About
Louise Lahive is a visual artist producing painting, mixed media and sculptural work. Lahive graduated from Kingston University in 1999 and since this time has worked and lived in the USA and UK. In 2012 Lahive became an elected fellow at Digswell Arts and began working as a visiting lecturer. In 2021 she graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with an MA in Fine Art. Her work is held in private collections in the UK, USA and China.
Recent exhibitions;
July-October 2023 Echoes From The Future, St Albans Museum and Art Gallery. St Albans. Two person exhibition. https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/echoes-future
February-March 2022 Derwent Art Prize, Gallery@OXO, London. Selected group exhibition.
November 2021 New Blood, Broadway Gallery, Hertfordshire. Selected group exhibition. Louise Lahive - Broadway Gallery, Letchworth (broadway-gallery.com)
September 2021 Withheld, UH Arts Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, Group MA exhibition.
March 2021 Cranberries on Mars ,Cloud 9 residency, Eastcheap project space, Letchworth.
January 2021 Letchworth Open, Broadway Gallery, Hertfordshire. Community Group exhibition.
November 2020 Uppercase gallery, University of Hertfordshire. Two person exhibition.
June 2020 Private View, Eastcheap Project space, Letchworth. Group Exhibition.
October 2019 Garden Gasp, ASC Gallery London, Group Exhibition as part of ArtLics Weekender
May 2019 Process of Ending, Surface Gallery, Nottingham. Solo Exhibition
March 2019 Kisses Not Stones, David Gentleman Gallery, Ware. Two-person exhibition
October 2018 Unity Muse, group exhibition, Letchworth community Museum
April 2018 Reflections Surface Gallery, Nottingham
September 2017 Blood landscape Westminster Reference library
2016/17 Untitled Broadway Gallery Letchworth, Solo exhibition
2016 Looking Deeper, Courtyard Arts, Hertford UK, Group exhibition
2015 Swarm Fenners Exhibit Space, Letchworth UK Solo Exhibition of Landscapes
2014 The Longest Day Digswell Arts Trust, Group Exhibit
Short Artists Statement;
I still find it really hard to write about what I do, because I do not want to be ‘fixed down’ or committed to a particular way of thinking or working I suppose. I hope that my images speak for themselves. At the moment, my work is engaged with a type of re-imagining of the human figure and natural world, or maybe a ‘re-presentation’. This type of ‘re-presenting’ is partly a negotiation between an inner and outer reality, partly an attempt invent something, and partly a move to distil or honour something. I believe that art can offer a space in which conflicting concepts can be held and explored but more importantly, a place in which we can attempt to perform a re-imagining of ourselves that is free from any prescribed outcomes or functions. My work develops over a long period of time and involves a lot of processes. Some of my paintings take years to complete and go through all kinds of adventures with me.
Writing
Louise Lahive - Broadway Gallery, Letchworth (broadway-gallery.com)
https://eastcheap.space/Cloud-9
https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2019/may/art-review-louise-lahive-surface-gallery-process-of-ending/
Contact: louiselahive@hotmail.com