Louise Forthun (b. 1959), artist, works primarily in painting and printmaking and has an aesthetic and conceptual focus on the architectural landscape of Australia's urban environments. Born in Port Macquarie in New South Wales, she trained at RMIT, Melbourne and the Victorian College of Art. Her stencil-based painting and printmaking method enables Forthun to create complex layers of architectural forms, a technique that alternately defines and blurs the boundaries of the Australian cityscape. The artist's enduring exploration of the urban landscape has solidified her place in the Australian artistic vernacular of landscape painting and printmaking, which includes iconic artists such as Fred Williams, John Olsen and William Robinson. Forthun has exhibited in Australia and internationally since the 1980s and her paintings and works on paper are held in private and regional, state and national collections including National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Artbank, Bendigo Art Gallery, Heidi MOMA, University of Queensland Art Museum and Parliament House.
