Louise Giovanelli (b. 1993, London, UK) lives and works in Manchester (UK). She completed her postgraduate studies at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main (DE) with professor Amy Sillman in 2020, after having earned a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. Hons, Fine Art) at the Manchester School of Art, Manchester (UK) in 2015.
Giovanelli's delicate, luminous works inject vitality into historical subjects from the canon of Western art. Through interconnected series, she weaves together visual clues surrounding a specific moment or event. Her subject matter is primarily chosen for its formal qualities and includes, staged photographs, film stills, classical sculpture, and architectural elements. Within each series, Giovanelli repeats her motifs and certain paintings appear nearly identical, excepting slight alterations of the composition, or tonality. Deftly manipulating light and form, her multivalent imagery reminds us that the classical foundations of painting remain sources of delight and innovation. Keenly attuned to the historical significance of painting as a medium and system of representation, her paintings challenge the eye by dissolving representation into carefully crafted textures and patterns. For Giovanelli, painting allows for a visual slowing-down, and beholding her works is akin to a meditative process.
Solo exhibitions include: Here on Earth, White Cube Hong Kong (HK); Louise Giovanelli - Paintings 2019 - 2024, He Art Museum (HEM), Foshan (CN); Soothsay, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Always Different, Always the Same, Moon Grove, Manchester (UK); Collection Spotlight: Louise Giovanelli, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (UK); As If, Almost, White Cube, London (UK); Auto-da-fé, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); A Priori, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Aerial Silk, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Louise Giovanelli, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (UK); A Throw to the Side, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington (UK).
She has also participated in the following group exhibitions: True Colors, AkzoNobel Art Foundation at Kunstmuseum den Haag, The Hague (NL); Good Morning, Midnight, The Courtauld Gallery, London (UK); Self-Portraits, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); In Focus, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL); The Sea, the Sky, a Window, Hill Art Foundation, New York, NY; In New York, Thinking of You, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY (US); The Kingfisher’s Wing, curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Dissolving Realms, curated by Katy Hessel, Kasmin, New York, NY (US); Love is the Devil: Studies after Francis Bacon, Marlborough, London (UK); Mixing It Up: Painting Today, Hayward Gallery, London (UK); Someone said that the world’s a stage, curated by Margot Samel, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Reflections beyond the Surface, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); Romancing the Surface, curated by Loie Hollowell, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL), among others.
Giovanelli’s work can be found in the collections of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL); Asymmetry Art Foundation (UK); The Contemporary Art Foundation (JP); THE EKARD COLLECTION; Fundación Medianoche0 (ES); The Grundy Gallery Collection (UK); Hall Art Foundation (DE, US); The Hepworth Wakefield (UK); Hill Art Foundation (US); Hort Family Collection (US); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (US); Longlati Foundation (CN); Manchester Art Gallery Collection (UK); Manchester School of Art Collection (UK); MOCA, Los Angeles (US); The National Museum (NO); Sarow Gallery Collection (DE); The UK Government Art Collection (UK); The University of Salford Collection (UK); Warrington Museum and Art Gallery (UK); Whitworth Art Gallery (UK); Yuz Museum Shanghai (CN) among others.
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Louise Giovanelli
Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents 23 Nov 2024 - 21 Apr 2025 Hepworth Wakefield (UK) -
Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs
21 Sep 2024 - 16 Mar 2025 Hastings Contemporary (UK) -
Self-Portraits
5 Apr - 4 May 2024 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Louise Giovanelli
Louise Giovanelli - Paintings 2019-2024 23 Mar - 16 Jun 2024 He Art Museum (HEM), Foshan (CN) -
Louise Giovanelli
Soothsay 12 May - 30 Jun 2023 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
The Kingfisher's Wing
Curated by Tom Morton 21 Jul - 19 Aug 2022 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Louise Giovanelli
Auto-da-fé 10 Sep - 23 Oct 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Someone said that the world's a stage
Curated by Margot Samel 1 Jul - 6 Aug 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
54 White Street | Inaugural exhibition
GRIMM's new gallery in Tribeca 20 Mar - 17 Apr 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US)Join us in March 2021 for the grand opening of GRIMM's new space in Tribeca at 54 White Street. For more further information, please email info@grimmgallery.comRead more -
Romancing the Surface
Curated by Loie Hollowell 20 Jan - 6 Mar 2021 GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL), GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL) -
Louise Giovanelli
A Priori 27 Nov 2020 - 9 Jan 2021 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL) -
Frieze New York
Group presentation 8 - 16 May 2020 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL)Frieze presentation at GRIMM's new Van Baerlestraat 80 location in Amsterdam.Read more -
Louise Giovanelli
Aerial Silk 6 Mar - 25 Apr 2020 GRIMM 202 Bowery, New York, NY (US) -
Louise Giovanelli
Solo exhibition 6 Jun 2019 - 19 Apr 2020 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (UK)
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Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
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Why Do Artists Keep Painting Self-Portraits?
Emily Steers, Artsy, April 23, 2024 -
Painter Louise Giovanelli Finds Inspiration for Her Deconstructed Canvases at a Minimalist Residency in Mallorca
Jo Lawson-Tancred, ArtNet, January 18, 2024 -
Critics' Picks: Louise Giovanelli - Moon Grove
Matthew Cheale, Artforum, March 28, 2023 -
An Artist’s Quasi-Exploration of Celebrity Culture
Edmée Lepercq, Hyperallergic, September 1, 2022 -
In the Studio with Louise Giovanelli
Rory Mitchell, Occula, July 5, 2022 -
The ‘uncool’ British graduate wowing the art world
Alastair Sooke, Telegraph, June 29, 2022 -
Louise Giovanelli: the painter mixing the Old Masters with Mariah Carey
Louis Wise, Financial Times, June 10, 2022 -
The Artsy Vanguard 2021: Louise Giovanelli
Osman Can Yerebakan, Artsy, December 1, 2021 -
Painting exhibitions at London's Hayward Gallery and Greengrassi confirm medium is as surprising and relevant as ever
Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, September 27, 2021 -
Mixing It Up: Painting Today review – a showcase of devotion to an age-old medium
Laura Cumming, The Guardian, September 12, 2021 -
When Emerging Painter Louise Giovanelli Runs Out of Ideas, She Turns to an Ever-Growing Personal Image Library for a Jol
Caroline Goldstein, Artnet News, August 31, 2021 -
WHEN WE SAID BREAK A LEG, WE MEANT IT
Nate Rynaski, Flaunt, August 16, 2021 -
Valentino Collezione Milano: On Canvas
Valentino.com, May 13, 2021 -
Valentino Painters Campaign Inspires International Creativity
BriannaI Delgado, Cultured Magazine, April 27, 2021 -
A Closer Look at the Loie Hollowell-curated "Romancing the Surface"
Sasha Bogojev, Juxtapoz, February 4, 2021 -
Next Big Things: Louise Giovanelli
Jacqueline Terrebonne, Galerie Magazine, December 18, 2020 -
Explore relations of light, color and repetition through Louise Giovanelli's paintings
Cristina Samper, Art of Choice, December 10, 2020 -
Deliberate Repetition: A Conversation With Louise Giovanelli
Sasha Bogojev, Juxtapoz Magazine, November 27, 2020 -
Anxiety is a feeling of unease
Luncheon Magazine, October 30, 2020 -
These Are the Art Stars Who Should Be on Your Radar
Holly Black, Elephant, March 10, 2020 -
Louise Giovanelli's first solo show in Italy on view at Frutta Gallery
ArtDaily, December 13, 2019 -
PM/AM latest exhibition, 03 features artists Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg, Louise Giovanelli, Igor Hosnedl, Mevlana Lipp, Ja
Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, November 7, 2019 -
New Dialogues in Painting
Mike Pinnington, ArtQuarterly, November 1, 2019 -
Time running out to see work of ‘one to watch’ young painter, Louise Giovanelli, in Warrington
Art in Liverpool, June 26, 2017 -
LOUISE GIOVANELLI
Artfucksme, January 12, 2015
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A Song of Ascents
Louise Giovanelli 2024Softcover, 83 pagesRead more
Publisher: The Hepworth Wakefield
ISBN: 978-1-0686373-1-5
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Auto-da-fé
Louise Giovanelli Àngels Miralda, 2021Hard cover with linen, 102 pagesRead more
Publisher: GRIMM Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: 978-90-831888-3-6
Dimensions: 22 x 15 cm | 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in -
Great Women Painters
Phaidon Editors Phaidon Editors, with an introduction by Alison M. Gingeras, 2022Hardback, 348 pagesRead more
Publisher: Phaidon
ISBN: 9781838663285
Dimensions: 290 × 250 mm (11 3/8 × 9 7/8 in) -
Prime: Art's Next Generation
Phaidon Editors Phaidon Editors, 2022Flexibound, 448 pagesRead more
Publisher: Phaidon
ISBN: 9781838662448
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Romancing the Surface
curated by Loie Hollowell Interviews by Loie Hollowell with the participating artists, 2021hardcover, 112 pagesRead more
Publisher: GRIMM Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: 978-90-813137-7-3
Dimensions: 22 x 15 cm | 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in -
The Kingfisher's Wing
with essay by Tom Morton Published by GRIMM on the occasion of "The Kingfisher's Wing", 2022Hard cover with linen, 119 pagesRead more
Publisher: GRIMM Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: ISBN 978-90-83|888-6-7
Dimensions: 22 x 15 cm | 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in
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Six GRIMM artists part of "The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3"
The third comprehensive anthology focusing on the works of over eighty-five artists and the medium of painting in Britain. November 21, 2024Featuring GRIMM artists Louise Giovanelli , Gabriella Boyd , Jonathan Wateridge , Francesca Mollett , Caroline Walker and Michael Raedecker this third edition of The...Read more -
Louise Giovanelli to present major solo exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2024
August 21, 2024This autumn, The Hepworth Wakefield (UK) will present the largest solo show of Louise Giovanelli’s work to date, including a new series of specially commissioned...Read more -
Louise Giovanelli to present major museum exhibition in China in 2024
March 1, 2024We are delighted to announce 'Louise Giovanelli - Paintings 2019-2024’ a major museum exhibition for the Manchester-based artist at the He Art Museum (HEM) in...Read more -
Louise Giovanelli joins Neuendorf Residency in Mallorca
November 29, 2023We are pleased to announce that British painter Louise Giovanelli is the latest artist to take up the coveted residency at Neuendorf House in Mallorca,...Read more -
"Offer" (2022) by Louise Giovanelli acquired by the David and Indrė Roberts Collection, London
June 10, 2022GRIMM is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Louise Giovanelli's Offer (2022) by the David and Indrė Roberts Collection , London (UK). ...Read more