I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as the rightful Custodians of the land in which I create, work and live. I pay my deepest respect to Elders past and present. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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B.2001, Boorloo (Perth)Lou Wills (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, performance and photography. Seduced by themes of the material body, where failure, disruption and intimacy muddle. Drawn to material for its autonomous ability to perform, like rust that spreads its orange or sugar that droops in time, in relinquishing control, Lou engages a continuous dance with material.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Sculpture, VCA - 2023 - 2026
Diploma of Fashion styling, RMIT University, 2020
WACE and Cert II in Creative Industries, John Curtin College of the Arts - Media Arts program, 2014 - 2018
ExhibitionsForthcoming: 2026, Object Forward, The Blueball room of the Alacaston House, Naarm (Melbourne)
2025, VCA Grad Show , Victorian College of the Arts, Naarm (Melbourne), VIC
2025, Cross-pollination, Cardigan Street Festival, RMIT, Naarm (Melbourne), VIC
2025, Majlis Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Naarm (Melbourne)
2025, Open Studio Exhibition, Glasgow school of art, Glasgow, Scotland
2023, Kiki’s Bday Party, VCA Art Space, Naarm (Melbourne)
2023, Smoke and Mirrors with FIX performance collective, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Naarm (Melbourne)
2023, The Fitzroy art collective, Naarm (Melbourne)
2022, Undressed, Pop up backyard exhibition, Boorloo (Perth)
Awards2025, Majlis Travelling Fellowship Finalist
2024, The Melbourne Global Scholars Award
VCA grad show 2025
I begin to bend installation view, silver gelatin print on steel, calico, wood, sugar, bronze, leather
Photos by Casper Plum
VCA grad show 2025
I begin to bend installation view, silver gelatin print on steel, calico, wood, sugar, bronze, leather
Image courtesy of the University of Melbourne. Photography by Astrid Mulder
Studio 2025
Majlis Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Naarm (Melbourne), 2025
Image courtesy of the University of Melbourne, photography by
Christo Crocker
Developing the steel body, 2025, 3 x (600mm x 400mm, silver gelatin prints on steel), standing - 1200mm x 200mm x 100mm silver gelatin print on steel
I begin to bend, 2025, silver gelatin print on steel, 1200mm x 200mm x 100mm
Untitled, 2025, steel, calico, wood frame, steel hinges, vinegar, rust, 3000mm x 1500mm
Too much light at the wrong time, 2025, silver gelatin print on steel,
400mm x 600mm x 100mm
Untitled, 2025, silver gelatin print on steel, 400mm x 600mm x 100mm
Untitled, 2025, silver gelatin print on steel, 400mm x 600mm x 100mm
Open Studio Show, Glasgow school of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 2025Hanna Araujo Ulmer, Matilda Carter, Johnny Keen, Lou Wills, UTI - Ultimate Twink Inc (performance), 2025, video, sound, anonymous confessions box, lino cut prints, posters, zine
to you from you of you, 2024, steel, fabric, rust, text, dimensions variable
Untitled, 2024, steel, rust, water, clear acrylic, 1700mm x 300mm