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Lou McKeever (Bluelou) is a fine art graduate skilled in painting, digital imaging, photography and performance art. All these media have been used to explore subjects that have a political or humorous aspect. She has had cartoons nationally published in Times Educational Supplement, Flip side, The South African Mail and Guardian. She has been interviewed by the BBC, both locally and nationally and her cartoons have been featured on a More 4 news report. Her first love has always been comics and cartooning and she has self-published the graphic novel ‘MOIS’ and. ’Blue Lou’s dodgy dossier’. Her first one woman show ‘Wave and Particle’ - a fusion of fine art method and comic style - met with critical acclaim and was a surprising commercial success. She lives with her daughter in a Dutch barge that her husband made out of a giant air fix kit that took 3 years to construct. They are occasionally frightened to death by swans pecking of the algae off the side of the boat at night. C.V. 2006-2007 Participated in the hugely successful birds of war exhibition. The Birds of War private view was held on the 11th April, 2007 at the Candid Arts Trust Gallery in Islington. It received coverage from the independent newspaper the times to even Syrian TV. Stopped and searched at the house of commons for two non suspicious pastel drawings, and turned the event in to a exhibition called graphic that was held in August in Bristol with the illustrious jackknife rock and gig screen printers. Show vandlised by drunk lawyers (alledgedly) the night before opening and was withdrawn the day after the private view. The show can now be seen on http://www.bluelou.net/confascated.html Made props and acted as extra for the Young Knives 'The decision' video, see http://www.collisionfilms.com/images/stills/vid_33/biggys/yk1.jpg She's the one with the deer-head mask, the flaming torch with dripping paraffin and the nasty green nylon dress. 2004-2006 Facilitates cartooning workshops with local schools Part of ‘Trans-Atlantink’, the British Council’s Young Cartoonist Project, the 2004 exchange program. Mentored by cartoonists Steve Bell (The Guardian) and South Africa’s Zapiro (Mail & Guardian; Sowetan; Sunday Times). While out in South Africa in November she was published nationally in the Mail and Guardian's international AIDS-day special. She was subsequently invited back to be part of the opening in Johannesburg in May, and was interviewed by BBC Radio 4's PM programmed about the project 2003-2004 Artist in residence at the Youth Education Service Frederick Place, Bristol.Produced self published comic with young people excluded from school. 2003 One-woman show: Wave and Particle Chicane café Christmas Steps Streets Alive festival St Nicholas Street 2002 On-going exhibition at ‘Boom’ Whiteladies Rd Published graphic novel ’MOIS’ Group exhibition Queens Rd Art College 2001 Initiated arts collective ‘H.R.H.Carboo’ in partnership with S.P.A.N. Performance art intervention at the Arnolfini ’Orange Men Acting Provocatively’ 2000-1999 Published cartoons in national publication ‘Flip Side’ Designed promotional material for Edinburgh festival and local events Reproduced offspring 1998 ‘Ajar’ Group show at Konacas exhibition space ‘Invisible Art Corners’ Group show. Clifton Basement. 1997 Exhibited as member of ‘Corner shop’. Jamaica St studios B.A. Hons fine art 2.1 Cardiff instate of Higher Education

Lou McKeever (Bluelou) is a fine art graduate skilled in painting, digital imaging, photography and performance art.

All these media have been used to explore subjects that have a political or humorous aspect. She has had cartoons nationally published in Times Educational Supplement, Flip side, The South African Mail and Guardian.

She has been interviewed by the BBC, both locally and nationally and her cartoons have been featured on a More 4 news report.

Her first love has always been comics and cartooning and she has self-published the graphic novel ‘MOIS’ and. ’Blue Lou’s dodgy dossier’. Her first one woman show ‘Wave and Particle’ - a fusion of fine art method and comic style - met with critical acclaim and was a surprising commercial success.
She lives with her daughter in a Dutch barge that her husband made out of a giant air fix kit that took 3 years to construct. They are occasionally frightened to death by swans pecking of the algae off the side of the boat at night.

C.V.

2006-2007

Participated in the hugely successful birds of war exhibition.
The Birds of War private view was held on the 11th April, 2007 at the Candid Arts Trust Gallery in Islington. It received coverage from the independent newspaper the times to even Syrian TV.
Stopped and searched at the house of commons for two non suspicious pastel drawings, and turned the event in to a exhibition called graphic that was held in August in Bristol with the illustrious jackknife rock and gig screen printers. Show vandlised by drunk lawyers (alledgedly) the night before opening and was withdrawn the day after the private view. The show can now be seen on

http://www.bluelou.net/confascated.html

Made props and acted as extra for the Young Knives 'The decision' video, see

http://www.collisionfilms.com/images/stills/vid_33/biggys/yk1.jpg

She's the one with the deer-head mask, the flaming torch with dripping paraffin and the nasty green nylon dress.

2004-2006

Facilitates cartooning workshops with local schools
Part of ‘Trans-Atlantink’, the British Council’s Young Cartoonist Project, the 2004 exchange program. Mentored by cartoonists Steve Bell (The Guardian) and South Africa’s Zapiro (Mail & Guardian; Sowetan; Sunday Times). While out in South Africa in November she was published nationally in the Mail and Guardian's international AIDS-day special. She was subsequently invited back to be part of the opening in Johannesburg in May, and was interviewed by BBC Radio 4's PM programmed about the project

2003-2004

Artist in residence at the Youth Education Service
Frederick Place, Bristol.Produced self published comic with young people excluded from school.

2003

One-woman show: Wave and Particle
Chicane café
Christmas Steps
Streets Alive festival
St Nicholas Street

2002

On-going exhibition at ‘Boom’
Whiteladies Rd
Published graphic novel ’MOIS’
Group exhibition Queens Rd Art College

2001

Initiated arts collective ‘H.R.H.Carboo’ in partnership with S.P.A.N.

Performance art intervention at the Arnolfini ’Orange Men Acting Provocatively’

2000-1999

Published cartoons in national publication ‘Flip Side’
Designed promotional material for Edinburgh festival and local events
Reproduced offspring

1998

‘Ajar’ Group show at Konacas exhibition space
‘Invisible Art Corners’ Group show. Clifton Basement.

1997
Exhibited as member of ‘Corner shop’. Jamaica St studios
B.A. Hons fine art 2.1 Cardiff instate of Higher Education