Louise Weaver facts for kids
Louise Weaver (born in 1966) is a talented Australian artist. She creates many different kinds of art, like sculptures, paintings, drawings, and even art using textiles (like fabric). She is most famous for her amazing sculptures of animals, which are often part of larger art displays called installations. Her artwork has been shown in Australia and New Zealand, and you can find it in important art collections around the world.
About Louise Weaver
Louise Weaver was born in 1966 in a place called Mansfield, Victoria, in Australia.
She studied art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She earned her first degree in 1988 and then a higher degree in painting in 1996.
Louise is best known for her large art displays that feature animal sculptures. Since 2014, she has also focused on creating works she calls "paintings." These paintings use many different materials. Her art has been shown in Australia and New Zealand.
In 2003, she won the Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award for her textile art. In 2019, a special show of her past artworks, called a retrospective, was held at Buxton Contemporary.
Art Shows and Exhibitions
Louise Weaver's art has been featured in many important exhibitions. Here are some of them:
- 2003: Moonlight Becomes You, shown at City Gallery Wellington in New Zealand and Dunedin Public Art Gallery in New Zealand.
- 2006: Taking a chance on love – Selected works 1990–2006, displayed at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery in Victoria, Australia.
- 2019: Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver, organized by Melissa Keys, at Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne, in Melbourne, Australia.
Where Her Art is Kept
Many museums and galleries around the world own Louise Weaver's artworks. These places keep her art safe so people can see it for many years. Some of the collections that feature her work include:
- 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 (which has her work Sparkling dew-covered branch)
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia (which has It would seem that eyes can live without hearts (Oracle Fox), 2005)
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia (which has three prints and three sculptures)
- 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, 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
