Louise Ward Morris

Artist Louise Ward Morris shares her thoughts on what piece of information every artist should have, the impact of Sigmar Polke's work on her practice and three recommended galleries in Barcelona as part of this month's Mixing It Up feature.

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Louise Ward Morris is an award-winning British sculptor specialising in New Media. She uses discarded technology including mobile phones, computers and TVs as materials to reveal the environmental and social consequences of technology’s lifecycle – from manufacture to disposal. Her artistic practice addresses digital culture and communication, climate change, technological development and obsolescence from a feminist perspective. Inspired by the knowledge that less than 40% of technology is recycled, Louise is motivated to address the issue of E-Waste and sustainability in her art practice. Using sculpture, she seeks to reveal the varied materials and processes behind digital device manufacture and engender conversations about sustainability in digital technology.

Louise Ward Morris MRSS (1988) is an award-winning visual artist who works with experimental videos, digital animations, sculptural installations, and computer networks to question the ever-intensifying connection between people and technology. She is a 2023 Gilbert Bayes Award winner with the Royal Society of Sculptors and a society member. In 2021 she received an MA in Fine Art with distinction from Central Saint Martins where she was awarded the South Square Trust Bursary and recently, the 2022 Clifford Chance UAL Sculpture Award. Her MA final project was shortlisted for the 2021 Global Design Graduate Award. Currently, Louise is developing a distinctive method of working sculpturally with recycled TV screens by creating liquid crystal pixels funded by the Arts Council. She has exhibited in the UK at venues including the Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern, ATP Gallery, Lux Moving Image, Candid Arts, and in Shanghai. Her films have been selected for festivals including the 2021 London Short Film Festival and the Bomb Factory’s 2021 Artist’s Film Festival. Her work is in the UAL Collection. Louise currently lives in Barcelona as artist in residence at Fabra i Coats Centro de Arte Contemporáneo.