Louise Folliott was born and raised in South Africa and has lived in UK and Hong Kong. She completed her MFA with Distinction in 2019 at RMIT and Hong Kong Art School after completing a PGDIP from Byam Shaw, Central Saint Martin’s in 2010. Her artwork has been selected for the Threadneedle Prize in London in both 2010 and 2013 as well as being selected as a finalist in a photographic competition at the Getty images gallery in London. Folliott has exhibited internationally in Hong Kong, UK, South Africa and Singapore notably ICA in Singapore and Mall Galleries, London.  She has been selected for AIR residency in London as well as Tropical Lab at Lasalle College of Arts, Singapore.

Folliott’s work explores issues of the felt identity of displacement, dislocation and tensions of self-imposed exile along with questions over identity as an African artist. In recent work she explores what it means to live with mental health illness. 

info@louisefolliott.com