About
Louise Pallister (b.1966, UK) fine artist.
Following her initial degree studies in sculpture Louise Pallister went on to work in museums, galleries and design studios around the country before returning to her own work, completing an MA Fine Art at City and Guilds of London Art School in 2014. Since then, her practice has expanded to include drawing, printmaking, photography, animation and writing.
Pallister has exhibited at Society of Wildlife Artists, DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Ferens Open, RBSA Print Prize, and Northern Print, amongst others. A bursary award in 2018 from the Society of Wildlife Artists allowed her to create an edition of artists books for display at the Mall Galleries. Collaborations include artist, Louisa Crispin’s Flightpath and Kinstinct Lost Wax for Lost Species projects. Pallister currently lives and works in Suffolk, UK.
Her essays on art and nature can be read online at thelearnedpig.org
Statement
Writer and poet Kathleen Jamie has described looking at nature more deeply as the ‘simplest act of resistance and renewal’. This rebellious attention interests Louise Pallister whose work is based on a concentrated and deliberate noticing, a curiosity about other animals and human/animal relationships and the desire to share this.
Brought up to respect and take an interest in the lives of other animals, it was inevitable that when Pallister returned to her own practice, she would find her niche making work that concerns relationships with our animal kin. Working across media she prefers materials and techniques that can be reworked to suggest movement or highlight the status of animals whether common, endangered or extinct.
