Louise Adkins  

Louise Birgitta Adkins is an artist based in Manchester and a senior lecturer in the School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. Louise Adkins practice has grown out of a series of performance, artists' film and installation works produced collaboratively under the name 'Lisalouise' and individually as Louise Adkins.

From 1998 to 2006 Louise collaborated with the Glasgow based artist Lisa Le Grove under the name ‘Lisalouise’. This collaborative practice was predominately performance based and directly explored collective personal histories as well as the shared cultural landscapes of England and Scotland. As part of this collaborative practice Louise has exhibited throughout the UK and abroad including new work commissions from the Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA) in Glasgow and the Philadelphia International Festival of Visual and Live Art, USA.

Adkins individual practice (2006 - ongoing) focuses on the relationship between live performance and digital media and is interested in how new technologies can foster alternative narrative within performance based practice. The appropriation and re enactment of seminal movements in popular culture are an ongoing theme within her performance and film work. She is particularly interested in how action and dance can be articulated to inform choreography through instruction and direction.

Louise Adkins has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and Europe and is currently working as Artist/Curator on 'Between' a programme of performance art commissions at the Cornerhouse, Manchester starting in March 2012.

See 'Research' for further information on exhibitions, performances and screenings and 'Projects' for further information on collaborative and individual projects.