Louise Wallace b. 1970

Wallace's recent work has focused on female subjects particularly in response to Edgar Degas's iconic bathers and ballerinas and her work intends to 'subvert the convention of the male gaze upon the female form to reveal the ennui, tension and hostility experienced by the artist's model' (Wallace, 2005). The present work relates more specifically to Nan Goldin and her intimate and raw style of photography using friends, family as well as herself as the principal subject matter. 

Having studied at the Belfast College of Art, Wallace has exhibited at galleries such as The Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; The Arts Society of Ulster and The Royal Ulster Academy and her work is held in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.