Louise lived in Aotearoa New Zealand until 2002 before moving to the UK. Louise now works between London, Margate and Aotearoa New Zealand.

She uses installation, moving image, photography and sound to explore humanity's evolving understanding of Earth’s environments and the cosmos. She creates objects and experiences that reflect the incomprehensible nature of reality, from the ocean floor to the night sky. Louise’s experience of living under two types of night sky, the first in low level light polluted areas in Aotearoa, and the second in higher light polluted cities in the UK, has deeply informed her practice.

Recent awards, residencies and commissions include Somewhere Nowhere Residency, Lake District (2019), Arts Centre Christchurch Te Matatiki Toi Ora Residency, Aotearoa New Zealand (2020), Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics Space Art Summer School (2020), Delfina x Gaia Art Foundation Science Technology Society UK Associateship (2020), SECCADs Grant (2020), BigCi Environmental Art Award (2020), Bodleian Library x Fusion Arts Commission (2020), ACE DYCP Grant (2021), North York Moors Dark Skies Residency with solo exhibition (2021), Amant Siena Residency (2021), CreaTures Art/Tech/Nature/Culture Residency (2021), Grand Union x University of Birmingham MA Art History and Curating Exhibition Award (2022), Birmingham, England, British Council Pakistan - UK New Perspectives (2022), Space Studios x ARUP Commission (2022), Art + Air Exhibition Commission (2022), Curating Climate Commission Forestry England x Signal Film and Media (2022) and the Jean Harrison Commission (2022). Louise has recently been selected for the Photo Fringe 2022 OPEN Eco in Worthing and is currently a co-investigator on a Vera C. Rubin Observatory Kickstarter Grant, at the University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, Aotearoa New Zealand. Louise has been commissioned by Derby Cathedral and FORMAT23 Photography Festival to create an installation in the cathedral in 2023.

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 80 exhibitions and 80 events focusing on astronomy and/or ecology.

Revolving through the Megacosm is a collaboration between Louise Beer and scientist Geoff Wyvil for the Art + Air project, curated by Pam McKinlay in collaboration with University of Otago, NIWA and the Dunedin School of Art, Aotearoa New Zealand.

All of the forces at play on our planet have created a semblance of balance over billions of years and this thin blue line is all that exists between us and the brutality of the vacuum of space. This cosmic wisp of gases makes our world a garden of life, instead of an inhospitable, dangerous place impacted by solar radiation, cosmic radiation, massive temperature fluctuations and meteorites. Our ever evolving blue marble has travelled around the Milky Way 18 times since its formation 4.5 billion years ago, whilst these earthly weather systems, influenced by our star, our satellite and our neighbouring planets have carved and shaped our world and everything that lives within it.

Revolving through the Megacosm, 2022

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