Louise Beer

Louise Beer uses installation, moving image, photography and sound to explore humanity's evolving understanding of Earth’s environments and the cosmos. She creates objects and experiences that reflect the incomprehensible nature of reality, from the ocean floor to the night sky. Louise’s experience of living under two types of night sky, the first in low level light polluted areas in Aotearoa, and the second in higher-light-polluted cities in the UK, has deeply informed her practice. Recent awards, residencies and commissions include North York Moors Dark Skies Residency with solo exhibition (2021), Grand Union x University of Birmingham MA Art History and Curating Exhibition Award (2022), Space Studios x ARUP Commission (2022), Art + Air Exhibition Commission (2022), Curating Climate Commission Forestry England x Signal Film and Media (2022) and the Jean Harrison Commission (2022). Louise has recently been selected for the Photo Fringe 2022 OPEN Eco in Worthing and is currently a co-investigator on a Vera C. Rubin Observatory Kickstarter Grant, at the University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, Aotearoa New Zealand. Louise has been commissioned by Derby Cathedral and FORMAT23 Photography Festival to create an installation in the cathedral in 2023.