Artists
Louann Sidon

Artist Works
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Louann Sidon
LS Through Dangers Untold
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Louann Sidon
LS Shadow Monkey No.2
Artist Biography
Incorporeal
Louann’s recent work explores personal themes around grief and anxiety, depicted through
collections of relics and seemingly random objects. Created using an intuitive and loose watercolour
technique with a limited, muted colour palette. Symbols and objects become abstracted through
blooms of paint and inverted picture planes. Each shape is placed instinctively next to one another as
the work takes form. Within the patchwork of arranged shapes, glimmers of gold and phosphorescent
green layered with ink, watercolour and liquid charcoal create a new depth in her work, allowing
something altogether different to present itself in the dark.
The ethereal nature of watercolour lends itself well to the exploration of human emotion. In
this collection of work, Louann not only delves into her own experiences but encompasses mythology,
religion and rituals of humankind throughout history.
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 – Art Walls, The Welder
2021 – In the Hours After, The Boxed Quarter
2021 – Menagerie, Absolution (Solo Exhibition)
2021 – More, The Boxed Quarter
2019 – Conversations & Possibilities Charity Art Auction, Burger Burger
2019 – Extinction, Studio 4B Harbour St, Oamaru
2019 – Reverie, The BNZ Centre
2018 – Staff Do, The XCHX
2018 – I Am, We Are – The Welder Collective
2017 – Face Value – Fiksate
2013 – Natural Selection, Selwyn Gallery
2011 – Black Market, Selwyn Gallery (Solo Exhibition)
2009 – Ripe, Christchurch Convention Centre
2009 – Modus Operandi, NG Basement Gallery
2023 – Chambers Art Gallery – Incorporeal
Awards
2009 – Friends of the Christchurch Art Gallery Scholarship
2009 – Noelene McIlroy Scholarship
2009 – Mortlock McCormack Highly Commended Award
2007 – Malvern Community Arts Council Scholarship
2022- Parkin Prize Finalist
2022 – Parkin Prize, NZ Academy of Fine Arts (Wellington)
Artist Exhibitions
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12th Apr 2023 - 29th Apr 2023: Jane McGowan – Carolyn Currie – Vicki Mangan – Louann Sidon