Louise Giovanelli

Louise Giovanelli, born in 1993 in London, received her BA in 2015 from Manchester School of Art, and went on to study at Städelschule, Frankfurt, 2018–2020, under the tutelage of Amy Sillman.

Drawing her imagery from sources as diverse as Renaissance art, vintage film stills, and contemporary popular entertainers, Giovanelli’s intensely worked canvases, with their jewelled palettes and shallow pictorial space, often focus on the staging of rituals and performances (religious, theatrical, social).

Solo exhibitions of Giovanelli’s work include those held at Manchester Art Gallery, UK (2019); Workplace Foundation, Gateshead, UK (2019) and Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, UK (2018). The artist’s work has been featured in group exhibitions internationally including at; Hayward Gallery, London (2021); AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (2021); and The Art House, Worcester, UK (2019).

Giovanelli’s work is part of important international collections including Akzo Nobel Art Foundation (NL); Fundación Medianoche0 (ES); The Government Art Collection (UK); The Grundy Gallery Collection (UK), Hall Art Foundation (US); He Art Museum (CN); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (US); Kunstmuseum The Hague (NL); Manchester Art Gallery Collection (UK); The National Museum of Oslo (NO); Sarow Gallery Collection (DE); The University of Salford Collection (UK); Warrington Museum and Art Gallery (UK) and Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (UK).

Louise Giovanelli lives and works in Manchester and is represented by Grimm, and by White Cube.