Louise Flaherty is an artist and arts worker based in Adelaide. She studied Visual Arts at the South Australian School of Art, receiving first class Honours. Her current practice is informed by quiet reflection on the natural environment around her. She uses varied range of media including drawing, and installation as well as experience facilitating community projects. Louise has had extensive experience working with community in facilitating and managing community driven art projects mainly while living in Tennant Creek, NT.
She was a Founding Director of Downtown Arts Space, and has worked at the South Australian School of Art and as the Arts Program Manager at Barkly Regional Arts in the Northern Territory. She was the winner of the 2019 Tatiara Art Prize at Walkway Gallery. She has exhibited at Sauerbier House, the Mill, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide Central Gallery, Artroom5 and Murray Bridge Regional Gallery. Louise undertook a residency in 2019 at Sauerbier House Cultural Exchange, Port Noarlunga, developing artworks in response to Port Noarlunga native flora. In 2018 Louise undertook an exhibition residency at The Mill in the Adelaide CBD, focusing on researching local native plants that grew in the Adelaide CBD area. In 2018 Louise obtained a Guildhouse LimberUp mentorship with artist Laura Wills, focusing on community engagement and participatory practice. She is a studio resident at the Mill and is currently undertaking an Artist in Residence at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital with the WCH Foundation Arts in Health team.
