Louise Dee

Available Works

Biography

Louise dee (b1970 England) is a visual artist working with drawing and painting. Her practice is an exploration of the complexities and ambiguity of the human experience with a focus on wellness and health. Starting with drawing she uses simplified forms and the language of comics to express her ideas in oil paint and pastel on canvas. Her work is personal, rooted in both observation and encounters with others and an ongoing introspective exploration of self. Narrative, the subconscious, identity and agency are central and recurring themes in her work and her research touches on early medical theories, psychoanalysis, and existential philosophy; tracing connections between historical understandings of the mind and contemporary reflections on selfhood and interrelatedness. Louise lives in Canada and works between studios in London and Vancouver.

Education

MA, City & Guilds of London Art School, 2023

BFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2018

BA, Capilano University, 2014

Exhibitions

2022, The Salon, Benjamin Lumb Art Hous, West Vancouver, British Columbia (Group)
2021, Nostalgia, The Art Stellar, Online (Group)
2021, The Quick Brown Fox Jumped over the Lazy Dog, Cohort Art, Online (Group)
2020, Cloudy with a Chance of Drizzle, TOSH Art Centre, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia (Group)
2019, Kingston Prize Finalist Exhibition, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario (Group)
2018, Clearly Ambiguous, The Ferry Building, West Vancouver, British Columbia (Group)
2018, The Show, ECUAD, Vancouver, British Columbia (Group)
2018, Luminescence II, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia (Group)
2016, Mail Art / Part 11, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia (Group)
2015, Sciroppo D’acero, Arte Della Stampa, Venice, Italy (Group)
2014, Capilano University Graduate Show, Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia (Group)