Biography and CV
LOUISE ISACKSON | VISUAL ARTIST
b. Sydney, Australia.
Lives and works in Brisbane, QLD Australia
B.A. Fine Arts - QCA, Griffith University. 1992
Masters of Creative Industries (M.C.I) - QUT. Kelvin Grove. 2016
Louise Isackson is a visual artist exploring her painting with images that represent the vibrations of sound through the application of painterly colour on canvas. Louise's paintings investigate parallel languages, and the essence of her combined passion of colour (through paint) and music. Theoretically, Isackson’s paintings occupy the space between colour sensation and the sonic expressions of visual forms. Her paintings and the compositional structure of image-making have a direct reference to her experiences as a professional musician.
With intensely rich and luminous colour, Louise Isackson paints with emotive intent while influenced by her combined passions: Colour and Music. Often hovering between abstraction and realism, Louise Isackson paints with vibrant colour and shimmering brushstrokes to express her passion for sound/colour correlation.
Isackson draws inspiration from Kandinski’s The Spiritual in Art colour correlation theories. She interprets the sensory impact of colour by combining shimmering brush stroke effects with elusive abstract forms. The result is a collision of sound and sight that brings to life the raw emotional experience of music, only splashed across the canvas.
“I have a keen interest in the musicality of colour, and explore this constantly as I’m painting. My titles are often referring to notes, tonal keys, tempo, music theory and movements. What I’m most inspired to create in my paintings is translating the emotion of sound into colour, form and light. My process involves painting while listening, developing an intuition for the corresponding colours, building up layers of shapes, marks and tones in structural composition that visualise a resonance similar to musical vibration”.
CAREER BACKGROUND:
Louise began her art career by completing a Fine Art degree at Griffith University. She showed her work in exhibitions with many local galleries based on her visual art studies before taking up a career in the corporate world of design and advertising. True to a renaissance person, Louise also moonlighted as a performing Jazz Singer, and performed in Japan and New York. Completing her QUT masters thesis in Creative Industries in 2016 marked her departure from the IT world into a full time dedication as a visual artist.
LOUISE ISACKSON \ CV
EDUCATION
1993 B.A. Fine Art: Painting Major. QCA: Griffith University, Brisbane QLD
1997 Diploma of Visual Communication: Design College Australia Brisbane QLD
2015 Experience and Interaction Design: General Assembly Sydney, NSW
2016 Masters Creative Industries (MCI): Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Kelvin Grove, QLD
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (SOLO and GROUP)
2020
Colour Ensembles: Side Gallery (Solo exhibition) Brisbane QLD
Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize Exhibition (Prize Finalist) Brisbane QLD
2019
Fields of Light: The Third Quarter Gallery (Solo exhibition) Brisbane QLD
TEN Group Exhibition: White Canvas Gallery (Group exhibition) Brisbane QLD
RAW Exhibition: Arise @ The MET (Group exhibition) Brisbane QLD.
2018
Studio 18 Gallery Launch: Louise Isackson Studio Gallery. (Solo exhibition) Brisbane, QLD
2017
X-hibition 2017: Studio 18 Gallery. (Group exhibition) Artists: Louise Isackson & Kellie North
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
2005 Manhattan Transfer (works on paper): Baguette Gallery (Solo exhibition) Brisbane, QLD
2003 Elementary: Tracey Keller Gallery (Solo exhibition)
2002 Landscapes of Thought: Doggett Street Studios (Solo exhibition) Brisbane, QLD
1995 Illumination: Metro Arts Gallery. (Solo exhibition) Brisbane, QLD
1993 QCA Gallery: Graduate Exhibition ‘93 Brisbane, QLD
1992 Art = Aura: Space Plentitude (Group exhibition) Brisbane, QLD
COLLECTIONS
Works held by commission or private collections: Locations throughout Queensland, NSW, Victoria, United States, Germany and Japan.
AWARDS
Finalist 2020 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize
Finalist 2018 COSSAG Art Prize Exhibition. Brisbane QLD
Finalist 2019 Rotary Art Spectacular. Brisbane QLD
EDUCATIONAL ROLES
1998 Graphic Design Teacher; Martin College Brisbane
2002 Sessional Teacher (Design); QCA. Griffith University
2003 Guest Lecturer QUT Graphic & Visual Design: Kelvin Grove Campus
2015 Design Thinking Workshops: Venture Crowd, General Assembly, Oakton Pty. Ltd.
2019 Themed Painting Classes and Workshops, Location - Brisbane. Studio 18 Gallery
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