Current exhibitions/projects

2021: SWARM, Public Art Project at HIVE, Ulverstone Tasmania, permanent sculptural work

Louise won an Expression of Interest selection process to produce a permanent artwork for the Central Coast Council (Tasmania) to display in its cultural precinct, Hive. Her work, SWARM, comprises twenty-one hand formed aluminum wire bees, suspended from the ceiling in a swarming formation. Hive opened in November 2021.

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    Swarm

    Swarm

2025: Ocean – Cradle of Life, Leven Regional Arts Major Exhibition, HIVE Ulverstone Tas, 03 May – 20 July 2025

The sea is a defining feature of life on Tasmania’s Central Coast, and Ocean – Cradle of Life is an exhibition that celebrates our connection with the ocean and the life it supports. Leven Regional Arts is named after the river that runs through Ulverstone and has a 150-strong membership of artists and art lovers who live and work in this region. Responding to the theme of ocean life, LRA artists have created a beautiful exhibition of artworks in a diverse range of media and techniques.

Louise’s work, Beach Birds, is a celebration of the health of her local beaches and waterways, and the noisy birds which live there. Charcoal on Canson 240gsm cotton rag paper, 56cm x 76cm before framing, 72cm x 92cm framed. 2024. $1,600.

  • Beach Birds

    Beach Birds

2025: North West Art Circle Annual Community Art Exhibition & Awards, Main Gallery – Paranaple Arts Centre, 17 May – 28 Jun 2025

The North West Art Circle is a well-established group on the North West Coast of Tasmania, with some 60 members sharing a passion for making art and a collective goal to promote and further develop their arts practice. This enjoyable and ever-popular annual exhibition is a showcase of different themes expressed in a variety of media. It is generously hosted and curated annually by the Devonport Regional Gallery.

Louise has two works in this exhibition.

  • The Fifth Day

    The Fifth Day

The Fifth Day is a reference to the biblical creation story and depicts a beach scene with birds in flight at sunset.  Oil on linen, 80cm x 100cm, 2025.  $3,000

  • Birds and Sea Creatures

    Birds and Sea Creatures

Birds and Sea Creatures also references creation in a quiet scene of gulls and plovers on the beach. Charcoal and ochre on Canson 240gsm cotton rag paper.
39cm x 29cm unframed, 65cm x 47cm framed. 2025. $400.

2024 Nov: Solo Exhibition, Cstudios Art Gallery, 518 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW

2024 June – Sept: Solo Exhibition, The Gallery, HIVE, Ulverstone Cultural Precinct Tasmania

2022: Hearth, First Space, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston Tasmania

2022: Solo, Rialto Gallery Restaurant, Burnie Tasmania

2019: Solo, Penguin Creek Gallery, Penguin Tasmania

2017: Lush, Gawler Gallery, Ulverstone Civic Centre, Ulverstone Tasmania

2016: Landscapes, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne Vic, then Hobart & Ulverstone Tas

2012-16: Unravelling, Burrinja Gallery & Brunswick Street Gallery, Vic & UTAS Burnie Tas

2024-25: tidal.24, Devonport Regional Gallery National Art Award, Tasmania

2024-25: Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT

2022-24: Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Gallery & touring NSW & Queensland

2023: Contemporary ATSI Art Prize, King & Wood Malleson’s Award, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2023, 22 &21: National Capital Art Prize, Canberra ACT

2023: Collie Art Prize 2023, Collie Art Gallery, Western Australia, 03 Mar – 30 April

2022-23: taypani milaythina-tu (returning to Country) Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery Hobart, October 2022 – May 2023

2023: TERMS, Devonport Regional Art Gallery Tasmania, Co-Curator & exhibitor

2022-24: Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, then touring regional NSW & Qld

2022: Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, Launceston, Devonport and Hobart Tasmania

2022: Huon Valley x Sawtooth x Artsbox, Multiple Sites, Tasmania

2022, 21 & 20: Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney NSW,

2021: Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021, Lismore Regional Gallery NSW,

2021,19 &18: The Henry Jones Art Prize, the Henry Jones Hotel Hobart Tasmania,

2020: Tidal.20 Tasmanian Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery Tasmania

2018: Contemporary ATSI Art Prize, King & Wood Malleson’s Award, Parliament House Sydney

2018: XX, Nolan Gallery, Dark Mofo Show Salamanca Place Hobart Tasmania

2017: TasArt, Feature Sculpture Artist, Burnie Regional Gallery Tasmania

2016: Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, MAGNT Darwin Northern Territory

2015: SHE 2015, Walker Street Gallery Dandenong Victoria

2014: Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale Tasmania

2013: Women in the Arts 2013, Canopy Arts Space, Cairns Queensland

2012-16: Unravelling, Burrinja Gallery & Brunswick Street Gallery, Victoria, Atrium Gallery, UTAS Burnie Campus Tasmania