alphege Church, Whitstable Biennial Satellite programme, 2016
The Truth about The Hague card game, Avoiding Eye Contact, Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb, 2015
CCCS - An Archive installations, artist books, blog, CCCS 50 Years On at the MAC Birmingham, 2014
Shortcuts through Sønderjylland-Schleswig place-specific installation, Aabenraa Artweek, Denmark, 2013
Call and Response sitespecific sound sculpture, 3 Days Without Water, Piccadilly Place, Manchester, 2012
A Pinch of Notoriety Will Do sitespecific textile installation, Claude Road, Chorlton Arts Festival, Manchester, 2012
daeth is not ceratin sculpture/performance Manchester Artists' Bonfire cur. Ro Robertson/Castlefield Gallery, Islington Mill, 2012
Phi video screened at Bangkok International Film Festival, OVNI: Oblivion at CCCB Barcelona, Future Perfect Gallery Singapore, and Radical Footage at Nottingham Contemporary, 2012-2013
Swaddling sculpture Able curated by Surface Arts, Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2011
Can i interest you in an amazing new experience? installation, Lidl vs. Netto, Akademie der Wissenschaft Marzahn, Berlin, 2010
Hand-Tied Arrangement sculpture, video Open Studios, Glogauair, Berlin, 2010
Tomorrow’s Chip Paper collage series Die Kunst der Krise, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2010

Design for Performance


PRESS
Review of Avoiding Eye Contact exhibition incl. The Truth about The Hague in Kulturpunkt (Croatian). 2015.
Interview / original artwork from CCCS – an archive in exhibition catalogue 2014. 50 Years On: The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Mac Birmingham, ISBN 9781907796173.
Review of Stillaphone in The Wire 355. 2013. 
Review of 3 Days without Water exhibition including Call & Response in Manchester Climate Monthly. August 2012.
P.A.I.R. 'Chorografie' Book featuring histoires concrètes. Published by PeerGrouP. 2010. 
Profile/Interview of louie+jesse aired on RTV Noord (Netherlands). 2010. 

COLLECTIONS
CCCS – An Archive (3) Making Histories (artist books) is collected in the University of Birmingham Archives.
Phi is collected in OVNI archive, Spain (www.desorg.org).