Louis Loveless

Extraterritorial Abduction Oil on Canvas 51×40.5cm 2025

At its core, my process involves crashing together imagery, objects and footage gathered from a range of disparate sources. For the most part, this takes the form of oil paintings composed using the structure of collage and diagrams. I also make sculptures with found objects and have begun experimenting with video collage. I work with imagery inspired by my research into the Gothic, cutting-edge technology, and folklore. A curiosity with dread runs through my work, a symptom of my constant search for hidden meaning and a sense of the mystical.

Louis Loveless was born in Ronaldshay Housing Estate in Finsbury Park in 1995. At four years of age, he and his family moved to Hackney and lived there until 2023, when they moved to Harlow. He studied Art & Design at LaSwap Sixth Form College, Foundation Year at the Royal Drawing School and Fine Art BA at the University of East London. From 2022-24 Loveless studied on the Advanced Painting postgraduate course at the Essential School of Painting, whilst also working there as a technician. He now splits his time between working as the Art & DT Technician at Stewards Academy and working on his personal practice. He enters competitions, applies for residencies and is open for commissions.

River Delta Oil on Canvas 51×40.5cm 2025

Prizes/publications:

- Recommended artwork in Eddy Frankel's review of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

- Selected for It’s Nice That’s Ones To Watch list 2025

- Highly Commended Prize Harlow Open 2025

- ESOP Newman Scholarship Prize 2022

- Shortlisted for Muse Gallery Residency Competition 2021

- The Dean’s Prize: BA Fine Art 2020 University of East London
- Selected as part of the Nationwide Degree Show by curator Kate Bryan 2020
- Selected by artist and exhibition judge Dale Lewis to be a guest artist for the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2020

Website: louisloveless.co.uk

Email: lovelesslouis@gmail.com

Instagram: @louis_loveless

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