Louise Giovanelli
Born 1993, London (UK)
Lives and works in Manchester (UK)
Louise Giovanelli has been drawing attention as a rising young painter for her delicate, luminous works, which inject vitality into historical subjects from the canon of Western art. Through interconnected series, Giovanelli 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.
Louise Giovanelli (b. 1993, London, UK) lives and works in Manchester (UK). She recently 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. Recent solo exhibitions include include; Aerial Silk, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Time Inside, Frutta Gallery, Rome (IT); Louise Giovanelli, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (UK); Louise Giovanelli, Workplace Foundation, Gateshead (UK); A Throw to the Side, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington (UK); Slow to Respond, Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale (UK); Hold your tongue, Louise Giovanelli and Pius Fox, Transition Gallery, London (UK). She has also participated in the following group exhibitions: Life Still, C.L.E.A.R.I.N.G., Brooklyn, NY (US); El oro de los tigres, Air de Paris, Romainville (FR); Touching from a Distance, curated by Workplace Foundation, The Conduit, London (UK); The Dream That Follows The Mouth, Arcade Gallery, London (UK); Tales of the haunted and the body, curated by Kuba Paris, Casa Cristea Schneider, Berlin (DE), among others. Giovanelli’s work can be found in the collections of the UK Government; Sarow Gallery (DE), The University of Salford (UK); The Grundy Gallery (UK); Manchester Art Gallery (UK); Manchester School of Art (UK); the Warrington Museum and Art Gallery (UK) and a number of private collections.
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Opening Soon | 54 White Street
GRIMM's new gallery in Tribeca will open February 16, 2021 16 Feb - 6 Mar 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US)Join us in February 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), Other locations
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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
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Holly Black, Elephant, March 10, 2020 -
Louise Giovanelli's first solo show in Italy on view at Frutta Gallery
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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
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LOUISE GIOVANELLI
Artfucksme, January 12, 2015