Louise Bristow
Louise Bristow is an artist working in Brighton, United Kingdom.
Artists statement
I make my paintings by creating constructed arrangements, reminiscent of stage sets, which I then paint from.
This process allows me to bring together different collage elements, such as my own photographs or found images from
books and magazines, as well as three-dimensional models I have made of real or imagined buildings and architectural details.
There is a narrative element to much of my work. I am inspired by everyday things that I find around me,
and how these things express bigger ideas; graffiti on a wall in a street communicates one person's political dissent,
and the design and imagery of a tiny postage stamp can encapsulate a nation's ruling ideology.
In terms of theme, I am interested in Modernism, architecture, history and the landscape of modern philosophical
and political thought. My work enables me to process my thoughts about these themes and create a response.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 The Cobden Club, Ladbroke Grove, London
2009 Geheime Verführer (Hidden Persuaders) Laura Mars Grp. Berlin
2009 Hidden Persuaders, Permanent Gallery, Brighton.
1992 One Person Show, Maze Studios and Galleries, Brighton
Group exhibitions
2011 Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
2011 HOUSE Open, Regency Town House, Hove
2011 Home Project, part of 'Travelling Motionless', Quay Arts Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
2010 Zipor, Ziporim, Ziporra, Galerie Lichtpunkt, Munich
2010 Platonic, Kaleid Editions, London
2010 Hotel, THe Artists Residence Hotel, Brighton
2009 Collaged: Tracey Eastham with Louise Bristow, Harris Museum, Preston, Lancashire
2009 Papieroffensiv, Berlin
2009 Floor Plan, Phoenix Brighton
2009 Hinterlands, Trafalgar Works, Portslade
2008 Not For Your Eyes, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool
2006 Near Distance, Arena Gallery, Liverpool Biennial
2005 Underworld (Voyager IV), Fringe Gallery, Brighton
2005 Voyager III, Maze Studios group show, Office de Tourisme and Musee Boucher-de-Perche, Abbeville, France
2005 Emergency2, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2004 Voyager, Maze Studios group show, Office de Tourisme, Abbeville, France
2004 Voyager II, Maze Studios group show, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2003 Pure, Catto Contemporary Gallery, London
2003 Front Room, King Henry's Road, Lewes, East Sussex
2003 immaculate heart, Chapel Arts Centre, Newhaven
2001 Housebound, Maze Studios group show, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2000 Parlour, Flat 4, 14 Lansdowne Place, Hove, East sussex
1999 Foreign Bodies, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
1999 Night and Day, Gardner Arts Centre, Sussex University, Falmer
1998 Brighton Up!, Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Touring to Black Swan Guild, Frome, Cirencester
1997 Osaka Triennale 1997, Print, Osaka, Japan
1997 New Contemporary Printmakers, The Charleston Gallery, Charleston, Near Firle, East Sussex
1995 Heads and Figures, James Hockey Gallery, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham
Residencies
2007 Animateur in Residence, Fabrica, Brighton