Louise Richards is a London-based multidisciplinary artist currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at the University of East London. Following an earlier career in hospitality, she studied Silversmithing and Jewellery before completing an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2021. Her background in craft continues to inform an interdisciplinary practice spanning sculpture, photography, video, print and installation.

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Richards' work explores ageing, feminism, domestic labour and materiality through humour, scale and the transformation of everyday objects. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the home became both studio and subject, prompting an ongoing investigation into the overlooked rituals, repetitive gestures and material culture of domestic life. This research has since expanded to consider the ageing body as another domestic space: one shaped by labour, care, maintenance and social expectation.

Working across photography, soft sculpture, video, printmaking and found materials, Richards reimagines familiar domestic objects and bodily imagery through playful shifts in scale, colour and context. Humour often acts as an entry point, drawing viewers into works that reveal the hidden labour embedded within both household routines and the maintenance of the ageing body.

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Her recent work examines beauty culture, cosmetic intervention and the cultural pressure placed on women to resist ageing. By elevating ordinary materials and everyday experiences, Richards challenges conventional hierarchies between art and craft while inviting reflection on visibility, value, labour and the politics of growing older.