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Louise Weaver (1966 -) is a contemporary Australian artist working in an array of media including sculptural installations, paintings, drawings, printmaking, collage, textiles, movement and sound. Best known for her expansive installations and individual sculptural works of animals, Weaver's themes move between philosophical concerns of environmentalism, artificiality and transformation. Since 2014, Weaver has concentrated on creating works that, she says, are “loosely termed” paintings using a wide range of materials and matter. Weaver's works have been exhibited in Australia and internationally, including in New Zealand, South Korea, Italy, UK and the United States. A retrospective of Weaver's work was exhibited at Buxton Contemporary in 2019.

Early life and Education
Weaver was born in 1966 in Mansfield, Victoria, Australia.

She completed a Bachelor of Arts from 1986-88 at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and a Masters of Arts, Painting, from 1992-96 at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Awards

 * 2003 The Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, Australia

Selected Exhibitions

 * 2019 Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver, curated by Melissa Keys, Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia


 * Behind the Scenes, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney


 * 2017 The Kind That Gives Body To Words, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
 * 2015 Dark Spring, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
 * 2013 Night Repair, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * 2012 Catalyst, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
 * 2011 Works on Paper, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * 2010 Capsize, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * 2009 Firestarter, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * 2008 Secrets are for keeping, Darren Knight Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
 * 2007 Out of this world, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * 2006  Taking a chance on love - Selected works 1990-2006, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria, Australia
 * 2005  No small wonder, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * No small wonder, Darren Knight Gallery atsilvershot, Melbourne, Australia
 * 2004  Australian Print Workshop Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
 * 2003  Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
 * Taking a Chance on Love, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
 * Moonlight Becomes You, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand and DunedinPublicArtGallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
 * Louise Weaver selected works – 1999 to 2003, presented by Scanlan and Theodore, GPO Melbourne, Australia
 * 2001 Make Believe, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
 * 1999  Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
 * 1997   Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
 * I have a small yellow bird in my ear that sings, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia.
 * 1996  Stephen McLaughlan Gallery Melbourne, Australia.
 * Blossoms of the snow are always six-pointed, Faculty Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
 * 1995   Westspace, Melbourne, Australia.
 * 1993   The Open Studio, Studio exhibition, Greene Street, New York City, USA.

Collections
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Monash University Collection, Melbourne, Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia

Artbank, Sydney & Melbourne, Australia

Malaysian Institute of Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong University Collection, Australia

The Michael Buxton Contemporary Australian Art Collection, Melbourne, Australia

City of Stonnington Art Collection, Melbourne, Australia

Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia

Faculty of Science Collection, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia