Louise Frances Smith

Louise Frances Smith MRSS (b.1987) lives and works in Ramsgate, Kent (UK).
Louise graduated from CityLit with a Ceramics Diploma (2019) and from Kingston University with a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree (2009). In 2021 Louise received ‘DYCP’ Arts Council England Funding to research the use of local materials in her work and in 2024 was selected as a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Recent exhibitions include ‘Entangled’ by Liminal Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London; ‘Living Materials’, Aspex Portsmouth; ‘It gathered here’, Liminal Gallery, Margate; ‘Meant to Fade’, Laneway Gallery, Ireland; ‘2023 Ingram Prize’, Pavilion Gallery, London & ‘Collect Open 2023’, Somerset House, London.

 

Photography by Stuart Leech and Yeshen Venema.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Exhibited: Saatchi Gallery, London (2025); Collect Open, Somerset House (2023); ‘Living Materials’, Aspex Portsmouth; ‘It gathered here’, Liminal Gallery, Margate; ‘Meant to Fade’, Laneway Gallery, Ireland; 2023 Ingram Prize, Pavilion Gallery, London Residencies: Joya AiR (2023) Awards: DYCP funding (2022)