Louise Brooke Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
With a deeply empathetic approach and love of words and stories, Louise expresses lived or imagined perspectives through her word-based textile work.
With a deeply empathetic approach and love of words and stories, Louise expresses lived or imagined perspectives, through her word-based textile work.
Drawing on the rich heritage of women’s work, Louise creates contemporary banners and often scales up her own handwriting to celebrate personal stories, tenderness and vulnerability.
Louise is interested in the intimate relationship we have with textiles, instinctively knowing how a fabric will feel, its weight and texture. She is particularly drawn to silk and velvet for their relationship with light.
Louise is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and exhibits across the UK. She is a member of the Collective Studio 25-26 at The NewBridge Project and NEEDLE North East Textile Artists.
Artwork
Never Anything Else, Textile, 2026
I Have Never Been Anything Else, Textile, 2026
Shame. It Took So Long., Felt on silk organza, 2026
Can't Hide My Feelings From Me Now, Felt on Organza, 2025
Highly Flammable, Felt on Velvet, 2025
Going to the Mountains is Going Home, Felt on Velvet, 2025
Silk Support, Felt on silk organza, 2026
Five Tulips in Pripyat, 1986, Textile, 2026
Projects and exhibitions
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Her Court: The Role Wimbledon Played in the Suffragette Movement - Group Exhibition02/07/2026 — ongoing 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 |