Louise Beer

Louise is an artist and curator, born in Aotearoa New Zealand, now working in England. Louise uses installation, moving image, photography, writing, participatory works and sound to explore humanity's evolving understanding of Earth’s environments and the cosmos. Her experience of living under two types of night sky, the first in low level light polluted areas in Aotearoa, and the second in higher level light polluted cities and towns in England, has deeply informed her practice. She explores how living under dark skies, or light polluted skies, can change our perception of grief, the climate crisis and Earth’s deep time history and future. Louise holds an MA Art and Science from Central Saint Martins and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Middlesex University London. Louise is currently Artist in Residence from January 2025 - December 2026 at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

Louise has a strong collaborative practice as a director of Lumen, super/collider and Pale Blue Dot Collective. She has co-created 8 residencies in the UK and Europe and co-curated over 100 exhibitions and 100 events focusing on astronomy and/or ecology. She has collaborated with and curated events and workshops at organisations such as the Science Museum, Bompas and Parr, Greenman Festival, British Science Association, Second Home, the Ace Hotel, Floating Cinema, the Collective, Tate Britain, SALT Festival Norway, Soho House Group, Nablus Festival Palestine, Blue Dot Festival, Vivid Projects, Hebrides Dark Sky Festival and the Turner Contemporary.

Louise has been mentored by Ariane Koek, Miranda Lowe and Ellen Mara De Wachter.