b. 1992, lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION 2016
2014
Bachelor of Fine Art with 1st Class Honours / RMIT University
Semester abroad / Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020
2018
2017
2016
TBA / Jan Murphy Gallery (forthcoming online exhibition)
TBA / Boom Gallery, Geelong (forthcoming)
History is a variable narrative / SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
Intimacies / Boom Gallery, Geelong
Like a lingering silence, the solitude / 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
An irrational tenderness for inanimate objects / First Site Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
TBA / Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane (forthcoming)
The churchie national emerging art prize curated by Naomi Blacklock / The Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Here: A Bit of Everywhere and Everyone They've Been curated by Vanessa Kowalski / NARS Foundation, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A.
Seventh Gallery Fundraiser / SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
Memory and Paint / Boom Gallery, Geelong
Salon Gallery Warming / Gallery Salon, Melbourne
The Macfarlane Fund / Stockroom Space, Kyneton VIC
Boom Christmas Show / Boom Gallery, Geelong
RMIT Honours Graduate Exhibition / RMIT University, Melbourne
Hornsby Art Prize / Wallorobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby NSW
Current / Boom Gallery, Geelong
Emerging Artist Award / fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Green / Boom Gallery, Geelong
Summer Projects IV / Boom Gallery, Geelong
End of Year Prize Show / 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
Graduate Exhibition / RMIT University, Melbourne
Light and Shade / GreySpace: RMIT, Melbourne
Foreingers / Kuub 99, Utrecht, The Netherlands
RESIDENCIES 2019
2018
Artist Residency, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A.
Artist Residency, The Macfarlane Fund, Kyneton VIC
AWARDS / PROJECTS 2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Semi-finalist, The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney
Finalist, the churchie national emerging art prize, the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Semi-finalist, The Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whitely Studio, Sydney
Highly Commended, Contemporary Art Awards, online exhibition
Protégé program / Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Emerging Writers Program, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby NSW
Finalist, Emerging Artist Award, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Winner (Student Section), End of Year Prize show, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
TEXTS / PUBLICATIONS 2019
2018
2017
2016
Lois Hazel, Monday Muse: Louise Tate, Lois Hazel - Honest Women Series, 29 September
Gyun Hur & Louise Tate, Louise Tate's garden, fLoromancy online journal, 22 September
Elle Murrell, Influential Australian Women Star In National Portrait Prize Shortlist, The Design Files, 13 September
Naomi Blacklock, "the churchie national emerging art prize 2019," catalogue essay, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Di Erlichman, "Louise Tate: A Fiction of Others," Contemporary Art Awards
Sophie Morrow, "Girl from Chios Goes Soul Searching," Exhibition Essay for History is a variable narrative, SEVENTH Gallery
Louise Tate, "You're a complex Freudian hallucination having something to do with my mother, but you have very lovely legs and you’re a very nice tiny person," SEVENTH Emerging Writers Program
Voiceworks issue 103: Bang