CV
Born 1990 in Narrm Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Narrm Melbourne, Australia, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation
EDUCATION
2013 The Victorian College of the Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) (Printmaking)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Of Earth and Ether (Flowers Never Bend), Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Vic
2022 All the Treasure Together, Rose Chong Costumes for Craft Contemporary, Fitzroy, Vic, Supported by City of Yarra
2022 A moment Eternal, FELTspace, Adelaide, SA (postponed from 2021)
2021 Aura, MARS Gallery, Windsor, Vic
DUO & COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2020 Hoard Couture, collaboration with John Brooks, John Gosper & Eileen Braybrook, supported by VAMFF, Loop Bar, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Call of the Hoard, collaboration with John Brooks, John Gosper & Eileen Braybrook, supported by VAMFF, Tinning Street Studios, Brunswick, Vic
2018 yourheartisahousewiththedoorleftopen, collaboration with Glenn Barkley, Installation Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, NSW
2018 Ecologies of Time, with Ebony Gulliver, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne, Vic
2017 Parasite, Docklands Library, Docklands, Vic
2017 Complete Me, with Annie Gobel, Junior Space, Fitzroy, Vic
2017 In Common, with Bianca Marvick, Guild of Objects, North Melbourne, Vic
2017 Slash Panache – GALLOP WALLOP, with Milo Gluth, Lord Coconut supported by Craft Victoria’s Craft Cubed Festival, Melbourne, Vic
2017 Biotic, with Petra Nicel, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong, Vic
2016 Place to Dwell, with Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Julia Street Creative Space, Portland, Vic
2016 Slash Panache, with Milo Gluth Online Project in association with Craft Victoria’s Craft Contemporary (formerly Craft Cubed Festival)
2015 Cocoon, with Aniquah Stevenson & Georgia Anson, Earthskin Muriwai, New Zealand
2014 Clutch, Hell Art Space, The Liberty Social, Melbourne, Vic
2014 Intense Intents In Tents, with Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Portal to Where?, Side Gate ARI, Melbourne, Vic
2024 MIKMAK, The Little Machine ARI, Adelaide, SA
2023 Everyone’s heard of a dragon, curated by James Lemon and Bobby Corica, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2023 Invocations, curated by Zaiba Khan, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2021 CERAMIX, collaboration with Glenn Barkley, curated by Sophia Cai, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
2021 Stimulus Package, curated by Made` Spencer-Castle, Billboard Exhibition as part of FUSE Darebin, Preston, Vic
2020 The Fun Room, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic
2019 Pleasure, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Queer Economies, curated by Madè Spencer-Castle & Abbra Kotlarczyk, multi-site curatorial project presented by Midsumma Festival association with Bus Projects, Abbotsford Convent and the Centre for Contemporary Photography, with support from Perimeter Editions and the David McDiarmid Estate
2018 Meditation on a Bone: Albert Tucker Beyond the Modern curated by Glenn Barkley, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic
2018 In Bloom, curated by Made` Spencer-Castle & Jeremy Eaton, Spring 1883, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, Vic
2018 Friends, curated by Gonzalo Ceballos, The Band Presents, Docklands Art Collective, Melbourne, Vic
2018 TRAIN/ENNIAL, C3 Annual Fundraiser, C3 Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic
2017 Conversation, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2015 Animal/Mineral/Physical/Spiritual, Curated by Chloe Wolifson, The Bearded Tit Creative Space, Sydney, NSW
2015 Bluestone, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West, Maribyrnong, Vic
2015 Ritual Geology, Topshelf Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2014 Soul Sisters, Merri Creek Studio, Thornbury, Vic
2014 Groundup, N/A Space, East Brunswick, Vic
2014 Artist's Books, Reprised, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
2014 Artificial World, Space 32 - Creative Hub, South Yarra, Vic
AWARD EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse, Casula, NSW
2024 The Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora Vic
2023 Wyndham Art Prize 2023, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Vic
2023 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Awards, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic
2022 The Victorian Craft Awards, collaborative work with Ebony Russell, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2022 The Blake Prize, collaborative work with Ebony Russell, Casula Powerhouse, Casula, NSW
2019 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Awards, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic
2019 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Gallery, Burwood, Vic
2017 The Nillumbik Prize 2017, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2017 The Victorian Craft Awards, Vic
2016 The Nillumbik Prize 2016, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2015 Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2014 Fresh!, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
RESIDENCIES
2018 Police Point Residency, Portsea, Vic
2016 Portland Artist in Residence, Portland, Vic
2016 Australian Tapestry Workshop, Artist in Residence, South Melbourne, Vic
2015 Earthskin; Creative Artist in Residence, Muriwai, New Zealand
GRANTS
2022 Creative Projects Fund, Creative Victoria
2022 Small Projects Grant, City of Yarra
2020 City of Melbourne, Quick Response Arts Grant, (Covid-19 Support)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020 Double Adapter, curated exhibition, presented as part of VAMFF and NGV Design Week, MARS Gallery, Vic
2019 Wearable Art Soiree - A night of wearable Art, curated wearable art event with MARS Gallery, with operatic performance by Gertrude opera, private residence, Melbourne, Vic
ARTIST WORKSHOPS
2024 Vessels for Emotional Holding, Signal Arts, Melbourne
2024 (Forthcoming) Vessels for Emotional Holding, The Compassionate Friends Victoria
2023 Vessels for Emotional Holding, in compliment to Of Earth and Ether (Flowers Never Bend), Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Vic
2022 Embellished Patch Workshop for the classroom, Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA) Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Aus
2021 MIRKA inspired embroidery workshop, MIRKA Public Programs, The Jewish Museum of Australia
2021 (Postponed) Sun Catcher Workshop, Bridge Darebin, City of Darebin
2020 Embellished Patch | Visible Mending Sustainable Arts, Zoom Online, Kingston Arts, City of Kingston
2020 Paper Plate Necklace and Medallion Online workshop, Crafternoons program, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Vic
2019 Creative Encounters - Textiles for Days with Louise Meuwissen, NGV Teens Workshop Program, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Flashing lights paper plate necklace workshop Artist and Facilitator - Spotlight Create Space, Spotlight Makers Pavilion, Art Craft and Cookery, Royal Melbourne Show, Melbourne Vic, Aus
2018 Hoochi-Gucci Patch Making Workshop, Police Point Residency Cottage, Portsea
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & EXPERIENCE
2024 Model (catwalk), REMUSE Design, Melbourne Fashion Festival Independent program, BETA Space, South Bank
2022-2024 Committee Member, Industry Advisory Committee, Certificate IV Textile Design Development and Production, RMIT College of Vocation Education
2022 Gallery Assistant, Melbourne Art Fair 2022, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, Aus
2021 Craft Advice Clinic, Craft and Collaborations, Zoom Webinar and Professional development, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2021 Fresh! 2022 Selection Panelist, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Vic
2021 Model, Glenn Barkley x Romance was Born, Lonely Can’t Slow Down Collaborative Collection, Sullivan and Strumpf, Sydney, NSW, Aus
2017-2020 Co-Director, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne, Vic, Aus
2020 Fresh! 2021 Selection Panelist, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Vic
2019 Workshop Facilitator (Coordination and Artistic Support) - Spotlight Create Space, Spotlight Makers Pavilion, Art Craft and Cookery, Royal Melbourne Show, Melbourne Vic, Aus
2019 CAP Studios Advisory Panel Member, Collingwood Arts Precinct, Collingwood, Vic, Aus
2019 Fresh! 2020 Advisory Panel Member, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2018 Guest Tutor, Final Collection Critic and Advice, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT Tafe
2018 Gallery Assistant, Spring 1883, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, Aus
2018 Workshop Assistant Facilitator, Spotlight Makers Pavilion, Art Craft and Cookery, Royal Melbourne Show, Melbourne Vic, Aus
2018 Fresh! 2019 Selection Panelist, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Vic
2017 Guest Tutor, Final Collection Critic and Advice & Marketing, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT Tafe
2017 Craft Advice Clinic, Practice Advice, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2017 Craft Advice Clinic, Product and Retailing Advice, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2017 Fresh! 2018 Project Co-ordinator, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2017 Art Tours, Culture Scouts, Cremorne Arts Precinct, Cremorne, Vic, Aus
2016 Fresh! 2017 Project Co-ordinator, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic Aus
2015 Fresh! 2016 Selection Panelist, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Vic
2014 Gallery Assistant, N/A Space, Brunswick, Vic, Aus
2012 Public Floor Talk, Essay on ‘Tender are the Stairs to Heaven’ by Yayoi Kusama, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Aus
ADORNMENT STOCKISTS
Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ArtsHub, News 2024, Craft and design curators on artists to watch, by Gina Fairly
The Age, Spectrum, 2023, Weekend Picks, ‘Of Earth and Ether’, by Tiarney Miekus
Art Almanac, 2023, Craft Contemporary 2023 | A celebration of craft and design across Victoria
Craft Victoria, 2023, Amanda Chamsay's festival picks
Timeout Magazine, 2021, Louise Meuwissen: Aura, by Nicola Dowse
The Age, Spectrum | Sydney Morning Herald, 2020, Innovative textile art is 'smashing' its way into our art galleries, by Chloe Wolifson
MARS Gallery, 2020, Double Adapter
The Jealous Curator, 2018, Artist Feature, Louise Meuwissen
Obus x Craft Contemporary, 2019, Artist Interview | Louise Meuwissen
The Jealous Curator, 2018, Artist Feature, Louise Meuwissen
The Design Files, 2017, Guild of Objects, ‘In Common’
Garland Magazine, 2017, Complete Me
Australian Tapestry Workshop Artist in Residency, 2016, Artist Talk
Dumbo Feather feature article, 2014, Louise Meuwissen is an emerging Crafter and Artist