Louise Giovanelli

b. 1993

Born in London in 1993, painter Louise Giovanelli currently lives and works in Manchester. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the Manchester School of Art in 2015 and completed her postgraduate studies at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in 2020. Giovanelli is known for her large-scale paintings that capture sensual and ephemeral glanced moments using mesmeric colours and textures. Her work explores how the technicalities of image-making affect the process of looking. Her subject matter is drawn from a wide range of imagery, from Renaissance paintings to pop culture, including staged photographs, film stills, classical sculpture and architectural elements.

Her works are housed in the collections of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation; Asymmetry Art Foundation; The Contemporary Art Foundation, Japan; THE EKARD COLLECTION; Fundación Medianoche0; The Grundy Gallery Collection; The Hepworth Wakefield; Hill Art Foundation; Hort Family Collection; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Longlati Foundation; Manchester Art Gallery Collection; Manchester School of Art Collection; MOCA, Los Angeles; The National Museum, Norway; Sarow Gallery Collection; The UK Government Art Collection; The University of Salford Collection; Warrington Museum and Art Gallery; Whitworth Art Gallery; Yuz Museum Shanghai among others.

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