LOUISE DESPONT

LOUISE DESPONT

louise.despont@gmail.com

(b. 1983, New York, NY)

Lives and works in Mallorca, Spain 

represented by Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York, NY

and Galerie Isa in Mumbai, India

EDUCATION

2006 BA, Art Semiotics, Brown University, Providence, RI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 ADAA, The Art Show, Solo presentation with Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

2022 Remedy Pictures, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

In Resonance, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India

2018 Recreation, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

2017 Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India 

2016 Energy Scaffolds and Information Architecture, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 

2015 Harmonic Tremor, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

2014 The Six-Sided Force, Pioneer Works, New York, NY

2013 Long Distance Gardening, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India 

2012 Tide Fulcrum & The Motion of Fixed Stars, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY       

2011 The Fool, IBID Projects, London, UK

2010 The Directory, IMO Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark

      House of Instruments, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

2008 The Plant Life of Saints, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020-22 Not Without My Ghosts, The Drawing Room, London, UK (Sept-Dec 2020); Traveled to Grundy Art Museum, Blackpool (Oct-Dec 2021);

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (Jan- Mar 2022); and Millennium Gallery, Museums Sheffield (Mar–Jun 2022).

2020 Libro de Disegni, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India 

In Sickness and In Health, curated by Chris Wiley, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

Noah’s Ark, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY

2018 Black Light, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain (CCCB) 

2017 Exhibition of Work of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards,

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts 2017, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

2016 Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science, The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY  

2015 Tyger, Tyger: Lynn Chadwick and the Art of Now, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA 

TOWER, Ibid Projects, London, UK
The Nothing That Is – a drawing show in 5 parts, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, NC 

2014 Top Drawer: Select Drawings from the High’s Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Like a Virgin, VI,VII, Oslo, Norway

IBID Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2013 Exhibition Prix Canson 2013, Petit Palais, Paris, France 

2012 Rorschach, Phillips de Pury & Co., New York, NY

2011 Night Scented Stock, curated by Todd Levin, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

Quiet Like A Lake,1/9 Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

Entanglement, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY

Group Show, IBID Projects, London, UK

Making a Mark: Drawings from the Contemporary Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

2010 The Pencil Show, Foxy Production, New York, NY

Creeds, Colors, Combinations, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY 

Moving Paper Animation Festival, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 

2009 Palm Beach Film Festival, Palm Beach, FL

2007 Element Editions, New York, NY

Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH

Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington NC

CON-CAN Film Festival, Tokyo Japan

Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022 D’Souza, Mario. “Critics’ Pick.” Artforum, 9 Mar. 

Tolani, Twinkle, Mumbai Gallery weekend 2022, Elle Decor India

Shankar, Avantika, ¨Mumbai Gallery Weekend: 8 shows you should check out¨¨, Vogue India

2018 Greenberg, Kevin. “Louise Despont.” The Last Magazine, 9 Jan.

2017 Kumar, Rinky. “Of Ink Blots and Ledger Books.” The Hindu, 22 Aug.

Pillai, Pooja. “In Harmony.” The Indian Express, 14 July.

“An Amalgamation of Ancient and Modern Art at This Show.” The Times of India, 23 June.

Evans, Dayna. “18 Female Artists on Their Favorite Female Artists.” New York Magazine, 5 Apr.

2016 Rodney, Seph. “Best of 2016.” Hyperallergic, 27 Dec.

Voon, Claire. “Drawing the Invisible Shapes of Energy.” Hyperallergic, 16 Mar.

Coleman, Adrian. “Louise Despont at the Drawing Center with Aaron Taylor Kuffner.” White Hot Magazine, 4 Mar.

“Design Wire – Louise Despont.” Interior Design Magazine, Feb.

Harrington-Johnson, Heidi. “Critics’ Picks,” Artforum, 29 Jan.

2015 “Louise Despont.” Art in America, 7 May.

2014 “Bright Prospects.” Architectural Digest, Dec. 

Coleman, Adrian. “Louise Despont at Pioneer Works.” White Hot Magazine, 6 Aug.

“Louise Despont Draws Deep.” Art 21, 13 June. Video. 

Intercourse Magazine (Cover), Issue #2, Mar.

2013 Sharma, Viseshika. “Louise Despont Q&A.” Verve, Mar. 

“Long Distance Gardening!” Platform, 11 Mar.

Kher, Ruchika. “Where art meets the ledger book.” Mid-Day, 9 Mar.

“It’s all symbolic.” Marie Claire India, Feb.

Vepa, Shweta. “Sacred Spaces.” Luxpresso, Mar. 

Ghose, Deepika. “Artistic Musings.” L’Offciel India, Mar.

Mogali, Roshan Kumar. “In the Garden of Fate.” Imperia, Mar. 

Chakrabarti, Priyanka. “Drawing the Intangible.” Atelier, Mar.

Arslan, Zaira. “Geometry in Art.” The Indian Express, 10 Mar.

Chande, Jerusha Ratnam. “When art meets accountancy.” Vogue India, 7 Mar. 

Naik, Varsha. “A good drawing hums: Louise Despont.” DNA India, 7 Mar. 

“International artist Louise Despont to showcase this month,” The Times of India, March 5.

“Louise Despont.” Vitamin D2, Phaidon Press. 

Valli, Marc. “Showcase: Louise Despont.” Elephant Magazine, Winter. 

“Just Added: Louise Despont @ Nicelle Beauchene.” 2% the two percent, 8 Jan.

“Louise Despont.” The New Yorker, 10 Jan.

Rosenberg, Karen. “Louise Despont: ‘Tide Fulcrum & the Motion of Fixed Stars’.” The New York Times, 10 Jan.

Wolf, Alex. “Louise Despont,” The Last Magazine, 9 Jan.

Heinrich, Will. “‘Louise Despont: Tide Fulcrum & The Motion of Fixed Stars’ at Nicelle Beauchene.” The New York Observer, 8 Jan.

2012 Kleinberg Romanow, Joanna. “Louise Despont: Tide Fulcrum & The Motion of Fixed Stars at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery.” Drawing Center Blog, 11 Dec.

“Louise Despont’s Antique Ledger Pages.” Juxtapoz, 6 Apr.

Oliver, William. “Devendra Banhart Selects Louise Despont: Architectural Precision on Ancient Parchments.” Dazed and Confused, Jan.

2011 Dessanany, Margherita. “Louise Despont: The Fool.” FrameWeb.com, 27 Nov.

Smith, Roberta. “Night Scented Stock.” Art in Review, The New York Times, 13 Oct. 

Marris, Kate. “Louise Despont, Jutta Koether, Alicja Kwade, Anj Smith, Marianne Vitale, Unica Zurn.” Frieze.com, 5 July.

Dziuba, Vanessa and Marine Le Saout. Collection No. 2.

2010 “Louise Despont- IMO,” Kopenhagen.de, 22 Dec.

Cotter, Holland, “Louise Despont.” The New York Times, 15 Oct.

Howard, Christopher, “Louise Despont.” Artforum, 1 Oct.

Codrington, Andrea. “Holding Pattern.” Modern Painters, Feb.

2009 Younger Than Jesus catalogue, New Museum.

2008 Miller, Leigh Anne. “Louise Despont.” Art in America, Dec.

“NADA Emerging Artist Page.” L Magazine, Sept.

Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, 13 June.

Tillotson, Donna. The Globe and Mail, May 10.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2017 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters

2009 Fulbright Fellowship, Travel grant in visual arts, India

2007 Jury Citation, Black Maria Film Festival

2006 Weston Price Film Award, Brown University

2005 Film Award and Grant, Princess Grace Foundation, New York

2005 Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University

2004 Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University

RESIDENCIES

2009 Sanskriti Kendra, New Dehli

2008 Polli Talu Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Estonia 

The MacDowell Colony, Artist in Residence, Peterborough, NH

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

RISD Museum, Providence, RI

U.S. Embassy Collection