Lives & Works in Kent, UK
Education
MA Drawing, Camberwell - University of the Arts London, 2007
BA Textiles, UCA Farnham, 2001
Residencies
The Lossenham Project, 2023
National Trust: Sissinghurst Castle Garden, 2015
Grants
Arts Council Funding, (Developing your Creative Practice) 2018 - 2019
Exhibitions
Intra, Rochester, June 2024
KATA, Tunbridge Wells, May - August 2023
Ryebank Gallery, Rye, East Sussex, Sep - October 2022
Tenterden Artists, Tenterden, October 2022
South East Open Studios, Staplehurst, Kent June 2022
Fifty Bees, ACE Arts, Somerton, Somerset, May 2022
Rye Creative Centre Open Studios, September 2021
Margins, curated by Matthew Burrows, Rye Creative Centre, August 2021
Draw 18, Society of Graphic Fine Art, Menier Gallery, London, October 2018
Louise Pettifer, Happy & Glorious, Cranbrook, Kent, October 2018
Artists at Work, Smallhythe Studio, 8th - 24th June 2018
Chelsea Fringe, The Shed Studio, 29 Dynevor Road, Tunbridge Wells, May 2018
Cranbrook Art Show, November 2017
Kent Painters Group, Sevenoaks School, October 2017
Happy & Glorious, Cranbrook, Kent. September 2017
Poetic Nature, Smallhythe Studio, August 2017
South East Open Studios, The Shed Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, June 2017
'In the Garden' Artichoke Gallery, Ticehurst, June 2017
Tenterden Artists, Rye, East Sussex, May 2017
Kent Painters Group, Sevenoaks School, October 2016
South East Open Studios, The Shed Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, May 2016
The Secret Life of Plants (solo show), at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, April 2016
KOAX: Book Illustration, Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, March 2016
Small is Beautiful, Smallhythe Studio, October - December 2015
Affordable Art Fair, London, with Avery Contemporary Art, October 2015
Sissinghurst: An Artist's Year in the Garden (Solo Show) - Sissinghurst Castle, September 2015
SEE Art Fair - Tunbridge Wells, June 2015
South East Open Studios -Tunbridge Wells, June 2015
Cross-Pollination - Chelsea Fringe, May-June 2015
Garden - Rye Art Gallery, May 2015
Cross-Pollination - Crowborough, January 2015
SEE Art Fair - Tunbridge Wells, June 2014
RSPB Rainham Marshes, May 2014
Nature/Nurture - Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Summer 2014
Mix it Up at Woods - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Spring 2014
Singing Soul Gallery - Cranbrook, Kent, Christmas 2013
Mix it Up at Woods – The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Autumn 2013
Art Pull Gallery – Tunbridge Wells, various exhibitions, Summer 2013
On Paper – Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Spring 2011
To contact me for exhibiting opportunities, or if you are interested in more details about a piece of my work, please email me: [email protected]
You can also find me on Instagram -
Instagram -
https://www.instagram.com/louisepettifer/
Education
MA Drawing, Camberwell - University of the Arts London, 2007
BA Textiles, UCA Farnham, 2001
Residencies
The Lossenham Project, 2023
National Trust: Sissinghurst Castle Garden, 2015
Grants
Arts Council Funding, (Developing your Creative Practice) 2018 - 2019
Exhibitions
Intra, Rochester, June 2024
KATA, Tunbridge Wells, May - August 2023
Ryebank Gallery, Rye, East Sussex, Sep - October 2022
Tenterden Artists, Tenterden, October 2022
South East Open Studios, Staplehurst, Kent June 2022
Fifty Bees, ACE Arts, Somerton, Somerset, May 2022
Rye Creative Centre Open Studios, September 2021
Margins, curated by Matthew Burrows, Rye Creative Centre, August 2021
Draw 18, Society of Graphic Fine Art, Menier Gallery, London, October 2018
Louise Pettifer, Happy & Glorious, Cranbrook, Kent, October 2018
Artists at Work, Smallhythe Studio, 8th - 24th June 2018
Chelsea Fringe, The Shed Studio, 29 Dynevor Road, Tunbridge Wells, May 2018
Cranbrook Art Show, November 2017
Kent Painters Group, Sevenoaks School, October 2017
Happy & Glorious, Cranbrook, Kent. September 2017
Poetic Nature, Smallhythe Studio, August 2017
South East Open Studios, The Shed Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, June 2017
'In the Garden' Artichoke Gallery, Ticehurst, June 2017
Tenterden Artists, Rye, East Sussex, May 2017
Kent Painters Group, Sevenoaks School, October 2016
South East Open Studios, The Shed Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, May 2016
The Secret Life of Plants (solo show), at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, April 2016
KOAX: Book Illustration, Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, March 2016
Small is Beautiful, Smallhythe Studio, October - December 2015
Affordable Art Fair, London, with Avery Contemporary Art, October 2015
Sissinghurst: An Artist's Year in the Garden (Solo Show) - Sissinghurst Castle, September 2015
SEE Art Fair - Tunbridge Wells, June 2015
South East Open Studios -Tunbridge Wells, June 2015
Cross-Pollination - Chelsea Fringe, May-June 2015
Garden - Rye Art Gallery, May 2015
Cross-Pollination - Crowborough, January 2015
SEE Art Fair - Tunbridge Wells, June 2014
RSPB Rainham Marshes, May 2014
Nature/Nurture - Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Summer 2014
Mix it Up at Woods - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Spring 2014
Singing Soul Gallery - Cranbrook, Kent, Christmas 2013
Mix it Up at Woods – The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Autumn 2013
Art Pull Gallery – Tunbridge Wells, various exhibitions, Summer 2013
On Paper – Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Spring 2011
To contact me for exhibiting opportunities, or if you are interested in more details about a piece of my work, please email me: [email protected]
You can also find me on Instagram -
Instagram -
https://www.instagram.com/louisepettifer/