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 is currently Artist in Residence at Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness, and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, England. Louise has undertaken the University College Dublin College of Science x Mayo Dark Sky Park Satellite Residency from 2025 – 2026.