Education:

September 2006-December 2007, Bournville College of Further Education

  • CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing for the Arts and Cultural Sector

2001-2004 Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UCE

  • BA Honours Degree in Fine Art- 2:1

2000-2001 Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UCE

  • BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design- Merit

Selected Exhibitions:

2014 

  • February - Birmingham Today Competition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
  • March - AAF, Battersea, London
  • June - AAF, Hampstead Heath, London
  • September - AAF, New York

2013 

  • April - AAF, New York
  • November - AAF, Singapore

2012

  • May - Grand Designs Live, Excel, London

2011    

  • January - Islington Art Fair, London
  • April - London Original Print Fair, RA, London
  • December - Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield
  • December - Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2010
  • March - May - West Midlands Open, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery,Birmingham

  • October - Buy Art Fair, Manchester

  • December - January 2011 - Gallery SCA, Shrewsbury

2009
  • April - RBSA Candidates exhibition, RBSA Gallery,Birmingham

2008

  • December - January 2008 - 'Open', Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

2007

  • February - April - The Birmingham Open Art Show, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

  • April - 'BIG ART' at Creation Art Gallery, Solihull

  • May - 'Responses' exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Brmingham

  • September- October - RBSA Exhibition at John Lewis, Solihull

2006

  • February 2006- June 2007 Exhibiting artist at Creation Art Gallery, Solihull, West Midlands

  • October - Art of England Show, Staffordshire
2004
  • June- 'Targetmaster'. Collaborative final year degree show at Margaret Street College of Fine Art, Birmingham

  • July- August - 'Cuban Dreams'. A Solo exhibition at The Crossing, St Pauls, Walsall

  •  August - Some of Louise's work was used in a scene from 'The Boy With a Thorn in His Side' produced by Sepia Films Ltd

Selected Annual Shows:

  • Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008-2014

  • Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath, London - 2011-2014

  • RBSA Prize exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

  • RBSA Members and Associates exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham - 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011

Awards/Prizes:

  • September 2011 - Awarded Highly Commended for 'Petrified' in the RBSA Members and Associates exhibition

  • May 2011 - Callprint Prize for 'The Light of Day', exhibited in the RBSA Prize Exhibition

  • April 2009 - Elected as an Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

  • June 2004 - PricewaterhouseCoopers Compliance Centre Art Prize

Workshops/Demonstrations:

  • 2008 - 2010 - Demonstrations at Hall Green Art Society, Sutton Coldfield College and RBSA Gallery

  • October 2007 -Workshop with local primary school children as part of Campion School art enterprise day

Press Coverage:

The Artist, June 2010

Metro, August 2008

Editorial in Warwickshire Life, July 2007

Editorial in Exclusive Magazine, February 2007

Birmingham Post, 20th September 2006

Editorial in Exclusive Magazine, September 2006

Walsall Advertiser, 12th August 2004

Solihull News, 24th December 2004

Solihull Times, 24th December 2004

 Work in Corporate/Private Collections:

Louise has work in private collections in China, Jamaica, France, Birmingham and London, as well as paintings in a corporate collection belonging to Ernst and Young and also the University of Central England, both based in Birmingham.