Louise Philbrick was born and raised in Maine. Her affinity for gathering objects began as a child when she arranged her grandmother’s button collection, catalogued the rocks she mined from local quarries, and filled her pockets with objects scavenged from the beach and woods near her house.
She discovered an inclination toward languages in high school, enabling early employment with international companies in New York and Connecticut. Through her work as a sales representative for a Belgian steel mill, she eventually became more intrigued by the mechanical, chemical, and aesthetic properties of metal than by brokering it.
Philbrick returned to Portland, Maine, to study sculpture with Michael Shaughnessy and Duncan Hewitt at the University of Southern Maine where she earned her BFA in 1996.
Her work has been exhibited at local galleries including Aucocisco Gallery, Front Room Gallery, and Gem Gallery, among other corporate and alternative venues in New England.
Louise lives and works in South Portland, where she shares her home with two cats and her studio with thousands of piano parts.