Louisa Dawson's sculptures are combinations of industrial and domestic objects, such as rubbish skips, suitcases and parking meters. That have had their form and functions modified or juxtaposed to create absurd and ironic sculptures. Louisa's current research aims to contrast today's trends of eviction, redevelopment and urban renewal, with people's association and affinity to the swimming pool. She recently completed a studio residency at the Royal Standard in Liverpool, UK. This residency is awarded by the Australia Council for the Arts and hosted by the Liverpool Biennial. Her project connected Liverpool's post-industrial social and urban landscape with the history and architecture of wash-houses and indoor swimming pools.


Dawson completed a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) at the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW. During the MFA she was a guest student at the Academy of Art Dresden (HfBK), Germany in 2004. In 2007, she received an Australia Council studio residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.

Currently, Louisa is a casual lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, teaching Sculpture Performance and Installation. She is also is a lecturer at the Whitehouse Institute of Design.

Louisa is also a co-director of Project Light, a company that consults and designs content for permanent or temporary architectural projection infrastructure. Working collaboratively with Jamil Yamani and Atanas Djonov to develop contemporary and inspiring artworks that operate between the fields of public art, public light and interactivity. This is achieved through the use of projection and documentary film to communicate between objects, communities and environments.