Louise Brooke Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
An artist with a love of words, forever chasing shadows.
Through a deeply empathetic approach, I explore lived or imagined perspectives - stepping into other’s stories and experiences to find a place of shared feeling. Drawing on the intimacy of handwriting to celebrate emotional truth - evoking inky love letters, diary entries and secret notes.
Primarily working in silk organza, embracing its contradictory nature, delicate yet strong, and echoing my words as shadows - fleeting and forever just out of reach.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, but originally from Glasgow, I studied Fashion Design at the University of Leeds, graduating in 2015.
In 2025, I returned to creative practice following a deeply personal career change journey, after my partner’s diagnosis with Becker Muscular Dystrophy. The first piece I created featured the Tom Waits’ lyric ‘You Can Never Hold Back Spring’ - a celebration of hope and inevitable renewal.
I have created textile pieces for The Grand Island Hotel, The Sunday Letter Project, Matt Eich at Mule Resophonic Guitars and the Poetry Pharmacy in York.
Five Tulips in Pripyat, 1986 was selected for the Baltic Open Submission 2026 and I was one of the finalists in the Young Masters x Wimbledon Museum exhibition Her Court: The Role Wimbledon Played in the Suffragette Movement. Following the exhibition, my work I Have Never Been Anything Else remains on display at Wimbledon Museum.
I'm a member of NEEDLE North East Textile Artists and was on the Collective Studio 25-26 at The NewBridge Project.
Artwork
Unseen Forces, Textile, 2026
Five Tulips in Pripyat, 1986, Textile, 2026
Silk Support, Felt on silk organza, 2026
Highly Flammable, Felt on Velvet, 2025
Can't Hide My Feelings From Me Now, Felt on Organza, 2025
Shame. It Took So Long., Felt on silk organza, 2026
I Have Never Been Anything Else, Textile, 2026
Somewhere Soft, Textile, 2026
Projects and exhibitions
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Baltic Open Submission 202618/09/2026 — ongoing Five Tulips in Pripyat, 1986 was selected as part of the Baltic Open Submission 2026, an exhibition of work from 78 artists across the North East. |
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne | Details |
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Her Court: The Role Wimbledon Played in the Suffragette Movement - Group Exhibition02/07/2026 — 11/07/2026 Two artworks selected for a Young Masters exhibition project in collaboration with Wimbledon Museum, presented in the Norman Plastow Gallery. "I Have Never Been Anything Else" was displayed in the museum above the display and "Never Anything Else" in the gallery. Drawing on the museum’s local history collections and archives, the... [Read more] |
Wimbledon Museum, London | Details |
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The Weight of Waiting - Group Exhibition07/03/2026 — 11/04/2026 Shame. It Took So Long as part of a group exhibition of artwork by women who have personally, or through a woman close to them, experienced missed diagnosis, misdiagnosis and/or late diagnosis and disproportionate delays in receiving adequate healthcare; together with reference to coping with long term illness and the death of loved ones. ... [Read more] |
The House of Smalls, Edinburgh, UK | Details |
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IM(MATERIAL) - Group Exhibition06/01/2026 — 24/01/2026 A textile art group exhibition focussed on the materiality of the works, and the fascinating ways that artists manipulate their materials. The show explored the ways that textiles artists push boundaries in pursuit of a unique vision. |
BobCat Gallery, London | Details |
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Witching Hour - Group Exhibition11/12/2025 — 16/12/2025 A group exhibition at Bottleworks, Newcastle, Witching Hour was curated by Sally Anderson. The exhibition explored themes of night time worlds, spirituality, witchcraft, sex work, the entertainment industry and darker aspects of life. |
BottleWorks, Newcastle upon Tyne | Details |
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Beneath the Veil - Group Exhibition03/10/2025 — 01/11/2025 Group exhibition at The House of Smalls in Edinburgh. Coinciding with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, this exhibition focuses on the work of artists using visual art as a means of expression, exploration, connection, release, and recovery. Veil: something used to conceal, protect or enhance |
The House of Smalls, Edinburgh | Details |